The 2017–18 ABL season is the eighth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 28 March 2018.ABL 2017–18 Season Schedule
Teams Five teams from the 2016–2017 ABL season returned for this season. One team, the Kaohsiung Truth, disbanded prior to the season. One team, Mono Vampire, returned after skipping last season, having played in the 2015–16 ABL season. The team plans to concurrently play in the ABL and in the Thailand Basketball League for the upcoming season. Three teams were accepted as new members: Nanhai Long-Lions, Formosa Dreamers and CLS Knights Surabaya. The Long-Lions are the developmental team of the Guangzhou Long-Lions, the Dreamers are an expansion team from Taiwan, and the Knights left the Indonesian Basketball League to play in the ABL.
Prior their first game, the Nanhai Long-Lions renamed themselves as the Nanhai Kung Fu. After partnering with Macau's Grupo Desportivo Chong Son they changed their name once again to Chong Son Kung Fu days before the season started.
Alab Pilipinas renamed their team as the Tanduay Alab Pilipinas after securing a sponsorship deal with Asia Brewery, prior the season started.
CLS Knights Surabaya renamed their team as "CLS Knights Indonesia" prior the season started.
Tanduay Alab Pilipinas was renamed as "San Miguel Alab Pilipinas" by 1 February 2018, when the primary sponsor was changed from Tanduay to San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen.
Venues and locations
Team City / Region Arena Capacity Chong Son Kung Fu Nanhai District, Foshan Nanhai Gymnasium 4,000 CLS Knights Indonesia Surabaya GOR Kertajaya Surabaya 3,000 Formosa Dreamers Changhua Changhua Stadium 8,000 Hong Kong Eastern Wan Chai, Hong Kong Southorn Stadium 2,000 Mono Vampire Bangkok Metropolitan Region Stadium 29, Nonthaburi 5,000 Saigon Heat Ho Chi Minh City Canadian International School Vietnam Arena 2,500 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas*Metro Manila Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 25,000 Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan 5,500 Caloocan Sports Complex, Caloocan 3,000 Baliuag, Bulacan Baliwag Star Arena Santa Rosa City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex 5,700 Antipolo Ynares Center 7,400 Davao City University of Southeastern Philippines Gymnasium 7,000 Singapore Slingers Singapore OCBC Arena, Kallang 3,000 Westports Malaysia Dragons Kuala Lumpur MABA Stadium 2,500
Personnel Team Head coach Chong Son Kung Fu Charles Dubé-Brais CLS Knights Indonesia Koko Heru Setyo Nugroho Formosa Dreamers Hsu Hao Cheng Hong Kong Eastern Edu Torres Mono Vampire Douglas Clark Marty Saigon Heat Kyle Julius San Miguel Alab Pilipinas Jimmy Alapag Singapore Slingers Neo Beng Siang Westports Malaysia Dragons Chris Thomas
Imports The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. In the left are the World Imports, and in the right are the ASEAN/Heritage Imports. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds.
Each team is allowed to sign two types of imports at most on its roster. Team World import(s) ASEAN/Heritage import(s) Former import(s) Chong Son Kung Fu Justin Howard Anthony Tucker Mikh McKinney Caelan Tiongson Jonathan Bermillo CLS Knights Indonesia Shane Edwards Brian Williams Freddie Goldstein Keith Jensen Evan Brock Duke Crews Decorey Jones Rudy Lingganay Formosa Dreamers Ronnie Aguilar Cameron Forte Charles Barratt Kenneth Chien Jaleel Cousins James Forrester Reggie Okosa Lenny Daniel Erron Maxey Hong Kong Eastern Marcus Elliott Ryan Moss Tyler Lamb Christian Standhardinger Mono Vampire Samuel Deguara Mike Singletary Jason Brickman Paul Zamar Reggie Johnson Patrick Sanders Saigon Heat Maxie Esho Akeem Scott Moses Morgan Mikey Williams Travele Jones San Miguel Alab Pilipinas Renaldo Balkman Justin Brownlee Lawrence Domingo Ivan Johnson Reggie Okosa Singapore Slingers Xavier Alexander Christien Charles A. J. Mandani Ryan Wright Westports Malaysia Dragons Bryan Davis Chris Eversley Jawhar Purdy Joshua Munzon Reil Cervantes Solomon Jones Curtis Washington Patrick Cabahug Marcus Marshall AJ West
Regular season Each team will play 20 games throughout the season, 10 at home and 10 away. Each team will play 8 other teams twice, home and away, for a total of 16 games, plus 4 more games against two teams, also home and away, taking the total to 20 games. This is how the teams were grouped on which teams will play each other four times: Chong Son, Eastern, Formosa CLS, Alab, Singapore Malaysia, Mono, Saigon
Standings
Results
First and second rounds
Third and fourth rounds
Playoffs
Quarterfinals The quarterfinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting game 1, and 3 if necessary.
Semi-finals The semifinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting game 1, and 3 if necessary.
Finals
The finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary.
Awards
Finals awards 2017–18 ABL championsSan Miguel Alab Pilipinas (1st title) Finals MVPBobby Ray Parks Jr.
End-of-season awards The winners were announced before game 2 of the 2018 ABL finals at the City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex in Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines. Most Valuable Players: Local: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (San Miguel Alab Pilipinas) Heritage Import: Mikh McKinney (Chong Son Kung Fu) World Import: Anthony Tucker (Chong Son Kung Fu) Defensive Player of the Year: Renaldo Balkman (San Miguel Alab Pilipinas) and Chris Charles (Singapore Slingers) Coach of the Year: Charles Dube-Brais (Chong Son Kung Fu)
Players of the Week
Local players WeekPlayerClub17–19 November Kaleb Ramot Gemilang CLS Knights Indonesia20–26 November Ivan Yeo Westports Malaysia Dragons27 November–3 December Lee Ki Hong Kong Eastern4–10 December Yang Tian You Formosa Dreamers11–17 December Lee Ki Hong Kong Eastern18–24 December Teerawat Chantachon Mono Vampire2–8 January Chitchai Ananti Mono Vampire9–15 January Ng Han Bin Singapore Slingers16–22 January Delvin Goh Singapore Slingers23–29 January Ebrahim Enguio CLS Knights Indonesia30 January–5 February Bobby Ray Parks Jr. San Miguel Alab Pilipinas6–12 February Luo Yongxuan Chong Son Kung Fu13–19 February Bobby Ray Parks Jr. San Miguel Alab Pilipinas20–26 February Wong Yi Hou Westports Malaysia Dragons27 February–4 March Kuek Tian Yuan Westports Malaysia Dragons5–12 March Luo Yongxuan Chong Son Kung Fu13–19 March Song Shuai Chong Son Kung Fu20–28 March Bobby Ray Parks Jr. San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
Heritage imports WeekPlayerClub17–19 November Christian Standhardinger Hong Kong Eastern20–26 November Caelan Tiongson Chong Son Kung Fu27 November–3 December Paul Zamar Mono Vampire4–10 December Christian Standhardinger Hong Kong Eastern11–17 December Tyler Lamb Hong Kong Eastern18–24 December Tyler Lamb Hong Kong Eastern2–8 January Moses Morgan Saigon Heat9–15 January Mikey Williams Saigon Heat16–22 January Jason Brickman Mono Vampire23–29 January Mikh McKinney Chong Son Kung Fu30 January–5 February Mikh McKinney Chong Son Kung Fu6–12 February Mikh McKinney Chong Son Kung Fu13–19 February Christian Standhardinger Hong Kong Eastern20–26 February A. J. Mandani Singapore Slingers27 February–4 March Joshua Munzon Westports Malaysia Dragons5–12 March Mikh McKinney Chong Son Kung Fu13–19 March Freddie Goldstein CLS Knights Indonesia20–28 March Christian Standhardinger Hong Kong Eastern
World imports WeekPlayerClub17–19 November Marcus Elliott Hong Kong Eastern20–26 November Marcus Marshall Westports Malaysia Dragons27 November–3 December Xavier Alexander Singapore Slingers4–10 December Lenny Daniel Formosa Dreamers11–17 December Xavier Alexander Singapore Slingers18–24 December Patrick Sanders Mono Vampire2–8 January Justin Brownlee Tanduay Alab Pilipinas9–15 January Maxie Esho Saigon Heat16–22 January Samuel Deguara Mono Vampire23–29 January Marcus Elliott Hong Kong Eastern30 January–5 February Renaldo Balkman San Miguel Alab Pilipinas6–12 February Renaldo Balkman San Miguel Alab Pilipinas13–19 February Mike Singletary Mono Vampire20–26 February Chris Charles Singapore Slingers27 February–4 March Mike Singletary Mono Vampire5–12 March Justin Howard Chong Son Kung Fu13–19 March Samuel Deguara Mono Vampire20–28 March Justin Brownlee San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
Statistical leaders Individual season leaders Category Player Club AveragePoints Erron Maxey Formosa Dreamers 34.00Rebounds Christien Charles Singapore Slingers 16.27Assists Jason Brickman Mono Vampire 10.43Steals Travele Jones Saigon Heat 3.33Blocks Christien Charles Singapore Slingers 2.93Field-goal percentage Shi Jun Chong Son Kung Fu 67%Free-throw percentage Multiple players Multiple teams 100%Three-point field-goal percentage Delvin Goh Samuel Deguara Nguyen Huynh Hai Singapore Slingers Mono Vampire Saigon Heat 100%Minutes Xavier Alexander Singapore Slingers 39.60Fouls Bryan Davis Westports Malaysia Dragons 4.14
References
External links Official website