2017–18 ABL season

Sports season

2017–18 ABL season
League	ASEAN Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	Regular season: 17 November 2017 – 28 March 2018 Playoffs: 1 April – 2 May 2018
Number of games	103 (90 regular season, 13 playoffs)
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	Cable TV MNC Sports & Vidio ABS-CBN Sports and Action StarHub MONO29 Eleven Sports Network HTV
Regular season
Top seed	Chong Son Kung Fu
Season MVP	Local: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (Alab) Heritage import: Mikh McKinney (Chong Son) World import: Anthony Tucker (Chong Son)
ABL Finals
Champions	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
Runners-up	Mono Vampire
Finals MVP	Bobby Ray Parks Jr.
ABL seasons
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Alab Pilipinas renamed their team as the Tanduay Alab Pilipinas after securing a sponsorship deal with Asia Brewery, prior the season started.^[3]

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.^[4]

Venues and locations

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Locations of ABL teams.

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 Lish 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Chong Son Kung Fu	20	15	5	1864	1638	+226	.750	—	Semi-finals
2	Hong Kong Eastern	20	14	6	1949	1856	+93	.700^[a]	1	Semi-finals
3	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	20	14	6	1844	1681	+163	.700^[a]	1	Quarter-finals
4	Mono Vampire	20	14	6	2024	1957	+67	.700^[a]	1
5	Singapore Slingers	20	12	8	1651	1598	+53	.600	3
6	Saigon Heat	20	10	10	1963	1956	+7	.500	5
7	CLS Knights Indonesia	20	5	15	1614	1733	−119	.250^[b]	10
8	Westports Malaysia Dragons	20	5	15	1802	1974	−172	.250^[b]	10
9	Formosa Dreamers	20	1	19	1593	1901	−308	.050	14

Source: ASEANBasketballLeague.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head record: Hong Kong Eastern 3–1; San Miguel Alab Pilipinas 2–2; Mono Vampire 1–3
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: CLS Knights Indonesia 2–0; Westports Malaysia Dragons 0–2

Results

First and second rounds

Home \ Away	ALP	CKF	CLS	FMD	HKE	MNV	SGH	SGS	WMD
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	—	94–91*	84–67	117–93	89–92	86–84	126–100	83–97	90–79
Chong Son Kung Fu	92–79	—	100–75	86–59	94–85	113–95	94–79	83–59	96–79
CLS Knights Indonesia	87–92	83–86	—	94–73	78–87	80–86	88–93	71–79	87–68
Formosa Dreamers	61–78	77–88	74–105	—	97–120	84–104	85–99	69–87	92–95*
Hong Kong Eastern	99–96	88–76	104–81	99–79	—	111–119	115–121*	82–79	104–92
Mono Vampire	87–114	105–92	98–85	93–85	105–112	—	116–104*	90–78	112–116**
Saigon Heat	87–95	96–93	114–86	75–80	118–115*	110–94	—	77–97	102–88
Singapore Slingers	80–89*	89–86	76–73	72–65	77–81	88–91	94–76	—	90–89**
Westports Malaysia Dragons	90–89	81–96	82–92	84–74	96–110	90–107	91–87	85–94	—

Source: ASEANBasketballLeague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Third and fourth rounds

Home \ Away	ALP	CKF	CLS	FMD	HKE	MNV	SGH	SGS	WMD
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	—		101–63					80–90
Chong Son Kung Fu		—		108–79	87–76
CLS Knights Indonesia	73–80		—					81–92
Formosa Dreamers		83–105		—	91–93
Hong Kong Eastern		77–88		99–93	—
Mono Vampire						—	118–113		115–111
Saigon Heat						83–97	—		115–103
Singapore Slingers	69–82		64–65					—
Westports Malaysia Dragons						102–108	81–114		—

Source: ASEANBasketballLeague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals






		1 Chong Son Kung Fu	0

		4 Mono Vampire	2
4 Mono Vampire	2

5 Singapore Slingers	0
				4 Mono Vampire	2

				3 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	3



		2 Hong Kong Eastern	0

		3 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	2
3 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	2

6 Saigon Heat	0

Quarter-finals

The quarterfinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	2–0	Saigon Heat	110–100	96–85	—
Mono Vampire	2–0	Singapore Slingers	85–82	85–82	—

Semi-finals

The semifinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Chong Son Kung Fu	0–2	Mono Vampire	94–103	80–83	—
Hong Kong Eastern	0–2	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	94–98	72–79	—

Finals

The finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	3–2	Mono Vampire	143–130 (OT)	100–103	99–93	83–88	102–92

Awards

Finals awards

2017–18 ABL Champions
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (1st title)

Finals MVP
Bobby 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.^[5]

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

Week	Player	Club
17–19 November	Kaleb Ramot Gemilang	CLS Knights Indonesia
20–26 November	Ivan Yeo	Westports Malaysia Dragons
27 November–3 December	Lee Ki	Hong Kong Eastern
4–10 December	Yang Tian You	Formosa Dreamers
11–17 December	Lee Ki	Hong Kong Eastern
18–24 December	Teerawat Chantachon	Mono Vampire
2–8 January	Chitchai Ananti	Mono Vampire
9–15 January	Ng Han Bin	Singapore Slingers
16–22 January	Delvin Goh	Singapore Slingers
23–29 January	Ebrahim Enguio	CLS Knights Indonesia
30 January–5 February	Bobby Ray Parks Jr.	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
6–12 February	Luo Yongxuan	Chong Son Kung Fu
13–19 February	Bobby Ray Parks Jr.	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
20–26 February	Wong Yi Hou	Westports Malaysia Dragons
27 February–4 March	Kuek Tian Yuan	Westports Malaysia Dragons
5–12 March	Luo Yongxuan	Chong Son Kung Fu
13–19 March	Song Shuai	Chong Son Kung Fu
20–28 March	Bobby Ray Parks Jr.	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas

Heritage imports

Week	Player	Club
17–19 November	Christian Standhardinger	Hong Kong Eastern
20–26 November	Caelan Tiongson	Chong Son Kung Fu
27 November–3 December	Paul Zamar	Mono Vampire
4–10 December	Christian Standhardinger	Hong Kong Eastern
11–17 December	Tyler Lamb	Hong Kong Eastern
18–24 December	Tyler Lamb	Hong Kong Eastern
2–8 January	Moses Morgan	Saigon Heat
9–15 January	Mikey Williams	Saigon Heat
16–22 January	Jason Brickman	Mono Vampire
23–29 January	Mikh McKinney	Chong Son Kung Fu
30 January–5 February	Mikh McKinney	Chong Son Kung Fu
6–12 February	Mikh McKinney	Chong Son Kung Fu
13–19 February	Christian Standhardinger	Hong Kong Eastern
20–26 February	A. J. Mandani	Singapore Slingers
27 February–4 March	Joshua Munzon	Westports Malaysia Dragons
5–12 March	Mikh McKinney	Chong Son Kung Fu
13–19 March	Freddie Lish Goldstein	CLS Knights Indonesia
20–28 March	Christian Standhardinger	Hong Kong Eastern

World imports

Week	Player	Club
17–19 November	Marcus Elliott	Hong Kong Eastern
20–26 November	Marcus Marshall	Westports Malaysia Dragons
27 November–3 December	Xavier Alexander	Singapore Slingers
4–10 December	Lenny Daniel	Formosa Dreamers
11–17 December	Xavier Alexander	Singapore Slingers
18–24 December	Patrick Sanders	Mono Vampire
2–8 January	Justin Brownlee	Tanduay Alab Pilipinas
9–15 January	Maxie Esho	Saigon Heat
16–22 January	Samuel Deguara	Mono Vampire
23–29 January	Marcus Elliott	Hong Kong Eastern
30 January–5 February	Renaldo Balkman	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
6–12 February	Renaldo Balkman	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
13–19 February	Mike Singletary	Mono Vampire
20–26 February	Chris Charles	Singapore Slingers
27 February–4 March	Mike Singletary	Mono Vampire
5–12 March	Justin Howard	Chong Son Kung Fu
13–19 March	Samuel Deguara	Mono Vampire
20–28 March	Justin Brownlee	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas

Statistical leaders

Individual season leaders

Category	Player	Club	Average
Points	Erron Maxey	Formosa Dreamers	34.00
Rebounds	Christien Charles	Singapore Slingers	16.27
Assists	Jason Brickman	Mono Vampire	10.43
Steals	Travele Jones	Saigon Heat	3.33
Blocks	Christien Charles	Singapore Slingers	2.93
Field-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	39.60
Fouls	Bryan Davis	Westports Malaysia Dragons	4.14

References

^ ABL 2017–18 Season Schedule
^ "Kung Fu Partners with Macau Sports Club". ASEAN Basketball League. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
^ Sykioco, Leif (17 October 2017). "Alab eyes better finish in bigger ABL". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^ Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (1 February 2018). "Former champion returns to ABL as Alab Pilipinas backer". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
^ "Tucker, McKinney, Parks, headline ABL awardees | ABL". aseanbasketballleague.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.