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2018–19 ABL season

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The 2018–19 ABL season was the ninth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 16 November 2018 and ended on 28 March 2019.[1]

DurationRegular season: 16 November 2018 – 24 March 2019
Playoffs: 29 March – 15 May 2019
Games150 (130 regular season, 20 playoffs)
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2018–19 ABL season
LeagueASEAN Basketball League
SportBasketball
DurationRegular season: 16 November 2018 – 24 March 2019
Playoffs: 29 March – 15 May 2019
Games150 (130 regular season, 20 playoffs)
Teams10
TV partner(s)Hong Kong Cable TV
Indonesia Vidio
Philippines ABS-CBN Sports and Action
Singapore StarHub
Thailand MONO29
Taiwan Eleven Sports Network
Vietnam FPT Group
Regular season
Top seedFormosa Dreamers
Season MVPLocal: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (Alab)
World import: Xavier Alexander (Slingers)
ABL finals
ChampionsIndonesia CLS Knights Indonesia
  Runners-upSingapore Singapore Slingers
Finals MVPMaxie Esho
Seasons
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Teams

All the teams in 2017–18 season returned for this season. However, the following changes happened:

  1. Chong Son Kung Fu relocated and rebranded to Macau Black Bears.[2]
  2. Zhuhai Wolf Warriors was the 10th team in the ABL, added after Kung Fu relocated to Macau.[3]

Venues

Locations of ABL teams.
2018–19 ABL season is located in Metro Manila
San Juan
San Juan
Pasay
Pasay
Caloocan
Caloocan
Locations of ABL arenas in Metro Manila.

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Personnel


Imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. Each team can register 3 imports. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds.

More information Club, Import 1 ...
Club Import 1 Import 2 Import 3 Former Imports
Indonesia CLS Knights Indonesia United States Maxie Esho[7] United States Doug Herring Jr.[8] United States Darryl Watkins[9] United States Montay Brandon[10]
United States Stephen Hurt[11]
Chinese Taipei Formosa Dreamers United States Malcolm Miller[12] United States William Artino[13] United States Tevin Glass[14]
Hong Kong Eastern United States Marcus Elliott[15] United States Michael Holyfield[16] United States O'Darien Bassett United States Trey Gilder[17]
United States Eric Ferguson[18]
Malta Italy Samuel Deguara[19]
Macau Macau Black Bears United States Dewarick Spencer[20] United States Ryan Watkins[21] United States Philippines Mikh McKinney[22] United States Anthony Tucker[23]
Thailand Mono Vampire United States Mike Singletary[24] United States Malcolm White[25] United States North Macedonia Romeo Travis[26] United States Germany Marcus Keene[27]
United States Chris Charles[28]
United States Philippines Jason Brickman[29]
Vietnam Saigon Heat United States Kyle Barone[30] United States Trevon Hughes[31] United States DeAngelo Hamilton[32] CanadaMurphy Burnatowski[33]
Philippines Alab Pilipinas United States Puerto Rico Renaldo Balkman[34] Puerto Rico Peter John Ramos[35]
Singapore Singapore Slingers United States Xavier Alexander[36] United States John Fields[37] United States Jerran Young[38]
Malaysia Westports Malaysia Dragons United States Chris Eversley[39] United States Winston Shepard[40] United States Nigeria Nnanna Egwu[41] United States Sundiata Gaines[42]
Australia Shaun Bruce[43]
China Wolf Warriors United States Mike Bell[44] United States Cory Bradford United States Shawntez Patterson[45] United States DeShawn Mitchell[46]
United States Indonesia Mario Wuysang[47]
United States Eric Tisby[48]
United States Eddy Curry[49]
United States Mike Taylor[50]
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Local heritage

More information Wolf Warriors, Saigon Heat ...
China Wolf Warriors Vietnam Saigon Heat Philippines Alab Pilipinas Macau Macau Black Bears Thailand Mono Vampire
Hong Kong Tse Sit Chun
United States Corey Cillia
United States Chris Dierker
United States Trần Đăng Khoa
United States Justin Young
United States Henry Nguyen
United States Sang Đinh
Sweden Stefan Nguyen
Denmark Tim Alan Van Waale
United States Bobby Ray Parks Jr.
United States Josh Urbiztondo
United States Lawrence Domingo
United States Caelan Tiongson
United States Brandon Rosser
United States Ethan Alvano
United States China Kane Ma
Canada Hong Kong Nathan Yu
China Derek King
China Liu Zankun
China Luo Yongxuan
Canada Hong Kong Jenning Leung
United States Freddie Goldstein
United States Tyler Lamb
United States Moses Morgan
Indonesia CLS Knights Indonesia Malaysia Westports Malaysia Dragons Chinese Taipei Formosa Dreamers Hong Kong Eastern Singapore Singapore Slingers
United States Brandon Jawato
Singapore Wei Long Wong
Singapore Jonathan Wong Zhong Han United States Kenneth Chien
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Regular season

Each team will play 26 games throughout the season, 13 at home and 13 away. Each team will play the remaining 4 teams in their group, twice each at home and away. Each team will also play the 5 teams from the other group, once each at home and away. The groupings are as follows:

  • Bears, Warriors, Eastern, Dreamers, Alab
  • Knights, Slingers, Dragons, Vampire, Heat

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Chinese Taipei Formosa Dreamers 19 7 .731 — Playoffs
2 Philippines Alab Pilipinas 18 8 .692 1
3 Singapore Singapore Slingers 16 10 .615 3
4 Indonesia CLS Knights Indonesia 15 11 .577 4
5 Vietnam Saigon Heat 14 12 .538[a] 5
6 Macau Macau Black Bears 14 12 .538[a] 5
7 Hong Kong Eastern 13 13 .500 6
8 Thailand Mono Vampire 11 15 .423 8
9 Malaysia Westports Malaysia Dragons 8 18 .308 11
10 China Wolf Warriors 2 24 .077 17
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Source: ABL
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Macau 1–1 Saigon; head-to-head differential: Saigon +1, Macau –1.

Results

More information Home \ Away, CLS ...
Home \ Away CLS FMD HKE MBB MNV SGH SAP SGS WMD WOW CLS FMD HKE MBB MNV SGH SAP SGS WMD WOW
CLS — 99–73 87–78 105–78 80–75 64–76 80–88* 89–74 73–70 132–104 — 109–102* 91–90 68–71 73–62
Formosa 82–72 — 81–71 99–89 71–66 72–74 73–72 80–88 82–76 107–79 — 109–101 94–84 79–71 97–78
Eastern 97–98 80–82 — 95–114 95–88 95–88 81–96 88–81 79–70 95–88 86–92 — 111–109 88–83 101–70
Macau 117–110 116–110 90–114 — 102–107 97–95 116–103 70–89 87–62 107–81 116–122 113–93 — 114–84 99–65
Mono 82–110 89–74 86–79 100–106 — 83–98 59–78 81–91 86–94 113–92 92–76 — 89–83* 87–84 98–79
Saigon 82–80 85–86* 99–91 96–93 87–76 — 81–80 75–78 65–60 102–70 79–81 101–82 — 81–69 78–65
Alab 94–67 86–72 87–75 106–99 110–100* 111–87 — 77–71 85–47 105–95 74–88 88–76 101–96 — 108–81
Singapore 95–76 73–77 89–92** 98–88 79–81 87–80 70–80 — 101–47 99–77 95–99* 100–88 76–70 — 81–44
Malaysia 68–83 97–96 78–89 86–97 75–84 84–82 72–71 76–87 — 89–83 89–84 87–91 80–76 73–88 —
Wolf Warriors 96–88 81–107 75–107 96–135 119–114 86–105 81–100 103–107* 73–74 — 88–99 76–88 81–89 79–105 —
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Source: ASEANBasketballLeague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
 
 
 
1
Chinese Taipei Formosa Dreamers
0
 
 
 
8
Thailand Mono Vampire
2
 
8
Thailand Mono Vampire
1
 
 
 
4
Indonesia CLS Knights Indonesia
2
 
4
Indonesia CLS Knights Indonesia
2
 
 
 
5
Vietnam Saigon Heat
1
 
4
Indonesia CLS Knights Indonesia
3
 
 
 
3
Singapore Singapore Slingers
2
 
2
Philippines Alab Pilipinas
0
 
 
 
7
Hong Kong Eastern
2
 
7
Hong Kong Eastern
0
 
 
 
3
Singapore Singapore Slingers
2
 
3
Singapore Singapore Slingers
2
 
 
6
Macau Macau Black Bears
1
 

Quarterfinals

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

More information Team 1, Series ...
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Formosa Dreamers Chinese Taipei 0–2 Thailand Mono Vampire 80–83 68–70 —
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas Philippines 0–2 Hong Kong Eastern 88–90 84–102 —
Singapore Slingers Singapore 2–1 Macau Macau Black Bears 102–91 78–80 81–79
BTN CLS Knights Indonesia Indonesia 2–1 Vietnam Saigon Heat 84–59 81–86 68–56
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Semifinals

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

More information Team 1, Series ...
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Singapore Slingers Singapore 2–0 Hong Kong Eastern 101–70 80–73 —
BTN CLS Knights Indonesia Indonesia 2–1 Thailand Mono Vampire 86–77 71–79 89–75
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Finals

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

More information Team 1, Series ...
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Singapore Slingers Singapore 2–3 Indonesia BTN CLS Knights Indonesia 67–86 77–57 63–6074–8781–84
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Awards

End-of-season awards

The winners were announced before game 2 of the 2019 ABL finals at the OCBC Arena, Singapore.

Players of the Week

More information Week, Player ...
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