2017–18 Eastern Sports Club (basketball) season

The 2017–18 Eastern Sports Club (basketball) season is the 2nd season of the franchise in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

2017–18 Eastern season
Head coach	Edu Torres
Owner(s)	Eastern Sports Club
ABL 2017-2018 season results
Record	14–6 (.700)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Semifinalist
Eastern Sports Club (basketball)|Eastern seasons

Roster

Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F 0 Ip, Chun Kit 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 28 – (1992-03-24)24 March 1992 G 2 Elliott, Marcus Ryan (WI) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 36 – (1984-04-24)24 April 1984 G/F 3 Lee, Ki (C) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 32 – (1987-10-16)16 October 1987 G 4 O’Neal Moss, Ryan (WI) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 46 – (1974-04-04)4 April 1974 G 10 Lamb, Tyler (AI) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 29 – (1991-05-16)16 May 1991 F 11 So, Sheung Ying 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1992-06-29)29 June 1992 F/C 14 Tang, Chi Hang 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 F 15 So, Chi Lok Jolin 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 – (1989-11-12)12 November 1989 F/C 29 Chung, Chun Sing 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 29 – (1991-01-10)10 January 1991 C 30 Wu, Cheuk Pan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 F 34 Standhardinger, Christian (AI) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1989-07-04)4 July 1989 Hawaiʻi F/C 35 Ngan, Wing Fai 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 27 – (1993-03-12)12 March 1993 G 88 Lau, Tsz Lai 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1990-11-04)4 November 1990	Head coach Edu Torres Assistant coach(es) Chan King Chee John Lam Chun Wai Chan Kin Man Fernando Gordo Athletic trainer(s) Ryan O'Neal Moss Legend (C) Team captain (WI) World import (AI) ASEAN heritage import Injured

Standing

Elimination

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Chong Son Kung Fu	20	15	5	1864	1638	+226	.750	—	Bye to semi-finals
2	Hong Kong Eastern	20	14	6	1949	1856	+93	.700[lower-alpha 1]	1
3	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	20	14	6	1844	1681	+163	.700[lower-alpha 1]	1	Qualification to quarter-finals
4	Mono Vampire	20	14	6	2024	1957	+67	.700[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 2]	10	Eliminated
8	Westports Malaysia Dragons	20	5	15	1802	1974	−172	.250[lower-alpha 2]	10
9	Formosa Dreamers	20	1	19	1593	1901	−308	.050	14

Source: ASEANBasketballLeague.com
Notes:

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

Game log

2017–18 game log Total: 14–6
November : 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 19 Tanduay Alab Pilipinas W 92-89 Christian Standhardinger (26) Christian Standhardinger (14) Marcus Ryan Elliott (9) Mall of Asia Arena 1–0
December : 6–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 4–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 December 3 CLS Knights Indonesia W 87-78 Tyler Lamb (25) Ryan O'Neil Moss (16) Marcus Ryan Elliott (6) GOR CLS Kertajaya 2–0 3 December 8 Mono Vampire W 112-105 Christian Standhardinger (40) Christian Standhardinger (17) Marcus Ryan Elliott (9) Stadium 29 3–0 4 December 10 Singapore Slingers W 81-77 Tyler Lamb (30) Standhardinger, Moss (10) Marcus Ryan Elliott (9) OCBC Arena Singapore 4–0 5 December 13 Tanduay Alab Pilipinas W 99-96 Tyler Lamb (32) Christian Standhardinger (12) Marcus Ryan Elliott (7) Southorn Stadium 5–0 6 December 17 Formosa Dreamers W 120-97 Tyler Lamb (22) Ryan O'Neal Moss (10) Marcus Ryan Elliott (13) Changhua Stadium 6–0 7 December 20 Singapore Slingers W 82-79 Tyler Lamb (25) Christian Standhardinger (13) Marcus Ryan Elliott (8) Southorn Stadium 7–0
January : 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 8 January 9 Saigon Heat L 115-121 Christian Standhardinger (37) Christian Standhardinger (19) Marcus Ryan Elliott (10) Southorn Stadium 7–1 9 January 18 Formosa Dreamers W 99-79 Standhardinger, Lamb (25) Marcus Ryan Elliott (11) Marcus Ryan Elliott (11) Southorn Stadium 8–1 10 January 24 CLS Knights Indonesia W 104-81 Elliott, Lamb (23) Tyler Lamb (12) Elliott, Lamb (10) Southorn Stadium 9–1
February : 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 11 February 4 Saigon Heat L 115-118 Christian Standhardinger (31) Christian Standhardinger (18) Marcus Ryan Elliott (4) CIS Arena Saigon 9–2 12 February 8 Westports Malaysia Dragons W 104-92 Tyler Lamb (28) Standhardinger, Elliott (11) Marcus Ryan Elliott (15) Southorn Stadium 10–2 13 February 13 Chong Son Kung Fu W 88-76 Christian Standhardinger (23) Ryan O'Neal Moss (15) Marcus Ryan Elliott (8) Southorn Stadium 11–2 14 February 24 Formosa Dreamers W 93-91 Marcus Ryan Elliott (31) Christian Standhardinger (10) Marcus Ryan Elliott (7) Changhua Stadium 12–2
March : 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 15 March 9 Chong Son Kung Fu[1] L 85-94 Marcus Ryan Elliott (24) Christian Standhardinger (10) Tyler Lamb (5) Nanhai Gymnasium 12–3 16 March 13 Chong Son Kung Fu[2] L 76-87 Christian Standhardinger (24) Christian Standhardinger (12) Marcus Ryan Elliott (6) Nanhai Gymnasium 12–4 17 March 15 Mono Vampire[3] L 111–119 Tyler Lamb (32) Samuel Maltese Deguara (15) Jason Brickman (13) Southorn Stadium 12–5 18 March 22 Formosa Dreamers[4] W 99–93 Christian Standhardinger (33) Christian Standhardinger (15) Marcus Elliott (10) Southorn Stadium 13–5 19 March 25 Westports Malaysia Dragons[5] W 110–96 Lamb, Elliott (25) Christian Standhardinger (10) Marcus Elliott (10) MABA Stadium 14–5 20 March 28 Chong Son Kung Fu[6] L 77–88 Tyler Lamb (30) Christian Standhardinger (14) Marcus Elliott (5) Southorn Stadium 14–6

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

Game log

2018 playoff game log Total: 0–2
Semifinals : 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 April 11 Tanduay Alab Pilipinas[7] L 94–98 Tyler Lamb (32) Christian Standhardinger (15) Marcus Elliott (10) Southorn Stadium 0–1 2 April 15 Tanduay Alab Pilipinas[8] L 72–79 Tyler Lamb (25) Ryan O'Neil Moss (16) Elliott, Lee (3) Sta. Rosa Arena 0–2

Transactions

Recruited imports

Season	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record	Source
2017-18	Marcus Ryan Elliot (World Import)	November 19, 2017	April 15, 2018	14–8
	Ryan O'Neil Moss (World Import)
	Tyler Lamb (ASEAN Heritage Import)
	Christian Standhardinger (ASEAN Heritage Import)

References

1. "Chong Son Gets Revenge on Hong Kong For Second Straight Win | ABL". ABL. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
2. "Chong Son Kung Fu wins 4th Straight, Completes Perfect Season at Home | ABL". ABL. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
3. "Mono Vampire Sets New Scoring Record, Deals Hong Kong Eastern Third Straight Loss | ABL". ABL. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
4. "Eastern Survives Scare, Hands Dreamers Loss to Close Maiden Season | ABL". ABL. 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
5. "Eastern Seal Semis Berth as Dragons Suffer Worst Franchise Finish | ABL". ABL. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
6. "Tucker Sizzles as Chong Son Locks First Place After Comeback Win | ABL". ABL. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
7. "Alab Pilipinas bucks shaky start, downs Hong Kong 5 | Philstar.com". philstar.com. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
8. Corp., ABS-CBN. "Finals-bound Alab Pilipinas dethrones Hong Kong in emphatic sweep". ABS-CBN SPORTS. Retrieved 2018-07-05.