2018–19 ABL season

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]

This article is about the basketball competition. For the baseball competition, see 2018–19 Australian Baseball League season.

2018–19 ABL season
League	ASEAN Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	Regular season: 16 November 2018 – 24 March 2019 Playoffs: 29 March – 15 May 2019
Number of games	150 (130 regular season, 20 playoffs)
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	Cable TV Vidio ABS-CBN Sports and Action StarHub MONO29 Eleven Sports Network FPT Group
Regular season
Top seed	Formosa Dreamers
Season MVP	Local: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (Alab) World import: Xavier Alexander (Slingers)
ABL Finals
Champions	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia
Runners-up	Singapore Slingers
Finals MVP	Maxie Esho

Teams

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

Slingers

Vampire

Heat

Dragons

Knights

Dreamers

Alab

Alab

Alab

Alab

Pearl River Delta

Locations of ABL teams.

Black Bears

Eastern

Wolf Warriors

Locations of ABL teams in the Pearl River Delta.

San Juan

Pasay

Caloocan

Locations of ABL arenas in Metro Manila.

Team	City / Region	Arena	Capacity
CLS Knights Indonesia	Surabaya, East Java	GOR Kertajaya Surabaya	3,000
Formosa Dreamers	Changhua, Changhua County	Changhua Stadium	8,000
Eastern	Wan Chai, Hong Kong	Southorn Stadium	2,000
Macau Black Bears	Foshan, Guangdong	Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center	14,700
	Taipa, Macau	University of Macau Sports Complex
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	Santa Rosa, Laguna	City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex	5,700
	Metro Manila	FIloil Flying V Centre, San Juan	5,500
		Caloocan Sports Complex, Caloocan	3,000
	Lapu-Lapu City	Hoops Dome	6,000
		Lapu-Lapu Sports Complex
Singapore Slingers	Singapore	OCBC Arena, Kallang	3,000
Westports Malaysia Dragons	Kuala Lumpur	MABA Stadium	2,500
Wolf Warriors	Zhuhai, Guangdong	Doumen Gymnasium,
		Zhuhai Jinan University,
	Macau	Foshan Shishan Gymnasium
		University of Macau Sports Complex

[4]

Personnel

Team	Head coach
CLS Knights Indonesia	Brian Rowsom
Formosa Dreamers	Dean Murray[5]
Eastern	Edu Torres
Macau Black Bears	Mu Jianxin
Mono Vampire	Tongkiat Singhasene
Saigon Heat	Kyle Julius
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	Jimmy Alapag
Singapore Slingers	Neo Beng Siang
Westports Malaysia Dragons	Jamie Pearlman[6]
Wolf Warriors	Matt Skillman

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.

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

Local Heritage

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

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

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Formosa Dreamers	19	7	.731	—	Playoffs
2	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	18	8	.692	1
3	Singapore Slingers	16	10	.615	3
4	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	15	11	.577	4
5	Saigon Heat	14	12	.538[lower-alpha 1]	5
6	Macau Black Bears	14	12	.538[lower-alpha 1]	5
7	Eastern	13	13	.500	6
8	Mono Vampire	11	15	.423	8
9	Westports Malaysia Dragons	8	18	.308	11
10	Wolf Warriors	2	24	.077	17

Source: ABL
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Macau 1–1 Saigon; head-to-head differential: Saigon +1, Macau –1.

Results

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			—

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

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	1 Formosa Dreamers	0
	8 Mono Vampire	2
					8 Mono Vampire	1
					4 BTN CLS Knighs Indonesia	2
	4 BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	2
	5 Saigon Heat	1
									4 BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	3
									3 Singapore Slingers	2
	2 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	0
	7 Eastern	2
					7 Eastern	0
					3 Singapore Slingers	2
	3 Singapore Slingers	2
	6 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.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Formosa Dreamers	0–2	Mono Vampire	80–83	68–70	—
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	0–2	Eastern	88–90	84–102	—
Singapore Slingers	2–1	Macau Black Bears	102–91	78–80	81–79
BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	2–1	Saigon Heat	84–59	81–86	68–56

Semifinals

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

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Singapore Slingers	2–0	Eastern	101–70	80–73	—
BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	2–1	Mono Vampire	86–77	71–79	89–75

Finals

Main article: 2019 ABL 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	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
Singapore Slingers	2–3	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	67–86	77–57	63–60	74–87	81–84

Awards

End of season awards

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

• Most Valuable Players:
  • Local: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (San Miguel Alab Pilipinas)
  • World Import: Xavier Alexander (Singapore Slingers)
• Defensive Player of the Year: John Fields (Singapore Slingers)
• Coach of the Year: Dean Murray (Formosa Dreamers)

Players of the Week

Week	Player	Club	Ref
Week 1	Eric Ferguson	Eastern	[51]
Week 2	Xavier Alexander	Singapore Slingers	[52]
Week 3	Mikh McKinney	Macau Black Bears	[53]
Week 4	Larry Liew	Singapore Slingers	[54]
Week 5	Renaldo Balkman	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
Week 6	Cai Chen	Wolf Warriors	[55]
Week 7	Lee Ki	Eastern
Week 8	Maxie Esho	CLS Knights Indonesia
Week 9	Wei Long Wong	CLS Knights Indonesia
Week 10	Peter John Ramos	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
Week 11	O'Darien Bassett	Eastern
Week 12	Mike Singletary	Mono Vampire
Week 13	Bobby Ray Parks Jr.	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
Week 14	John Fields	Singapore Slingers
Week 15	Malcolm Miller	Formosa Dreamers
Week 16	Doug Herring Jr.	CLS Knights Indonesia
Week 17	Dewarick Spencer	Macau Black Bears
Week 18	Xavier Alexander	Singapore Slingers

References

1. "ABL 2018-2019 Schedule Released, Tips Off November 16".
2. "Chong Son Kung Fu Relocates and Rebrands to Macau Black Bears". Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
3. "ASEAN Basketball League adds historic 10th team with the Zhuhai Wolf Warriors". Archived from the original on 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
4. "ASEAN Basketball League 2018-2019".
5. "Hsu Hao Cheng Out, Dean Murray In as Head Coach for Formosa Dreamers".
6. "Jamie Pearlman Signs on as Westports Malaysia Dragons' Head Coach".
7. "Maxie Esho switch from Heats to Knights".
8. "CLS Knights add Doug Herring Jr".
9. "CLS Knights add former NBA player, Darryl Watkins".
10. "CLS Knights Add Imports Brandon for ABL".
11. "CLS Knights Add Imports Hunt for ABL".
12. "Malcolm Miller Signs With Formosa Dreamers for ABL 2018-2019".
13. "Will Artino joins Taiwan Club".
14. "Glass complete 2018/19 signing for Dreamers".
15. "'16-'17 MVP and Champion Marcus Elliott Signs for Third Season with Eastern".
16. "Michael Holyfield To Boost Hong Kong Frontline".
17. "Trey Gilder will be joining Hong Kong Eastern Basketball team for this upcoming ABL 2018-2019 as their import".
18. "Eric replaced Trey Gilder as Hong Kong Eastern Basketball team foreigner for this upcoming ABL 2018-2019 as their import". Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
19. "Eastern Makes Big Acquisition, Signs Ex-Mono Vampire Samuel Deguara".
20. "Macau Black Bears Enlist Second World Import for Upcoming ABL Season".
21. "Macau Taps New World Import for the Upcoming ABL Season".
22. "Mikh McKinney Also Joins the Macau Black Bears in the ABL".
23. "Anthony Tucker Returns to the ABL with the Macau Black Bears".
24. "Singletary retained for 2018/19".
25. "Mono Vampire replace Charles with White".
26. "Mono Vampire Brings In Romeo Travis".
27. "Marcus Keene the new killer for Vampire".
28. "ABL Fixture Christien Charles Joins Mono Vampire".
29. "Brickman retained for 2018/19".
30. "KYLE BARONE – THE PERFECT CENTER OF SAIGON HEAT". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
31. "LET'S MEET MURPHY BURNATOWSKI – SAIGON HEAT NEW IMPORT PLAYER". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
32. "De Angelo Hamilton will take Trevon Hughes' place who was placed on the Injured List".
33. "DAVONTE LACY – THE GREAT 3-POINT SHOOTER". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
34. "Renaldo Balkman returns as Alab boosts ABL title-retention bid".
35. "Ramos the new Alab import".
36. "Xavier Alexander Re-Signs for 4th Season with Singapore Slingers".
37. "Singapore Slingers sign John Fields to Bulk Up Down Low for Upcoming Season".
38. "Singapore Slingers land Jerran Young".
39. "Eversley return to KL Dragon".
40. "Westports Malaysia Dragons Sign Replacement Import".
41. "Nigerian center as new import".
42. "Gaines join KL Dragons".
43. "Westports Malaysia Dragons Bring In Stand-In Import".
44. "The Wolf Warriors have two new World Imports in Mike Bell and Eric Tisby".
45. "Shawntez Patterson replace Eddy Curry".
46. "Mitchell the import for Zhuhai".
47. "Mario Wuysang comes out of retirement, will banner Zhuhai".
48. "Eric Tisby the new import".
49. "Curry the import for Zhuhai".
50. "Wolf Warriors Bring In Former NBA Guard".
51. "Player of the Week: Eric Ferguson of Hong Kong Eastern (Nov. 16-18)". 21 November 2018.
52. "Player of the Week: Xavier Alexander of the Singapore Slingers (Nov. 19 to 25)". 27 November 2018.
53. "Player of the Week: Mikh McKinney of the Macau Black Bears (Nov. 26 to Dec. 2)". 5 December 2018.
54. "Player of the Week: Larry Liew of the Singapore Slingers (Dec.3 to Dec. 9)". 11 December 2018.
55. "Player of the Week: Cai Chen of Wolf Warriors (Dec. 17 to Dec. 23)". 28 December 2018.

External links

• Official website