2017–18 Dutch Basketball League

The 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 58th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and ended 21 April 2018.[1] Donar is the defending champion. The playoffs started on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018. Donar captured its seventh championship, its third in a row and fourth in fifth years, after defeating ZZ Leiden in the finals.

Dutch Basketball League
Competition details
Season 2017–18
Teams 9
Games played 163
Dates 7 October 2017 – 29 May 2018
Final positions
Champions Donar
7th title
Runners-up ZZ Leiden
Awards
MVP Brandyn Curry
Playoffs MVP Brandyn Curry
Statistical leaders
Points Ordane Kanda
18.8
Rebounds Roel Aarts
8.1
Assists Carrington Love
6.8

Teams
Apollo
Rotterdam
Landstede
New Heroes
BAL
ZZ Leiden
Location of teams in the 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League

Den Helder Suns entered the DBL for this season, which meant the return of a teams from Den Helder since the departure of Kings three seasons ago.[2] Starting from the 2017–18 season, BSW Weert was dissolved and replaced by BAL.

Arenas and locations
Club Location Venue Capacity
Apollo AmsterdamAmsterdamApollohal1,500
Aris LeeuwardenLeeuwardenKalverdijkje1,700
BALWeertSporthal Boshoven1,000
Den Helder SunsDen HelderSporthal Sportlaan1,000
DonarGroningenMartiniPlaza4,350
Forward Lease RotterdamRotterdamTopsportcentrum1,000
LandstedeZwolleLandstede Sportcentrum1,200
New Heroes's-HertogenboschMaaspoort2,800
Zorg en Zekerheid LeidenLeidenVijf Meihal2,000

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Apollo Amsterdam Patrick Faijdherbe Dimeo van der HorstAdidas
Aris Leeuwarden Tony van den Bosch Stefan MladenovicJakoFriezon
BAL Radenko VaragicSpalding
Den Helder Suns Peter van Noord Tjoe de PaulaBurnedEnvinity[3]
Donar Erik Braal Jason DourisseauBurnedHepro
Forward Lease Rotterdam Armand Salomon Ties TheeuwkensPeakForward Lease
Landstede Herman van den Belt Nigel Van OostrumBurnedLandstede
New Heroes Silvano Poropat Stefan WesselsBurnedNew Heroes
ZZ Leiden Paul Vervaeck Mohamed KherraziPeakZorg en Zekerheid

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
New Heroes Sander van der Holst Mutual consent May 31, 2017 Pre-season Silvano Poropat May 31, 2017[4]
Aris Leeuwarden Klaas Stoppels End of contract June 15, 2017 Tony van den Bosch June 15, 2017[5]

Foreign players
See also: 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League squads

For the 2017–18 season, league policy was changed and the number of allowed foreign players per team was increased from 4 to 5.[6] Additional was the restriction that a team is not allowed to have five foreign players on the court at the same time.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Left during season
Apollo Amsterdam Benjamin Janssens[7] Micheal Madanly[8]
Aris Leeuwarden Emile Blackman[9] Nate Kratch[10] Deividas Kumelis[11] David Michaels[12] Meshack Lufile[13][14]
BAL
Den Helder Suns LaVonte Dority[15] Alex Laurent[16] Quinterian McConico[17]
Donar Drago Pašalić[18] Brandyn Curry[19] Bradford Burgess[20] Teddy Gipson[21] Evan Bruinsma[22] Stephen Domingo[23][lower-alpha 1]
Forward Lease Rotterdam Ordane Kanda-Kanyndia[25] Trevor Setty[26] Marcel Boyd[27] Joey Puddister[27] Micheal Madanly[28] Chris Commons[29][30]
Landstede Noah Dahlman[31] Jordan Gregory[32] Sherron Dorsey-Walker[33] Franko House[34]
New Heroes Mike Miklusak[35] Keshun Sherrill[36] Norville Carey[37] Anthony Marshall[38]
ZZ Leiden Sergio De Randamie[39] Clayton Vette[40] Carrington Love[41]
  1. Stephen Domingo of Donar suffered a season-ending injury in January 2018, opening up space for Bradford Burgess.[24]

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and will end 21 April 2018.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Donar 32 28 4 2686 2031 +655 56 Qualification to semifinals
2 Landstede 32 24 8 2556 2244 +312 48
3 ZZ Leiden 32 24 8 2598 2292 +306 48 Qualification to quarterfinals
4 New Heroes 32 24 8 2618 2289 +329 48
5 Forward Lease Rotterdam 32 15 17 2467 2636 −169 30
6 Aris Leeuwarden 32 10 22 2184 2448 −264 20
7 Apollo Amsterdam 32 9 23 2350 2583 −233 18
8 Den Helder Suns 32 6 26 2164 2671 −507 12
9 BAL 32 4 28 2212 2641 −429 8
Source: DBL, Scoresway

Results

First round
Home \ Away APO ARI BAL DHE DON ROT LAN NEW ZZL
Apollo Amsterdam — 82–76 109–114 85–67 47–78 71–84 76–84 67–79 64–83
Aris Leeuwarden 79–73 — 73–76 84–82 20–0[lower-alpha 1] 69–80 61–81 48–99 64–66
BAL 54–79 80–96 — 76–82 67–93 65–79 88–91 63–81 73–76
Den Helder Suns 84–74 74–78 60–79 — 69–86 73–76 76–73 56–82 78–100
Donar 88–55 112–65 76–49 98–62 — 82–49 79–68 85–65 91–69
Forward Lease Rotterdam 80–82 83–74 79–62 95–77 68–106 — 92–89 81–91 77–76
Landstede 97–72 87–66 80–59 87–47 60–75 85–65 — 72–65 69–65
New Heroes 89–64 88–47 82–48 91–65 73–95 74–68 87–65 — 68–60
ZZ Leiden 82–69 77–55 101–78 87–49 75–63 92–74 74–64 83–81 —
Source: DBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Second round
Home \ Away APO ARI BAL DHE DON RDM LAN NEW ZZL
Apollo Amsterdam — 55–74 85–70 94–72 81–87 84–91 65–105 82–93 79–100
Aris Leeuwarden 70–68 — 82–67 85–80 46–70 72–75 73–85 82–90 72–81
BAL 55–80 54–79 — 80–87 66–79 93–81 57–67 61–88 46–75
Den Helder Suns 56–80 69–66 85–83 — 73–95 77–86 44–80 73–77 68–84
Donar 90–61 85–61 84–71 78–56 — 89–65 84–68 71–80 103–112
Forward Lease Rotterdam 65–67 79–63 77–69 72–55 66–95 — 74–92 80–89 92–94
Landstede 73–69 88–66 88–65 84–49 55–86 111–74 — 86–78 82–81
New Heroes 78–73 90–79 92–75 91–52 48–96 114–86 68–69 — 86–78
ZZ Leiden 87–60 72–59 74–70 89–66 61–85 102–74 64–71 79–61 —
Source: DBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Play-offs

In the quarterfinals a best-of-three format is used, while in the semifinals and finals are played in a best-of-seven format. The play-offs start on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018.[43]

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
 
 
 
4
New Heroes		1
 
 
 
5
Rotterdam		2
 
1
Donar		4
 
 
5
Rotterdam		0
 
 
 
 
 
1
Donar		4
 
 
 
3
ZZ Leiden		0
 
3
ZZ Leiden		2
 
 
 
6
Aris Leeuwarden		1
 
2
Landstede		0
 
 
3
ZZ Leiden		4
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

The legs were played on 1 May, 3 May and (if necessary) on 5 May.[43] The team with the higher seed played game one and three (if necessary) at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
ZZ Leiden 2–1 Aris Leeuwarden 85–77 64–56 66–55
New Heroes 1–2 Forward Lease Rotterdam 99–64 97–93 (ot) 89–92

Semifinals

The legs were played on 8 May, 10 May, 12 May, 15 May and (if necessary) 17 May, 19 May and 20 May.[43] The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg6th leg7th leg
Donar 4–0 Forward Lease Rotterdam 96–77 85–114 98–74107–51
Landstede 0–4 ZZ Leiden 79–81 74–78 73–7860–63

Finals

The legs were played on 22 May, 24 May, 26 May, 29 May and (if necessary) 31 May, 2 June and 3 June.[43] The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg6th leg7th leg
Donar 4–0 ZZ Leiden 105–66 78–71 80–6973–66

Final standings

Teams are ranked based on the playoff round in which they were eliminated and their regular season records.

Pos Team Pld W L
1 Donar (C, O) 40 36 4 Qualification for Champions League qualifying rounds
2 ZZ Leiden 43 30 13 Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds
3 Landstede 36 24 12
4 Forward Lease Rotterdam 39 17 22
5 New Heroes[lower-alpha 2] 35 25 10 Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds
6 Aris Leeuwarden 35 11 24
7 Apollo Amsterdam 32 9 23
8 Den Helder Suns 32 6 26
9 BAL 32 4 28
Source: DBL
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.
Notes:
  1. Donar won the match on November 17, 2017, 56–84 over Aris Leeuwarden. However, the result was reverted because Donar had five foreign players playing on the court at the same time, violating the DBL's foreigner policy.[42]
  2. New Heroes qualified for the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup, after Landstede and Rotterdam denied the invitation.

Awards
Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player[44] Brandyn CurryDonar
Play-offs MVP[45] Brandyn CurryDonar
MVP Under-23[46] Boyd van der Vuurst de VriesDen Helder Suns
Rookie of the Year[47] Boyd van der Vuurst de VriesDen Helder Suns
Defensive Player of the Year[48] Sean CunninghamDonar
All-Defense Team[49] Sean CunninghamDonar
Carrington LoveZZ Leiden
Mohamed KherraziZZ Leiden
Stefan WesselsNew Heroes
Thomas KoenisDonar

Statistics

Statistical leaders
Category Player Team Average
Points Ordane Kanda-KanyindaForward Lease Rotterdam
18.8
Rebounds Roel AartsBAL
8.1
Assists Carrington LoveZZ Leiden
6.8
Steals Worthy de JongZZ Leiden
3.0
Blocks Berend WeijsApollo Amsterdam
1.3
Turnovers Ordane Kanda-KanyindaForward Lease Rotterdam
3.8
2P% Stefan WesselsNew Heroes
.671
3P% Brandyn CurryDonar
.423
FT% Brandyn CurryDonar
.901

In European competitions
ClubCompetitionPerformanceRecordRef
DonarChampions LeagueThird qualifying round
2–1–3
[50]
FIBA Europe CupSemi-finals
12–6

Notes

    See also

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    50. Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds and Regular Season draw completed
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