2018–19 ABL season

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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

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]

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.
Team City / Region Arena Capacity
Indonesia CLS Knights Indonesia Surabaya, East Java GOR Kertajaya Surabaya 3,000
Chinese Taipei Formosa Dreamers Changhua, Changhua County Changhua Stadium 8,000
Hong Kong Eastern Wan Chai, Hong Kong Southorn Stadium 2,000
Macau Macau Black Bears Foshan, Guangdong Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center 14,700
Taipa, Macau University of Macau Sports Complex
Thailand Mono Vampire Bangkok Metropolitan Region Stadium 29, Nonthaburi 5,000
Vietnam Saigon Heat Ho Chi Minh City Canadian International School Vietnam Arena 2,500
Philippines 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 Singapore Slingers Singapore OCBC Arena, Kallang 3,000
Malaysia Westports Malaysia Dragons Kuala Lumpur MABA Stadium 2,500
China Wolf Warriors Zhuhai, Guangdong Doumen Gymnasium,
Zhuhai Jinan University,
Macau Foshan Shishan Gymnasium
University of Macau Sports Complex

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Personnel

TeamHead coach
Indonesia CLS Knights IndonesiaUnited States Brian Rowsom
Chinese Taipei Formosa DreamersUnited States Dean Murray[5]
Hong Kong EasternSpain Edu Torres
Macau Macau Black BearsChina Mu Jianxin
Thailand Mono VampireThailand Tongkiat Singhasene
Vietnam Saigon HeatCanada Kyle Julius
Philippines Alab PilipinasPhilippines Jimmy Alapag
Singapore Singapore SlingersSingapore Neo Beng Siang
Malaysia Westports Malaysia DragonsAustralia Jamie Pearlman[6]
China Wolf WarriorsUnited States 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
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]


Local heritage

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

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 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
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

 
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.

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

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 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

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 3Game 4Game 5
Singapore Slingers Singapore 2–3 Indonesia BTN CLS Knights Indonesia 67–86 77–57 63–6074–8781–84

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

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

References

  1. "ABL 2018-2019 Schedule Released, Tips Off November 16". Archived from the original on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  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". Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  6. "Jamie Pearlman Signs on as Westports Malaysia Dragons' Head Coach". Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  7. "Maxie Esho switch from Heats to Knights". Archived from the original on 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  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". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  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". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  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". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  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". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  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". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  37. "Singapore Slingers sign John Fields to Bulk Up Down Low for Upcoming Season". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  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.