2017 ABL Playoffs
| Dates | April 02 – April 23 | ||
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| Season | 2016–17 | ||
| Teams | 4 | ||
| Champions | Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions (1st title) | ||
| Runners-up | Singapore Slingers (2nd finals appearance) | ||
| Semifinalists | |||
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The 2017 ABL Playoffs is the postseason tournament concluding the 2016–17 ABL season of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). The top four teams that had the best regular season records qualified. The semifinals are a best-of-three series, while the Finals is a best-of-five series. The higher-seed team holds the home court advantage, hosting Games 1 and 3 in the semifinals, and Games 1, 2 and 5 in the Finals.
The Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions and Alab Pilipinas qualified to the playoffs in their first year in the league.[1] Last season's losing finalists, the Singapore Slingers, and the Saigon Heat, also qualified. Defending champions Westports Malaysia Dragons missed the playoffs for the first time in league history.[2]
The best team from the Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA) qualify for the 2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup as SEABA's representative. As the Singapore Slingers are the only SEABA team in the Finals, they will be taking SEABA's berth; Hong Kong Eastern are from the East Asia Basketball Association.
Bracket
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Hong Kong Eastern | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Saigon | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | Hong Kong Eastern | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | Singapore | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Singapore | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Alab | 0 | |||||||
Semifinals
Hong Kong Eastern vs. Saigon
5 April 20:00 UTC+8 |
| Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions | 114–74 | Saigon Heat |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 24–12, 36–21, 30–21 | ||
| Pts: Marcus Elliott 23 Rebs: Josh Boone 11 Asts: Marcus Elliott 13 |
Pts: Lenny Daniel 32 Rebs: Lenny Daniel 13 Asts: 4 players, 3 | |
8 April 17:00 UTC+7 |
| Saigon Heat | 79–86 | Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 27–18, 11–25, 20–18 | ||
| Pts: Lenny Daniel, David Arnold 22 Rebs: Jordan Henriquez 19 Asts: Lenny Daniel 5 |
Pts: Josh Boone 27 Rebs: Josh Boone 8 Asts: Marcus Elliott 7 | |
| Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions win series, 2–0 | ||
CIS Arena, Ho Chi Minh City |
Singapore vs. Alab
2 April 16:00 UTC+8 |
| Singapore Slingers | 77–67 | Alab Pilipinas |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 23–15, 19–18, 16–18 | ||
| Pts: Xavier Alexander 24 Rebs: Justin Howard 12 Asts: Xavier Alexander 7 |
Pts: Kiefer Ravena 16 Rebs: James Hughes 11 Asts: Bobby Ray Parks, Jr. 4 | |
7 April 20:00 UTC+8 |
| Alab Pilipinas | 64–82 | Singapore Slingers |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 15–23, 22–13, 13–22 | ||
| Pts: Lawrence Domingo 18 Rebs: James Hughes 14 Asts: Paolo Hubalde 4 |
Pts: Xavier Alexander 21 Rebs: Justin Howard 16 Asts: Josh Urbiztondo 6 | |
| Singapore Slingers win series, 2–0 | ||
Baliwag Star Arena, Baliuag |
Finals
All times are local (UTC+08:00)
15 April 2017 20:00 |
| Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions | 76–92 | Singapore Slingers |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 20–22, 17–22, 18–24 | ||
| Pts: Marcus Elliott 20 Rebs: Josh Boone 13 Asts: Marcus Elliott 7 |
Pts: Justin Howard 45 Rebs: Justin Howard 28 Asts: Xavier Alexander 8 | |
| Slingers leads series, 1–0 | ||
18 April 2017 20:00 |
| Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions | 92–84 | Singapore Slingers |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 25–16, 20–25, 22–19 | ||
| Pts: Marcus Elliott 26 Rebs: Josh Boone 16 Asts: Chan Siu Wing 6 |
Pts: Xavier Alexander 27 Rebs: Justin Howard 12 Asts: Xavier Alexander 6 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
21 April 2017 20:00 |
| Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions | 76–72 | Singapore Slingers |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 27–23, 18–16, 19–16 | ||
| Pts: Marcus Elliott 21 Rebs: Marcus Elliott 9 Asts: Marcus Elliott 9 |
Pts: Justin Howard 31 Rebs: Justin Howard 23 Asts: Xavier Alexander 13 | |
| Long Lions leads series, 2–1 | ||
23 April 2017 16:00 |
| Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions | 82–80 (2OT) | Singapore Slingers |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 19–16, 16–22, 13–9, Overtime: 6–6, 8–6 | ||
| Pts: Marcus Elliott 26 Rebs: Josh Boone 18 Asts: Marcus Elliott 8 |
Pts: Howard, Alexander 20 each Rebs: Justin Howard 26 Asts: Xavier Alexander 8 | |
| Long Lions wins ABL Finals, 3–1 | ||
References
- ↑ Tupas, Cedelf P. (2017-03-20). "Alab Pilipinas clinch No. 3, top HK Long Lions". sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ↑ "Saigon Heat qualify for ABL's playoffs". My Hanoi. 20 March 2017.
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