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
LeagueASEAN Basketball League
SportBasketball
DurationRegular season: 16 November 2018 – 24 March 2019
Playoffs: 29 March – 15 May 2019
Number of games150 (130 regular season, 20 playoffs)
Number of teams10
TV partner(s) Cable TV
Vidio
ABS-CBN Sports and Action
StarHub
MONO29
Eleven Sports Network
FPT Group
Regular season
Top seedFormosa Dreamers
Season MVPLocal: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (Alab)
World import: Xavier Alexander (Slingers)
ABL Finals
Champions BTN CLS Knights Indonesia
  Runners-up Singapore Slingers
Finals MVPMaxie 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[4]
Locations of ABL teams.
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

Personnel
TeamHead 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
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with background in a lighter colour were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Bracket


 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
 
 
 
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 leg4th leg5th leg
Singapore Slingers 2–3 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 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.
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