2018 ABA League Playoffs

The 2018 ABA League Playoffs is the play-off tournament that decides the winner of the 2017–18 ABA League First Division season. The playoffs started on March 18, 2018 and ended on April 14, 2018. The winner of the play-offs qualifies for the 2018–19 EuroLeague.

Qualified teams
RoundTeamRef.
17th
 Budućnost VOLI
[1]
18th
 Crvena zvezda mts
[2]
19th
 Cedevita
[3]
20th
 Mornar
[4]

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 March–2 April
 
 
 Crvena zvezda mts2
 
9–14 April
 
 Mornar1
 
 Crvena zvezda mts1
 
18 March–2 April
 
 Budućnost VOLI3
 
 Budućnost VOLI2
 
 
 Cedevita1
 

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Crvena zvezda mts 2–1 Mornar 91–63 84–88 88–69
Budućnost VOLI 2–1 Cedevita 84–83 75–82 72–57

1st leg
18 March 2018 Crvena zvezda mts 91–63
(Series: 1–0)		 Mornar Belgrade
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 19–8, 23–27, 27–14
Pts: Feldeine 23
Rebs: Omić 8
Asts: Ennis 6
PIR: Feldeine 25		 Boxscore Pts: Needham 16
Rebs: Vujošević 7
Asts: Needham, Raley-Ross 4
PIR: Pavić 16		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 7,237
Referees:
Saša Pukl
Tomislav Hordov
Milan Nedović


Starters:PtsRebAst
G 22 Taylor Rochestie 10 0 4
G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 2 5 3
G/F 10 Branko Lazić 3 2 0
F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 17 3 2
F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 2 3 1
Reserves:
SF 4 Marko Kešelj 8 1 0
F/C 12 Pero Antić 5 2 1
G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 7 5 2
SG 14 James Feldeine 23 1 4
F/C 16 Stefan Janković 2 2 1
C 23 Alen Omić 10 8 1
PG 31 Dylan Ennis 2 5 6
Head coach:
Dušan Alimpijević
Crvena zvezda
Mornar
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 5 Derek Needham 16 4 4
SG 44 Boris Bakić 2 2 2
SG 41 Nemanja Vranješ 4 0 1
PF 4 Strahinja Mićović 6 4 0
C 17 Radoje Vujošević 10 7 0
Reserves:
SG 1 Lazar Pavićević DNP
SG 3 Marko Čalić 1 1 0
PG 10 Marko Mijović DNP
PF 14 Vukota Pavić 12 6 0
SG 22 Marko Mugoša 0 0 0
PG 24 Brandis Raley-Ross 12 2 4
Head coach:
Mihailo Pavićević
18 March 2018 Budućnost VOLI 84–83
(Series: 1–0)		 Cedevita Podgorica
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 15–11, 22–30, 23–19
Pts: Gordić 23
Rebs: Z. Nikolić 6
Asts: Gordić 5
PIR: Gordić 30		 Boxscore Pts: Cherry 24
Rebs: Musa 6
Asts: Nichols 4
PIR: Cherry 22		 Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 4,600
Referees:
Ilija Belošević
Milivoje Jovčić
Uroš Obrknežević


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 23 0 5
G 22 Kyle Gibson 16 4 4
G/F 4 Suad Šehović 4 4 0
PF 5 Justin Doellman 7 3 1
C 19 Zoran Nikolić 11 6 1
Reserves:
PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 12 1 3
SF 8 Sead Šehović 0 0 0
SG 9 Milić Starovlah DNP
F 13 Aleksa Ilić 7 4 0
PG 30 Petar Popović 2 1 0
F 33 Kyle Landry 2 1 0
PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 2 0
Head coach:
Aleksandar Džikić
Budućnost
Cedevita
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 Roko Ukić 2 2 2
SG 2 Filip Krušlin 12 3 0
F 8 Demetris Nichols 19 1 4
PF 26 Damir Markota 6 3 1
C 31 Andrija Stipanović 8 4 3
Reserves:
SG 3 Toni Perković DNP
C 4 Chris Johnson DNP
F 10 Nik Slavica DNP
C 11 Karlo Žganec 7 4 0
SF 13 Džanan Musa 5 6 3
PG 22 Will Cherry 24 5 1
SF 27 Ivan Ramljak 0 0 0
Head coach:
Jure Zdovc

2nd leg
25 March 2018 Cedevita 82–75
(Series: 1–1)		 Budućnost VOLI Zagreb
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 21–16, 17–19, 21–23
Pts: Nichols 25
Rebs: Johnson, Nichols 7
Asts: three players 4
PIR: Nichols 30		 Boxscore Pts: Gibson 20
Rebs: Doellman 8
Asts: Ivanović, Gibson 4
PIR: Gibson 22		 Arena: Dom Sportova
Attendance: 2,200
Referees:
Damir Javor
Mario Majkić
Sašo Petek


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 Roko Ukić 10 0 4
SG 2 Filip Krušlin 13 4 0
F 8 Demetris Nichols 25 7 2
PF 26 Damir Markota 7 3 0
C 31 Andrija Stipanović 4 5 3
Reserves:
SG 3 Toni Perković DNP
C 4 Chris Johnson 2 7 4
F 10 Nik Slavica DNP
C 11 Karlo Žganec 2 0 0
SF 13 Džanan Musa 5 2 0
PG 22 Will Cherry 10 4 4
SF 27 Ivan Ramljak 4 2 0
Head coach:
Jure Zdovc
Cedevita
Budućnost
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 12 2 2
G 22 Kyle Gibson 20 4 4
G/F 4 Suad Šehović 3 2 0
PF 5 Justin Doellman 10 8 1
C 19 Zoran Nikolić 2 2 1
Reserves:
PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 16 3 4
SF 8 Sead Šehović 0 3 1
SG 9 Milić Starovlah DNP
F 13 Aleksa Ilić 0 0 0
PG 30 Petar Popović 0 0 0
F 33 Kyle Landry 12 3 0
PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 0 0
Head coach:
Aleksandar Džikić
25 March 2018 Mornar 88–84
(Series: 1–1)		 Crvena zvezda mts Bar
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 30–21, 18–24, 21–19, 19–20
Pts: Vranješ 29
Rebs: Mićović 7
Asts: Needham 5
PIR: Vranješ, Needham 28		 Boxscore Pts: Rochestie 16
Rebs: Davidovac, Dobrić 6
Asts: Feldeine, Rochestie 4
PIR: Davidovac, Rochestie 21		 Arena: Topolica Sport Hall
Attendance: 3,000
Referees:
Sreten Radović
Matej Boltauzer
Marko Juras


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 5 Derek Needham 28 3 5
SG 44 Boris Bakić 0 1 0
SG 41 Nemanja Vranješ 29 3 2
PF 4 Strahinja Mićović 6 7 1
C 17 Radoje Vujošević 10 4 0
Reserves:
SG 1 Lazar Pavićević DNP
SG 3 Marko Čalić 1 2 0
PG 10 Marko Mijović DNP
PF 14 Vukota Pavić 4 4 0
SG 22 Marko Mugoša DNP
PG 24 Brandis Raley-Ross 10 3 1
Head coach:
Mihailo Pavićević
Mornar
Crvena zvezda
Starters:PtsRebAst
G 22 Taylor Rochestie 16 1 4
G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 14 6 2
G/F 10 Branko Lazić 0 1 0
F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 8 2 0
F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 8 2 0
Reserves:
SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP
F/C 12 Pero Antić 9 3 1
G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 11 6 0
SG 14 James Feldeine 5 1 4
F/C 16 Stefan Janković 0 1 0
C 23 Alen Omić 11 5 1
PG 31 Dylan Ennis 2 2 2
Head coach:
Dušan Alimpijević

3rd leg
1 April 2018 Budućnost VOLI 72–57
(Series: 2–1)		 Cedevita Podgorica
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 17–15, 17–14, 27–11
Pts: Popović 14
Rebs: Doellman, Landry 6
Asts: Gibson 5
PIR: Ivanović 16		 Boxscore Pts: Ukić 12
Rebs: Stipanović 7
Asts: Krušlin 4
PIR: Stipanović 12		 Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 4,600
Referees:
Ilija Belošević
Matej Boltauzer
Saša Pukl


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 9 4 4
G 22 Kyle Gibson 6 2 5
G/F 4 Suad Šehović 6 4 0
PF 5 Justin Doellman 8 6 2
C 19 Zoran Nikolić 3 4 0
Reserves:
PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 13 5 4
F/C 6 Filip Barović 2 3 0
SF 8 Sead Šehović DNP
F 13 Aleksa Ilić DNP
PG 30 Petar Popović 14 4 0
F 33 Kyle Landry 11 6 0
PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 0 0
Head coach:
Aleksandar Džikić
Budućnost
Cedevita
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 Roko Ukić 12 3 1
SG 2 Filip Krušlin 8 4 4
F 8 Demetris Nichols 7 6 0
PF 26 Damir Markota 4 2 1
C 31 Andrija Stipanović 9 7 1
Reserves:
SG 3 Toni Perković DNP
C 4 Chris Johnson 4 0 1
F 10 Nik Slavica DNP
C 11 Karlo Žganec 0 0 0
SF 13 Džanan Musa 4 1 1
PG 22 Will Cherry 7 2 2
SF 27 Ivan Ramljak 2 1 0
Head coach:
Jure Zdovc
2 April 2018 Crvena zvezda mts 88–69
(Series: 2–1)		 Mornar Belgrade
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 26–18, 16–19, 20–13
Pts: Dobrić 19
Rebs: Bjelica 7
Asts: Rochestie 6
PIR: Dobrić 23		 Boxscore Pts: Vranješ 21
Rebs: Mićović 7
Asts: Needham 4
PIR: Vranješ 16		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 7,036
Referees:
Mario Majkić
Sašo Petek
Igor Dragojević


Starters:PtsRebAst
G 22 Taylor Rochestie 18 2 6
G/F 10 Branko Lazić 0 0 2
G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 19 4 1
F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 7 7 2
F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 10 5 1
Reserves:
SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP
G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 6 6 2
SG 14 James Feldeine 8 0 1
F/C 16 Stefan Janković 6 3 1
C 23 Alen Omić 11 2 2
PG 31 Dylan Ennis 3 3 4
F/C 32 Nikola Jovanović DNP
Head coach:
Dušan Alimpijević
Crvena zvezda
Mornar
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 5 Derek Needham 11 3 4
SG 44 Boris Bakić 6 2 0
SG 41 Nemanja Vranješ 21 5 1
PF 4 Strahinja Mićović 9 7 1
C 17 Radoje Vujošević 8 4 0
Reserves:
SG 1 Lazar Pavićević 0 0 1
SG 3 Marko Čalić 0 0 0
PG 10 Marko Mijović 6 0 0
PF 14 Vukota Pavić 2 5 1
SG 22 Marko Mugoša 0 1 0
PG 24 Brandis Raley-Ross 6 4 2
C 55 Uroš Luković 0 3 1
Head coach:
Mihailo Pavićević

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Crvena zvezda mts 1–3 Budućnost VOLI 76–80 69–59 77–7873–770

1st leg
9 April 2018 Crvena zvezda mts 76–80
(Series: 0–1)		 Budućnost VOLI Belgrade
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 16–12, 19–26, 19–17
Pts: Omić 14
Rebs: Lessort 5
Asts: Rochestie 10
PIR: Rochestie 20		 Boxscore Pts: Ivanović 20
Rebs: Doellman 8
Asts: Doellman, Gordić 4
PIR: Ivanović, Gordić 23		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 7,001
Referees:
Matej Boltauzer
Sreten Radović
Tomislav Hordov


Starters:PtsRebAst
G 22 Taylor Rochestie 13 3 10
G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 4 4 1
G/F 10 Branko Lazić 2 1 0
F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 4 2 1
F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 5 5 0
Reserves:
SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP
G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 4 3 1
SG 14 James Feldeine 10 4 1
F/C 16 Stefan Janković 12 3 0
C 23 Alen Omić 14 2 1
PG 31 Dylan Ennis 8 1 1
F/C 32 Nikola Jovanović DNP
Head coach:
Dušan Alimpijević
Crvena zvezda
Budućnost
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 18 3 4
G 22 Kyle Gibson 10 0 3
G/F 4 Suad Šehović 3 3 0
PF 5 Justin Doellman 13 8 4
C 19 Zoran Nikolić 6 1 1
Reserves:
PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 20 4 3
F/C 6 Filip Barović 2 1 0
SF 8 Sead Šehović DNP
F 13 Aleksa Ilić DNP
PG 30 Petar Popović 3 0 0
F 33 Kyle Landry 5 6 1
PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 3 0
Head coach:
Aleksandar Džikić

2nd leg
10 April 2018 Crvena zvezda mts 69–59
(Series: 1–1)		 Budućnost VOLI Belgrade
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 14–18, 16–17, 22–11
Pts: Omić 15
Rebs: Omić 10
Asts: Feldeine, Rochestie 5
PIR: Omić 27		 Boxscore Pts: Gordić 22
Rebs: Doellman 6
Asts: three players 2
PIR: Gordić 12		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 6,398
Referees:
Ilija Belošević
Saša Pukl
Miloš Koljenšić


Starters:PtsRebAst
G 22 Taylor Rochestie 11 2 5
SG 14 James Feldeine 9 2 5
G/F 10 Branko Lazić 3 5 1
F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 4 1 0
C 23 Alen Omić 15 10 1
Reserves:
SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP
G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 3 4 2
G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 10 6 0
F/C 16 Stefan Janković 4 6 0
F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 8 2 0
PG 31 Dylan Ennis 2 1 2
F/C 32 Nikola Jovanović 0 0 0
Head coach:
Dušan Alimpijević
Crvena zvezda
Budućnost
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 22 1 2
G 22 Kyle Gibson 2 2 1
G/F 4 Suad Šehović 4 4 0
PF 5 Justin Doellman 10 6 2
C 19 Zoran Nikolić 0 2 1
Reserves:
PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 9 1 2
F/C 6 Filip Barović 6 2 0
SF 8 Sead Šehović 0 0 0
F 13 Aleksa Ilić DNP
PG 30 Petar Popović 4 1 0
F 33 Kyle Landry 2 3 1
PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 2 0
Head coach:
Aleksandar Džikić

3rd leg
13 April 2018 Budućnost VOLI 78–77
(Series: 2–1)		 Crvena zvezda mts Podgorica
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 18–24, 26–17, 10–13
Pts: Gordić 17
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Gordić 5
PIR: Gordić 21		 Boxscore Pts: Feldeine 19
Rebs: Lessort, Bjelica 6
Asts: Feldeine, Rochestie 5
PIR: Feldeine 20		 Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 6,000
Referees:
Damir Javor
Tomislav Hordov
Mario Majkić


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 17 2 5
G 22 Kyle Gibson 10 4 3
G/F 4 Suad Šehović 3 2 0
PF 5 Justin Doellman 5 1 1
C 19 Zoran Nikolić 12 4 0
Reserves:
PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 10 4 3
F/C 6 Filip Barović 10 3 0
SF 8 Sead Šehović 3 1 0
F 13 Aleksa Ilić DNP
PG 30 Petar Popović 5 1 2
F 33 Kyle Landry 3 2 0
PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 1 0
Head coach:
Aleksandar Džikić
Budućnost
Crvena zvezda
Starters:PtsRebAst
G 22 Taylor Rochestie 12 2 5
SG 14 James Feldeine 19 1 5
G/F 10 Branko Lazić 2 3 3
F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 4 6 2
C 23 Alen Omić 18 4 3
Reserves:
SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP
G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 0 0 0
G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 5 4 0
F/C 16 Stefan Janković 3 3 0
F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 6 6 0
PG 31 Dylan Ennis 8 0 0
F/C 32 Nikola Jovanović DNP
Head coach:
Dušan Alimpijević

4th leg
14 April 2018 Budućnost VOLI 77–73
(Series: 3–1)		 Crvena zvezda mts Podgorica
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 14–23, 24–19, 17–16
Pts: Gordić 18
Rebs: Su. Šehović 6
Asts: Gordić 5
PIR: Barović 23		 Boxscore Pts: Rochestie 14
Rebs: Omić 10
Asts: Rochestie 6
PIR: Omić 21		 Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 6,000
Referees:
Sreten Radović
Saša Pukl
Sašo Petek


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 18 3 5
G 22 Kyle Gibson 7 5 1
G/F 4 Suad Šehović 5 6 0
PF 5 Justin Doellman 0 2 0
C 19 Zoran Nikolić 0 0 1
Reserves:
PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 17 3 1
F/C 6 Filip Barović 14 3 2
SF 8 Sead Šehović 0 1 0
F 13 Aleksa Ilić DNP
PG 30 Petar Popović 5 3 0
F 33 Kyle Landry 6 1 1
PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 5 4 0
Head coach:
Aleksandar Džikić
Budućnost
Crvena zvezda
Starters:PtsRebAst
G 22 Taylor Rochestie 14 7 6
SG 14 James Feldeine 11 1 4
G/F 10 Branko Lazić 6 1 0
F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 0 2 0
C 23 Alen Omić 12 10 2
Reserves:
SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP
G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 4 6 0
G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 11 3 0
F/C 16 Stefan Janković 3 0 0
F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 7 4 0
PG 31 Dylan Ennis 5 3 4
F/C 32 Nikola Jovanović DNP
Head coach:
Dušan Alimpijević

See also

References
  1. "Budućnost secured the Playoffs spot by beating Olimpija". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. "Zvezda beat Partizan and secure a place in the 2017/18 ABA League Playoffs!". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. "Cedevita down Budućnost and advance to 2017/18 ABA League Playoffs". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. "Overtime win of Olimpija over Partizan pushed Mornar into Playoffs". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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