The 2017–18 ABL season is the eighth season of competition of the

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. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 28 March 2018.

Teams

Five teams from the 2016–2017 ABL season returned for this season. One team, the Kaohsiung Truth, disbanded prior to the season. One team, Mono Vampire, returned after skipping last season, having played in the 2015–16 ABL season. The team plans to concurrently play in the ABL and in the Thailand Basketball League for the upcoming season. Three teams were accepted as new members: Nanhai Long-Lions, Formosa Dreamers and

CLS Knights Surabaya BTN CLS Knights Indonesia is a basketball club based in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia that plays in the ASEAN Basketball League. Their home games are played at GOR Kertajaya Surabaya. History Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) First ye ...

. The Long-Lions are the developmental team of the Guangzhou Long-Lions, the Dreamers are an

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from Taiwan, and the Knights left the

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to play in the ABL. Prior their first game, the Nanhai Long-Lions renamed themselves as the Nanhai Kung Fu. After partnering with Macau's Grupo Desportivo Chong Son they changed their name once again to

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days before the season started. Alab Pilipinas renamed their team as the Tanduay Alab Pilipinas after securing a sponsorship deal with Asia Brewery, prior the season started. CLS Knights Surabaya renamed their team as "

CLS Knights Indonesia BTN CLS Knights Indonesia is a basketball club based in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia that plays in the ASEAN Basketball League. Their home games are played at GOR Kertajaya Surabaya. History Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) First yea ...

" prior the season started. Tanduay Alab Pilipinas was renamed as " San Miguel Alab Pilipinas" by 1 February 2018, when the primary sponsor was changed from Tanduay to San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen.

Venues and locations

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Mall of Asia Arena The SM Mall of Asia Arena, also known as the Mall of Asia Arena or the MoA Arena, is an indoor arena within the SM Mall of Asia complex, in Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 for sporting events, a ...

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, 25,000 , - , Filoil Flying V Centre,

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, 5,500 , - , Caloocan Sports Complex,

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, 3,000 , - ,

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, Baliwag Star Arena , , - , Santa Rosa , City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex , 5,700 , - ,

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, Ynares Center , 7,400 , - ,

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, University of Southeastern Philippines Gymnasium , 7,000 , - , Singapore Slingers ,

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, OCBC Arena,

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, 3,000 , - ,

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, MABA Stadium , 2,500 , -

Personnel

Imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. In the left are the World Imports, and in the right are the ASEAN/Heritage Imports. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds. Each team is allowed to sign two types of imports at most on its roster.

Regular season

Each team will play 20 games throughout the season, 10 at home and 10 away. Each team will play 8 other teams twice, home and away, for a total of 16 games, plus 4 more games against two teams, also home and away, taking the total to 20 games. This is how the teams were grouped on which teams will play each other four times: * Chong Son, Eastern, Formosa * CLS, Alab, Singapore * Malaysia, Mono, Saigon

Standings

Results

First and second rounds

Third and fourth rounds

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

The quarterfinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.

Semi-finals

The semifinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.

Finals

The finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary.

Awards

Finals awards

End-of-season awards

The winners were announced before Game 2 of the

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at the City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex in

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. *Most Valuable Players: **Local: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. ( San Miguel Alab Pilipinas) **Heritage Import: Mikh McKinney (

) **World Import: Anthony Tucker (

) *Defensive Player of the Year: Renaldo Balkman ( San Miguel Alab Pilipinas) and Chris Charles ( Singapore Slingers) *Coach of the Year:

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Players of the Week

Local players

Heritage imports

World imports

Statistical leaders

Individual season leaders

References

External links

Official website
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