The 2018–19 ABL season was the ninth season of competition of the

ASEAN Basketball League The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) is a professional men's basketball league in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong/Macau, which includes six teams from Southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), one tea ...

. The regular season started on 16 November 2018 and ended on 28 March 2019.

Teams

All the teams in 2017–18 season returned for this season. However, the following changes happened: # Chong Son Kung Fu relocated and rebranded to Macau Black Bears. # Zhuhai Wolf Warriors was the 10th team in the ABL, added after

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relocated to Macau.

Venues

Personnel

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.

Local Heritage

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

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

Finals

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

Awards

End-of-season awards

The winners were announced before Game 2 of the

2019 ABL Finals The 2018–19 ABL season, 2019 ASEAN Basketball League, ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) Finals was the best-of-5 championship series of the 2018–19 ABL season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. CLS Knights Indonesia, BTN CLS Knights Ind ...

at the OCBC Arena,

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. *Most Valuable Players: **Local: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (

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) **World Import:

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(

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) *Defensive Player of the Year: John Fields (

) *Coach of the Year: Dean Murray ( Formosa Dreamers)

Players of the Week

References

External links

Official website
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