2016–17 ABL season

This article is about the basketball competition. For the baseball competition, see 2016–17 Australian Baseball League season.

The 2016–17 ABL season was the seventh season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 25 November 2016 and will end on 26 March 2017.

2016–17 ABL season
League	ASEAN Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	25 November 2016 – 26 March 2017 (Regular season)
Number of games	60 (regular season)
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	Cable TV Skynindo ABS-CBN Sports and Action StarHub Sportcast HTV
Regular season
Top seed	Eastern
2017 ABL finals
Champions	Eastern
Runners-up	Singapore Slingers

Teams

Venues

Slingers

Heat

Dragons

Eastern

Truth

Alab

Alab

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Locations of 2016–17 ABL teams. Red pogs are primary locations, while blue pogs are alternates. Alab Pilipinas played twice in every town where they were the designated home team.

Team	Location	Arena
Alab Pilipinas	Laguna	Alonte Sports Arena, Biňan
		City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex, Santa Rosa
	Bulacan	Baliuag Star Arena, Baliuag
	Davao City	Davao City Recreation Center, Davao City
		University of Southeastern Philippines Gym, Davao City
	Metro Manila	Olivarez College Gym, Parañaque
Eastern	Wan Chai	Southorn Stadium, Wan Chai
Kaohsiung Truth	Kaohsiung	Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School Gym, Kaohsiung
Saigon Heat	Ho Chi Minh City	CIS Arena, Ho Chi Minh City
Singapore Slingers	Singapore	OCBC Arena, Kallang
Westports Malaysia Dragons	Kuala Lumpur	MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
	Selangor	House of Champions, Gem-In Mall, Cyberjaya

Personnel

Team	Head coach
Alab Pilipinas	Mac Cuan
Eastern	Edu Torres
Kaohsiung Truth	Sabatino Chen
Saigon Heat	Anthony Garbelotto
Singapore Slingers	Neo Beng Siang
Westports Malaysia Dragons	Chris Thomas

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.

Team	World import(s)	ASEAN/Heritage import(s)	Former import(s)
Alab Pilipinas	Sampson Carter James Hughes	Igee King Lawrence Domingo	Lee Dong-jun Lee Seung-jun
Eastern	Marcus Elliott Josh Boone	Steven Guinchard Tyler Lamb	Patrick Sullivan
Kaohsiung Truth	Chris Oliver Derek Hall	Raymar Jose Achie Inigo	Mikee Reyes
Saigon Heat	Lenny Daniel Jordan Henriquez	David Arnold Moses Morgan	Christien Charles Herbert Hill Haminn Quaintance Joshua Munzon
Singapore Slingers	Xavier Alexander Justin Howard	Josh Urbiztondo	Luke Schenscher Alli Austria Rolando Gardner
Westports Malaysia Dragons	Skylar Spencer Kiwi Gardner	Joshua Munzon	Marcus Melvin Freddie Goldstein

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Eastern	20	16	4	1810	1610	+200	.800	—	Semifinals
2	Singapore Slingers	20	13	7	1592	1482	+110	.650	3
3	Alab Pilipinas	20	11	9	1591	1568	+23	.550	5
4	Saigon Heat	20	8	12	1580	1676	−96	.400	8
5	Westports Malaysia Dragons	20	7	13	1684	1743	−59	.350	9	Eliminated
6	Kaohsiung Truth	20	5	15	1614	1792	−178	.250	11

Source: ASEANBasketballLeague.com

Results

First and second rounds

Home \ Away	ALP	HKL	KAT	SGH	SGS	WMD
Alab Pilipinas	—	61–83	91–82	99–77	66–71	87–79
Eastern	93–80	—	95–67	92–96	97–95*	87–70
Kaohsiung Truth	77–86	79–90	—	83–82	66–84	94–86
Saigon Heat	78–74	74–84	99–85	—	65–90	65–72
Singapore Slingers	71–68	82–72	84–76	73–75	—	80–62
Westports Malaysia Dragons	54–65	85–88	79–97	82–67	76–81	—

Source: ASEANBasketballLeague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

*Overtime

Third and fourth rounds

Home \ Away	ALP	HKL	KAT	SGH	SGS	WMD
Alab Pilipinas	—	82–75	93–87	65–72	74–72	91–101*
Eastern	100–87	—	103–83	110–97*	71–77	96–87
Kaohsiung Truth	85–107	75–89	—	85–71	79–75	108–114
Saigon Heat	70–74	72–97	85–76	—	71–86	81–94
Singapore Slingers	62–64*	71–73	76–52	71–88	—	78–77**
Westports Malaysia Dragons	79–77	90–115	103–78	84–95	110–112*	—

Source: ASEANBasketballLeague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

*Overtime

Playoffs

Main article: 2017 ABL playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Eastern	2
	4	Saigon Heat	0
						1	Eastern	3
						2	Singapore Slingers	1
	2	Singapore Slingers	2
	3	Alab Pilipinas	0

Semi-finals

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

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Eastern	2–0	Saigon Heat	114–74	86–79	—
Singapore Slingers	2–0	Alab Pilipinas	77–67	82–64	—

Finals

The finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary. The winner will provisionally represent the Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA) at the 2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, unless a team outside SEABA wins; in that case, the best-performing SEABA team will be the provisional representative.

Semi-final 1 winner	Series	Semi-final 2 winner	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Eastern	3–1	Singapore Slingers	76–92	92–84	76–72	82–80 (2OT)	—

Final rankings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Eastern	26	21	5	2336	2091	+245	.808
2	Singapore Slingers	26	16	10	2079	1939	+140	.615	Qualification to FIBA Asia Champions Cup
3	Alab Pilipinas	22	11	11	1722	1727	−5	.500
4	Saigon Heat	22	8	14	1733	1876	−143	.364
5	Westports Malaysia Dragons	20	7	13	1684	1743	−59	.350
6	Kaohsiung Truth	20	5	15	1614	1792	−178	.250

Updated to match(es) played on 2017-04-16. Source: ASEANBasketballLeague.com
Notes:

Awards

2016–17 ABL champions
Eastern (1st title)

The awarding ceremony was held before the game 4 of the ABL finals on April 23, 2017 held at the OCBC Arena in Kallang, Singapore.

• ABL Local MVP: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (Alab Pilipinas)
• ASEAN Heritage MVP: Tyler Lamb (Eastern)
• World Import MVP: Marcus Elliott (Eastern)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Justin Howard (Singapore Slingers)
• Coach of the Year: Edu Torres (Eastern)

External links

• Official website