# 2015–16 ABL season

The 2015–16 ASEAN Basketball League season was the sixth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). The regular season started on 27 October 2015 and ended on 21 February 2016. Two Indonesian teams, the Indonesia Warriors and Laskar Dreya South Sumatra did not return to the league.
The Westports Malaysia Dragons defeated first-time finalist Singapore Slingers in the finals, earning the Dragons its first ever championship in franchise history since joining the league in 2009.

## Teams

| Team | Location | Arena | Head coach |
| Hi-Tech Bangkok City | Bangkok | Thai-Japanese Stadium Gym 1 Hi-Tech Gym | Jerry Ruiz |
| Mono Vampire Basketball Club | Bangkok | Mono Vampire Gym Chulalongkorn University Gymnasium Sripatum University Stadium | Soontornpong Mawintorn |
| Pilipinas MX3 Kings | San Juan, Metro Manila | USEP Gymnasium (former arena) San Juan Gym Malolos Convention Center | Jack Santiago |
| Saigon Heat | Ho Chi Minh City | CIS Arena | Anthony Garbelotto |
| Singapore Slingers | Singapore | OCBC Arena | Neo Beng Siang |
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | Kuala Lumpur | MABA Stadium | Ariel Vanguardia |

## 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) |
| Hi-Tech Bangkok City | Christien Charles Steven Thomas | Tyler Lamb Freddie Goldstein |
| Mono Vampire Basketball Club | Anthony McClain Cleveland Melvin Michael Fey Quincy Okolie Paul Butorac | Froilan Baguion Leo Avenido |
| Pilipinas MX3 Kings | Will Creekmore Michael Fey Arizona Reid Nakiea Miller Charles Mammie | Jerramy King Alli Austria |
| Saigon Heat | Lenny Daniel Paul Williams Will Creekmore | David Arnold Moses Morgan |
| Singapore Slingers | Xavier Alexander Justin Aronel Howard | Kris Rosales |
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | Reggie Johnson Calvin Godfrey | Jason Brickman Matthew Wright |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Westports Malaysia Dragons | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1878 | 1612 | +266 | .800 | — | Qualified for the playoffs |
| 2 | Singapore Slingers | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1607 | 1434 | +173 | .800 | — | Qualified for the playoffs |
| 3 | Hi-Tech Bangkok City | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1666 | 1601 | +65 | .700 | 2 | Qualified for the playoffs |
| 4 | Saigon Heat | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1593 | 1705 | −112 | .450 | 7 | Qualified for the playoffs |
| 5 | Mono Vampire Basketball Club | 20 | 3 | 17 | 1561 | 1722 | −161 | .150 | 13 | Eliminated |
| 6 | Pilipinas MX3 Kings | 20 | 2 | 18 | 1514 | 1745 | −231 | .100 | 14 | Eliminated |
* 1 2 Malaysia wins tiebreaker via head-to-head goal average (1.01 vs. 0.98); both teams had identical 2–2 head-to-head records against each other.

## Results

* Score of the home team is listed first.
* In case where a game went into overtime, the number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime periods played.

### First and second round

| Home \ Away | HBC | MNV | MX3 | SGH | SIN | WMD |
| Bangkok City | | 80–74 | 100–66 | 88–71 | 83–74 | 79–83 |
| Mono Vampire | 68–78 | | 76–74 | 70–74 | 69–97 | 81–94 |
| Pilipinas | 64–86 | 79–78 | | 88–103 | 62–70 | 74–99 |
| Saigon | 70–74 | 78–73 | 68–88 | | 74–86 | 92–100* |
| Singapore | 83–80 | 72–66 | 63–57* | 84–69 | | 88–85 |
| Malaysia | 77–71 | 68–64 | 107–82 | 109–60 | 84–79 | |

### Third and fourth round

| Home \ Away | HBC | MNV | MX3 | SGH | SIN | WMD |
| Bangkok City | | 77–65 | 95–89 | 88–82 | 65–84 | 89–108 |
| Mono Vampire | 104–107* | | 101–82 | 99–100 | 74–93 | 98–115 |
| Pilipinas | 67–71 | 81–85 | | 80–84 | 67–86 | 91–105 |
| Saigon | 94–90 | 90–79 | 84–79 | | 60–62 | 91–82 |
| Singapore | 75–83 | 73–65 | 80–58 | 100–73 | | 80–89 |
| Malaysia | 79–83 | 110–72 | 103–86 | 86–76 | 71–78 | |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Malaysia | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Saigon | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Saigon | 0 | 1 | Malaysia | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Singapore | 2 |
| 2 | Singapore | 2 | 2 | Singapore | 2 |
| 3 | Bangkok City | 1 | | | |

### Semifinals
#### Malaysia vs. Saigon

* 27 February
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | 84–68 | Saigon Heat |
* MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
* 5 March
| Saigon Heat | 76–89 | Westports Malaysia Dragons |
| Malaysia wins series 2–0 |||
* CIS Arena, Saigon

#### Singapore vs. Bangkok City

* 29 February 15:00
| Singapore Slingers | 70–73 | Hi-Tech Bangkok City |
* OCBC Arena, Singapore
* 5 March
| Hi-Tech Bangkok City | 66–95 | Singapore Slingers |
* Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok
* 7 March
| Singapore Slingers | 68–60 | Hi-Tech Bangkok City |
| Singapore wins series 2–1 |||
* OCBC Arena, Singapore

### Finals

* 12 March
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | 80–84 | Singapore Slingers |
* MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
* 14 March
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | 83–67 | Singapore Slingers |
* MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
* 19 March
| Singapore Slingers | 72–90 | Westports Malaysia Dragons |
* OCBC Arena, Singapore
* 21 March
| Singapore Slingers | 75–73 | Westports Malaysia Dragons |
* OCBC Arena, Singapore
* 26 March
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | 77–65 | Singapore Slingers |
| Malaysia wins series 3–2 |||
* MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

## Awards

The awarding ceremony was held before the game 2 of the ABL finals on March 13, 2016 held at the MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
* ASEAN Heritage MVP: Matthew Wright (Westports Malaysia Dragons)
* World Import MVP: Reggie Johnson (Westports Malaysia Dragons)
* Local MVP: Wong Wei Long (Singapore Slingers)
* Defensive Player of the Year: Christien Charles (Hi-Tech Bangkok City)
* Coach of the Year: Neo Beng Siang (Singapore Slingers)

### Players of the week

| Week | Player |
| 27 Oct. – 3 Nov. | Jason Brickman (Westports Malaysia Dragons) |
| 4 Nov. – 10 Nov. | Christien Charles (Hi-Tech Bangkok City) |
| 11 Nov. – 17 Nov. | Calvin Godfrey (Westports Malaysia Dragons) |
| 18 Nov. – 23 Nov. | Justin Howard (Singapore Slingers) |
| 24 Nov. – 30 Nov. | Moses Morgan (Saigon Heat) |
| 1 Dec. – 7 Dec. | Freddie Goldstein (Hi-Tech Bangkok City) |
| 8 Dec. – 15 Dec. | Anthony McClain (Mono Vampire Basketball Club) |
| 16 Dec. – 23 Dec. | Will Creekmore (Saigon Heat) |
| 6 Jan. – 13 Jan. | Wu Qingde (Singapore Slingers) |
| 14 Jan. – 19 Jan. | Wu Qingde (Singapore Slingers) |
| 20 Jan. – 26 Jan. | Calvin Godfrey (Westports Malaysia Dragons) |
| 27 Jan. – 2. Feb. | Kris Rosales (Singapore Slingers) |
| 3 Feb. – 9. Feb | Christien Charles Hi-Tech Bangkok City |
| 10. Feb – 16. Feb | Jason Brickman (Westports Malaysia Dragons) |
| 17 Feb. – 22. Feb | Matthew Wright (Westports Malaysia Dragons) |