# 2017–18 ProA

The 2017–18 ProA was the 11th season of the ProA, the second level of basketball in Germany. The champions and the runners-up of the play-offs are promoted to the 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga.

## Regular season
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rasta Vechta | 30 | 27 | 3 | 2550 | 2095 | +455 | 54 | Advance to play-offs |
| 2 | Crailsheim Merlins | 30 | 27 | 3 | 2712 | 2220 | +492 | 54 | Advance to play-offs |
| 3 | MLP Academics Heidelberg | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2298 | 2192 | +106 | 38 | Advance to play-offs |
| 4 | RheinStars Köln (R) | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2211 | 2133 | +78 | 38 | Advance to play-offs |
| 5 | PS Karlsruhe Lions | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2433 | 2249 | +184 | 36 | Advance to play-offs |
| 6 | Römerstrom Gladiators Trier | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2406 | 2348 | +58 | 34 | Advance to play-offs |
| 7 | Hebeisen White Wings Hanau | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2261 | 2314 | −53 | 30 | Advance to play-offs |
| 8 | Phoenix Hagen | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2408 | 2429 | −21 | 30 | Advance to play-offs |
| 9 | VfL Kirchheim Knights | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2331 | 2336 | −5 | 30 | |
| 10 | Hamburg Towers | 30 | 13 | 17 | 2260 | 2326 | −66 | 26 | |
| 11 | Niners Chemnitz | 30 | 13 | 17 | 2322 | 2311 | +11 | 26 | |
| 12 | Nürnberg Falcons | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2144 | 2291 | −147 | 22 | |
| 13 | Uni Baskets Paderborn | 30 | 9 | 21 | 2121 | 2372 | −251 | 18 | |
| 14 | Baunach Young Pikes | 30 | 8 | 22 | 2240 | 2444 | −204 | 16 | |
| 15 | Ehingen Urspring (R) | 30 | 8 | 22 | 2274 | 2584 | −310 | 16 | Relegation to ProB |
| 16 | OrangeAcademy (R) | 30 | 6 | 24 | 2121 | 2448 | −327 | 12 | Relegation to ProB |
* ↑ RheinStars Köln resigned its ProA position for the 2018–19 season.

## Play-offs

The quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in a best-of-five play-off format. The Finals are played in a two-legged series in which the team with the most aggregate points wins.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Rasta Vechta | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Phoenix Hagen | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Phoenix Hagen | 0 | 1 | Rasta Vechta | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | PS Karlsruhe Lions | 1 | | | |
| 4 | RheinStars Köln | 0 | 5 | PS Karlsruhe Lions | 1 | | | |
| 5 | PS Karlsruhe Lions | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | PS Karlsruhe Lions | 3 | | | | 1 | Rasta Vechta | 165 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Crailsheim Merlins | 158 |
| 2 | Crailsheim Merlins | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Crailsheim Merlins | 158 |
| 7 | White Wings Hanau | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | White Wings Hanau | 0 | 2 | Crailsheim Merlins | 3 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Gladiators Trier | 1 | | | |
| 3 | MLP Academics Heidelberg | 2 | 6 | Gladiators Trier | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Gladiators Trier | 3 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | 4th leg | 5th leg |
| Rasta Vechta | 3–0 | Phoenix Hagen | 104–76 | 86–79 | 93–75 | | |
| RheinStars Köln | 0–3 | PS Kalsruhe Lions | 67–85 | 70–92 | 68–88 | | |
| MLP Academics Heidelberg | 2–3 | Römerstrom Gladiators Trier | 86–83 | 70–83 | 91–80 | 88–89 | 65–69 |
| Crailsheim Merlins | 3–0 | Hebeisen White Wings | 87–71 | 107–82 | 99–75 | | |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | 4th leg | 5th leg |
| Rasta Vechta | 3–1 | PS Karlsruhe Lions | 90–79 | 80–90 | 95–90 | 91–73 | |
| Römerstrom Gladiators Trier | 1–3 | Crailsheim Merlins | 83–87 | 90–103 | 67–82 | 75–97 | |

### Finals
#### Second leg
## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification |
| 1 | Rasta Vechta (P) | 39 | 34 | 5 | Promotion to 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga |
| 2 | Crailsheim Merlins (P) | 39 | 34 | 5 | Promotion to 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga |
| 3 | PS Karlsruhe Lions | 37 | 22 | 15 | |
| 4 | Römerstrom Gladiators Trier | 34 | 16 | 18 | |
| 5 | MLP Academics Heidelberg | 35 | 21 | 14 | |
| 6 | RheinStars Köln | 33 | 19 | 14 | |
| 7 | Hebeisen White Wings | 33 | 15 | 18 | |
| 8 | Phoenix Hagen | 33 | 15 | 18 | |
| 9 | VfL Kirchheim Knights | 30 | 15 | 15 | |
| 10 | Hamburg Towers | 30 | 13 | 17 | |
| 11 | Niners Chemnitz | 30 | 13 | 17 | |
| 12 | Nürnberg Falcons | 30 | 11 | 19 | |
| 13 | Uni Baskets Paderborn | 30 | 9 | 21 | |
| 14 | Baunach Young Pikes | 30 | 8 | 22 | |
| 15 | Ehingen Urspring | 30 | 8 | 22 | Relegation to ProB |
| 16 | OrangeAcademy | 30 | 6 | 24 | Relegation to ProB |