# 2018–19 ABL season

The 2018–19 ABL season was the ninth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. 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 Kung Fu relocated to Macau.

### Venues

| Team | City / Region | Arena | Capacity |
| CLS Knights Indonesia | Surabaya, East Java | GOR Kertajaya Surabaya | 3,000 |
| Formosa Dreamers | Changhua, Changhua County | Changhua Stadium | 8,000 |
| Eastern | Wan Chai, Hong Kong | Southorn Stadium | 2,000 |
| Macau Black Bears | Foshan, Guangdong | Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center | 14,700 |
| Macau Black Bears | Taipa, Macau | University of Macau Sports Complex | |
| Mono Vampire | Bangkok Metropolitan Region | Stadium 29, Nonthaburi | 5,000 |
| Saigon Heat | Ho Chi Minh City | Canadian International School Vietnam Arena | 2,500 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Santa Rosa, Laguna | City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex | 5,700 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Metro Manila | Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan | 5,500 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Metro Manila | Caloocan Sports Complex, Caloocan | 3,000 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Lapu-Lapu City | Hoops Dome | 6,000 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Lapu-Lapu City | Lapu-Lapu Sports Complex | |
| Singapore Slingers | Singapore | OCBC Arena, Kallang | 3,000 |
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | Kuala Lumpur | MABA Stadium | 2,500 |
| Wolf Warriors | Zhuhai, Guangdong | Doumen Gymnasium, | |
| Wolf Warriors | Zhuhai, Guangdong | Zhuhai Jinan University, | |
| Wolf Warriors | Macau | Foshan Shishan Gymnasium | |
| Wolf Warriors | Macau | University of Macau Sports Complex | |

### Personnel

| Team | Head coach |
| CLS Knights Indonesia | Brian Rowsom |
| Formosa Dreamers | Dean Murray |
| Eastern | Edu Torres |
| Macau Black Bears | Mu Jianxin |
| Mono Vampire | Tongkiat Singhasene |
| Saigon Heat | Kyle Julius |
| Alab Pilipinas | Jimmy Alapag |
| Singapore Slingers | Neo Beng Siang |
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | Jamie Pearlman |
| Wolf Warriors | Matt Skillman |

### 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.
| Club | Import 1 | Import 2 | Import 3 | Former Imports |
| CLS Knights Indonesia | Maxie Esho | Doug Herring Jr. | Darryl Watkins | Montay Brandon Stephen Hurt |
| Formosa Dreamers | Malcolm Miller | William Artino | Tevin Glass | |
| Eastern | Marcus Elliott | Michael Holyfield | O'Darien Bassett | Trey Gilder Eric Ferguson Samuel Deguara |
| Macau Black Bears | Dewarick Spencer | Ryan Watkins | Mikh McKinney | Anthony Tucker |
| Mono Vampire | Mike Singletary | Malcolm White | Romeo Travis | Marcus Keene Chris Charles Jason Brickman |
| Saigon Heat | Kyle Barone | Trevon Hughes | DeAngelo Hamilton | Murphy Burnatowski |
| Alab Pilipinas | Renaldo Balkman | Peter John Ramos | | |
| Singapore Slingers | Xavier Alexander | John Fields | Jerran Young | |
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | Chris Eversley | Winston Shepard | Nnanna Egwu | Sundiata Gaines Shaun Bruce |
| Wolf Warriors | Mike Bell | Cory Bradford | Shawntez Patterson | DeShawn Mitchell Mario Wuysang Eric Tisby Eddy Curry Mike Taylor |

### Local heritage

| Wolf Warriors | Saigon Heat | Alab Pilipinas | Macau Black Bears | Mono Vampire |
| Tse Sit Chun | Corey Cillia Chris Dierker Trần Đăng Khoa Justin Young Henry Nguyen Sang Đinh Stefan Nguyen Tim Alan Van Waale | Bobby Ray Parks Jr. Josh Urbiztondo Lawrence Domingo Caelan Tiongson Brandon Rosser Ethan Alvano | Kane Ma Nathan Yu Derek King Liu Zankun Luo Yongxuan Jenning Leung | Freddie Goldstein Tyler Lamb Moses Morgan |
| CLS Knights Indonesia | Westports Malaysia Dragons | Formosa Dreamers | Eastern | Singapore Slingers |
| Brandon Jawato Wei Long Wong | Jonathan Wong Zhong Han | Kenneth Chien | | |

## 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

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Formosa Dreamers | 19 | 7 | .731 | — | Playoffs |
| 2 | Alab Pilipinas | 18 | 8 | .692 | 1 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Singapore Slingers | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | CLS Knights Indonesia | 15 | 11 | .577 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Saigon Heat | 14 | 12 | .538 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Macau Black Bears | 14 | 12 | .538 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Eastern | 13 | 13 | .500 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Mono Vampire | 11 | 15 | .423 | 8 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Westports Malaysia Dragons | 8 | 18 | .308 | 11 | |
| 10 | Wolf Warriors | 2 | 24 | .077 | 17 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Macau 1–1 Saigon; head-to-head differential: Saigon +1, Macau –1.

### Results

| Home \ Away | CLS | FMD | HKE | MBB | MNV | SGH | SAP | SGS | WMD | WOW | CLS | FMD | HKE | MBB | MNV | SGH | SAP | SGS | WMD | WOW |
| CLS | — | 99–73 | 87–78 | 105–78 | 80–75 | 64–76 | 80–88* | 89–74 | 73–70 | 132–104 | — | | | | 109–102* | 91–90 | | 68–71 | 73–62 | |
| Formosa | 82–72 | — | 81–71 | 99–89 | 71–66 | 72–74 | 73–72 | 80–88 | 82–76 | 107–79 | | — | 109–101 | 94–84 | | | 79–71 | | | 97–78 |
| Eastern | 97–98 | 80–82 | — | 95–114 | 95–88 | 95–88 | 81–96 | 88–81 | 79–70 | 95–88 | | 86–92 | — | 111–109 | | | 88–83 | | | 101–70 |
| Macau | 117–110 | 116–110 | 90–114 | — | 102–107 | 97–95 | 116–103 | 70–89 | 87–62 | 107–81 | | 116–122 | 113–93 | — | | | 114–84 | | | 99–65 |
| Mono | 82–110 | 89–74 | 86–79 | 100–106 | — | 83–98 | 59–78 | 81–91 | 86–94 | 113–92 | 92–76 | | | | — | 89–83* | | 87–84 | 98–79 | |
| Saigon | 82–80 | 85–86* | 99–91 | 96–93 | 87–76 | — | 81–80 | 75–78 | 65–60 | 102–70 | 79–81 | | | | 101–82 | — | | 81–69 | 78–65 | |
| Alab | 94–67 | 86–72 | 87–75 | 106–99 | 110–100* | 111–87 | — | 77–71 | 85–47 | 105–95 | | 74–88 | 88–76 | 101–96 | | | — | | | 108–81 |
| Singapore | 95–76 | 73–77 | 89–92** | 98–88 | 79–81 | 87–80 | 70–80 | — | 101–47 | 99–77 | 95–99* | | | | 100–88 | 76–70 | | — | 81–44 | |
| Malaysia | 68–83 | 97–96 | 78–89 | 86–97 | 75–84 | 84–82 | 72–71 | 76–87 | — | 89–83 | 89–84 | | | | 87–91 | 80–76 | | 73–88 | — | |
| Wolf Warriors | 96–88 | 81–107 | 75–107 | 96–135 | 119–114 | 86–105 | 81–100 | 103–107* | 73–74 | — | | 88–99 | 76–88 | 81–89 | | | 79–105 | | | — |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 Formosa Dreamers | 0 | | |
| 8 Mono Vampire | 2 | | |
| 8 Mono Vampire | 2 | 8 Mono Vampire | 1 |
| | | 4 CLS Knights Indonesia | 2 |
| 4 CLS Knights Indonesia | 2 | 4 CLS Knights Indonesia | 2 |
| 5 Saigon Heat | 1 | | | | |
| 5 Saigon Heat | 1 | | | 4 CLS Knights Indonesia | 3 |
| | | | | 3 Singapore Slingers | 2 |
| 2 Alab Pilipinas | 0 | | | 3 Singapore Slingers | 2 |
| 7 Eastern | 2 | | | | |
| 7 Eastern | 2 | 7 Eastern | 0 | | |
| | | 3 Singapore Slingers | 2 |
| 3 Singapore Slingers | 2 | 3 Singapore Slingers | 2 |
| 6 Macau Black Bears | 1 | | |

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals was a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting game 1, and if necessary game 3.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Formosa Dreamers | 0–2 | Mono Vampire | 80–83 | 68–70 | — |
| San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | 0–2 | Eastern | 88–90 | 84–102 | — |
| Singapore Slingers | 2–1 | Macau Black Bears | 102–91 | 78–80 | 81–79 |
| BTN CLS Knights Indonesia | 2–1 | Saigon Heat | 84–59 | 81–86 | 68–56 |

### Semifinals

The semifinals was a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting game 1, and if necessary game 3.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Singapore Slingers | 2–0 | Eastern | 101–70 | 80–73 | — |
| BTN CLS Knights Indonesia | 2–1 | Mono Vampire | 86–77 | 71–79 | 89–75 |

### Finals

The finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Singapore Slingers | 2–3 | BTN CLS Knights Indonesia | 67–86 | 77–57 | 63–60 | 74–87 | 81–84 |

## Awards
### End-of-season awards

The winners were announced before game 2 of the 2019 ABL finals at the OCBC Arena, Singapore.
* Most Valuable Players:
** Local: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (San Miguel Alab Pilipinas)
** World Import: Xavier Alexander (Singapore Slingers)
* Defensive Player of the Year: John Fields (Singapore Slingers)
* Coach of the Year: Dean Murray (Formosa Dreamers)

### Players of the Week

| Week | Player | Club |
| Week 1 | Eric Ferguson | Eastern |
| Week 2 | Xavier Alexander | Singapore Slingers |
| Week 3 | Mikh McKinney | Macau Black Bears |
| Week 4 | Larry Liew | Singapore Slingers |
| Week 5 | Renaldo Balkman | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |
| Week 6 | Cai Chen | Wolf Warriors |
| Week 7 | Lee Ki | Eastern |
| Week 8 | Maxie Esho | CLS Knights Indonesia |
| Week 9 | Wei Long Wong | CLS Knights Indonesia |
| Week 10 | Peter John Ramos | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |
| Week 11 | O'Darien Bassett | Eastern |
| Week 12 | Mike Singletary | Mono Vampire |
| Week 13 | Bobby Ray Parks Jr. | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |
| Week 14 | John Fields | Singapore Slingers |
| Week 15 | Malcolm Miller | Formosa Dreamers |
| Week 16 | Doug Herring Jr. | CLS Knights Indonesia |
| Week 17 | Dewarick Spencer | Macau Black Bears |
| Week 18 | Xavier Alexander | Singapore Slingers |