2016–17 Abl Season

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
ABL seasons
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Venues

 

 

Slingers

 

Heat

 

Dragons

 

 

Eastern

 

Truth

 

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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

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

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

Results

First and second rounds

*Overtime

Third and fourth rounds

*Overtime

	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)	—