2014 ABL season

2014 ABL Regular Season
League	ASEAN Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	16 July 2014 – 11 November 2014
Number of games	60
Number of teams	6
ABL season
Season MVP	Wei Long Wong (Singapore)
2014 ABL Finals
Champions	Hi-Tech Bangkok City
Runners-up	Westports Malaysia Dragons

The 2014 ASEAN Basketball League Regular Season was the fifth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). Hi-Tech Bangkok City won its second title in its franchise history after defeating Westports Malaysia Dragons in two games. ^[1] Anthony Macri, the commissioner of the league for the past two years, resigned on 21 February 2014. ^[2] The regular season began on 16 July 2014 and concluded on 26 October 2014. Two teams from the previous season, defending champions San Miguel Beermen and Sports Rev Thailand Slammers, did not return for the current season. ^[3]

Teams

Team	Location	Arena
Hi-Tech Bangkok City	Bangkok	Thai-Japanese Stadium
Laskar Dreya South Sumatra	Sumatra	Senayan Gym Hall 1
Indonesia Warriors	North Jakarta	The BritAma Arena
Saigon Heat	Ho Chi Minh City	CIS Arena
Singapore Slingers	Singapore	OCBC Arena
Westports Malaysia Dragons	Kuala Lumpur	MABA Stadium

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	PD
Westports Malaysia Dragons	20	15	5	75	--	224
Hi-Tech Bangkok City	20	14	6	70	1	169
Singapore Slingers	20	12	8	60	3	49
Saigon Heat	20	9	11	45	6	14
Indonesia Warriors	20	9	11	45	6	−88
Laskar Dreya South Sumatra	20	1	19	5	14	−366

      Qualified to the Playoffs
      Eliminated

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	IW	LDS	SGH	SIN	WMD
Bangkok City		88–50	100–91	75–59	59–51	88–82
Indonesia	73–70		100–63	61–72	65–63	88–72
South Sumatra	58–92	75–76		79–97	61–84	64–89
Saigon	74–85	72–56	70–48		73–76	98–102
Singapore	78–75	80–59	62–46	77–74		57–65
Malaysia	90–93	84–66	106–84	82–72	85–59

Third and fourth round

Home \ Away	HBC	IW	LDS	SGH	SIN	WMD
Bangkok City		61–53	72–65	61–57	75–96	80–88
Indonesia	61–78		62–82	73–75	91–74	89–88
South Sumatra	60–84	54–73		70–89	62–77	70–90
Saigon	75–100	72–61	75–65		83–65	82–85
Singapore	66–63	54–65	96–73	79–65		77–68
Malaysia	107–104	97–63	100–56	103–83	101–87

      Win
      OT Win
      Loss
      OT Loss

Statistical leaders

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Dior Lowhorn	Singapore Slingers	26.27
Rebounds per game	Justin Williams	Saigon Heat	17.65
Assists per game	Avery Scharer	Westports Malaysia Dragons	6.53
Steals per game	Avery Scharer	Westports Malaysia Dragons	2.59
Blocks per game	Justin Williams	Saigon Heat	4.40
Turnovers per game	Justin Howard	Singapore Slingers	3.88
FT%	Nakorn Jaisanuk	HiTech Bangkok City	1.000
3FG%	Russel Low	Singapore Slingers	1.000

Source:^[4]

Playoffs

The 2014 ABL Playoffs began on 29 October 2014.^[5]

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

References

1. "Basketball: Bangkok City bounce back to bag second ABL title". SportAsia. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
2. "ABL announces departure of Commissioner & CEO". ASEAN Basketball League. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
3. "AirAsia ABL Announces 16th July Tip Off for the 2014 Season". aseanbasketballleague.com. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
4. Statistical Leaders
5. "AirAsia ABL Releases 2014 Schedule". aseanbasketballleague.com. 29 May 2014.

External links

• Official website