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

First and second round

Home \ Away HBC IW LDSSGHSINWMD
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 LDSSGHSINWMD
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

Main article: 2014 ABL 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.

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