2012 ABL season

2012 ABL season
League	ASEAN Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	13 January 2012 – 13 May 2012
Number of teams	8
ABL season
Season MVP	Leo Avenido (San Miguel)
2011 ABL finals
Champions	Indonesia Warriors
Runners-up	San Miguel Beermen
ABL seasons
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The 2012 ASEAN Basketball League season was the third season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) since its establishment. A total of eight teams will compete the league. The regular season will begin on 16 January 2012 and will end on 13 May 2012. Three teams will debut this season: the Bangkok Cobras, the San Miguel Beermen and the SSA Saigon Heat, while the Brunei Barracudas team took a leave of absence. Satria Muda BritAma was renamed into the Indonesia Warriors, while the Westports KL Dragons were renamed as the Westports Malaysia Dragons, and Singapore Slingers were renamed Jobstreet.com Singapore Slingers.

The season was delayed until January 2012 to give way to the Southeast Asian Games.

Preseason

The ABL underwent expansion with three new teams debuting. The San Miguel Beermen signed a five-year contract with the league; this is a different team from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) team owned by San Miguel Corporation that now carries the Petron Blaze Boosters name. Bobby Parks was named as the head coach. ^[1]

Bangkok Basketball Holdings were the second team to join the league. The team will be the second Thai team, after the defending champions Chang Thailand Slammers. ^[2] The third team to join the league was SSA Saigon Heat organised by the Saigon Sports Academy. The Heat are the first international basketball team to represent Vietnam. ^[3]

The Brunei Barracudas, a team that has failed to make it to the playoffs in the league's first two seasons, has decided not participate in the 2012 season. While no reason was given, the team has heavily relied on its starting five, who are all imports, to play the game in its entirety. ^[4]

Six of the eight teams participated in the To Be Number One Basketball Challenge held in Bangkok in benefit of the victims of the 2011 Thailand floods. The San Miguel Beermen defeated the AirAsia Philippine Patriots to win the championship. ^[5] In 2012, the Beermen, the Patriots and the Qatari team Al -Jaysh will participate in another preseason tournament at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. ^[6]

Arenas

Patriots
Beermen

Slingers

Heat

Dragons

Slammers
Cobras

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Locations of the northern ABL teams.

Warriors

Slingers

Dragons

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Locations of the southern ABL teams.

San Juan Gym (Patriots)

Ynares Sports Arena (Patriots, Beermen)

Olivarez College Gym (Beermen)

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Arenas used within Metro Manila.

Team	Location	Arena	Head Coach
Philippine Patriots	San Juan Pasig	San Juan Gym Ynares Sports Arena	Glenn Capacio
Bangkok Cobras	Bangkok	Chulalongkorn University Gym*	Joe Bryant
Thailand Slammers	Bangkok	Thai-Japanese Gym*	Felton Sealey
Indonesia Warriors	North Jakarta Bandung	The BritAma Arena GOR C-Tra Arena	John Todd Purves
Saigon Heat	Ho Chi Minh City	Tan Binh Gymnasium	Jason Rabedeaux
San Miguel Beermen	Pasig Parañaque	Ynares Sports Arena Olivarez College Gym	Bobby Parks
Singapore Slingers	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium	Neo Beng Siang
Westports Malaysia Dragons	Kuala Lumpur	MABA Stadium	Ariel Vanguardia

*these are indoor arenas located adjacent to the outdoor stadiums.

Standings

#	Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	San Miguel Beermen	21	17	4	1678	1475	+203	34
2	Philippine Patriots	21	16	5	1697	1580	+117	32
3	Indonesia Warriors	21	12	9	1623	1507	+116	24
4	Westports Malaysia Dragons	21	11	10	1775	1726	+49	22
5	Singapore Slingers	21	9	12	1536	1536	0	18
6	Saigon Heat	21	8	13	1424	1571	−147	16
7	Bangkok Cobras	21	6	15	1446	1650	−204	12
8	Thailand Slammers	21	5	16	1493	1627	−134	10

  Qualified to the semifinals

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	APP	BC	CTS	IW	SH	SMB	SIN	WMD
Philippine		86–58	89–68	86–73	76–62	66–68	90–84	86–72
Bangkok	60–55		71–67	57–73	78–86		79–74	85–81
Thailand	72–81	86–76		72–89	78–58	59–68	66–56	80–69
Indonesia	68–72	74–67	70–82		96–68	61–77	65–57	80–93
Saigon	62–76	61–76	60–53	68–72		62–85	55–60	70–69
San Miguel	78–70	94–59	92–77	81–77*	63–66		75–65	70–73
Singapore	75–80	73–48	74–63	59–79	67–72	71–63		81–70
Malaysia	87–90	70–73	106–72	82–79	97–86	83–77*	86–71

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Third round

Home \ Away	APP	BC	CTS	IW	SH	SMB	SIN	WMD
Philippine				79–104	76–70			93–97*
Bangkok	78–84		83–78	79–99	66–68			84–107
Thailand	74–80				56–58	76–103	70–77
Indonesia			73–63			69–71		98–80
Saigon	57–73	77–69		88–86
San Miguel	93–78	91–77					68–64
Singapore	70–82	95–78		85–92	73–67
Malaysia			94–79		95–75	76–92	88–105

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Statistical leaders

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points	Tiras Wade	Westports Malaysia Dragons	26.05
Rebounds	Steven Thomas	Indonesia Warriors	14.79
Assists	Al Vergara	Philippine Patriots	4.90
Steals	Louis Graham	San Miguel Beermen	2.00
Blocks	Nakiea Miller	Philippine Patriots	2.84

Playoffs

Main article: 2012 ABL playoffs

	Best-of-3 semifinals					Best-of-3 finals
	1	San Miguel Beermen	2
	4	Westports Malaysia Dragons	1
						1	San Miguel Beermen	1
						3	Indonesia Warriors	2
	2	Philippine Patriots	0
	3	Indonesia Warriors	2

Semifinals

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
San Miguel Beermen	2–1	Westports Malaysia Dragons	114–104 (OT)	77–100	90–56
Philippine Patriots	0–2	Indonesia Warriors	63–74	51–72	—

Finals

The finals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting game 1, and 3 if necessary.

Semi-final 1 winner	Series	Semi-final 2 winner	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
San Miguel Beermen	1–2	Indonesia Warriors	86–83	61–81	76–78

References

1. Lagunzo, Jerome (7 July 2011). "San Miguel joins Asean Basketball League". Malaya Business Insight . Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
2. "Bangkok Basketball join ABL". Brunei Times . 6 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
3. "Saigon Heat joins ASEAN Basketball League". abs-cbnNEWS.com. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
4. Tan, Les (22 September 2011). "Brunei Barracudas pull out of ASEAN Basketball League". RedSports.sg. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
5. Terrado, Jonas (19 December 2011). "Beermen outlast Patriots in Bangkok". Manila Bulletin . Retrieved 28 December 2011.
6. Payo, Jasmine (27 December 2011). "ABL exhibition games pit Beermen, Patriots vs Qatari club". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved 28 December 2011.

External links

• Official website