2014 ABL season

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ASEAN Basketball League
Season2014
Dates16 July 2014 – 26 October 2014 (regular season)
29 October 2014 – 11 November 2014 (playoffs)
Number of games60 (regular season)
6 (playoffs)
Number of teams6
Finals
Champions Flag of Thailand.svg Hi-Tech Bangkok City
  Runners-up Flag of Malaysia.svg Westports Malaysia Dragons
Semifinalists Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Slingers
Flag of Vietnam.svg Saigon Heat
Awards
Local MVP Wei Long Wong
World Import MVP Chris Charles
Coach of the Year Ariel Vanguardia
Finals MVPJerick Canada
Records
Biggest home win Westports Malaysia Dragons 100–58 Laskar Dreya South Sumatra
(24 October 2014)
Biggest away winLaskar Dreya South Sumatra 58–92 Hi-Tech Bangkok City
(3 September 2014)
Highest scoring Westports Malaysia Dragons 107–104 Hi-Tech Bangkok City
(18 October 2014)
← 2013

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]

Contents

Teams

TeamLocationArenaHead Coach
Hi-Tech Bangkok City Bangkok Thai-Japanese Stadium Flag of the Philippines.svg Jerry Ruiz
Laskar Dreya South Sumatra Sumatra Senayan Gym Hall 1 Flag of Indonesia.svg Tondi Radja Syailendra
Indonesia Warriors North Jakarta The BritAma Arena Flag of Indonesia.svg Cokorda Raka Satya Wibawa
Saigon Heat Ho Chi Minh City CIS Arena Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Garbelotto
Singapore Slingers Singapore OCBC Arena Flag of Singapore.svg Neo Beng Siang
Westports Malaysia Dragons Kuala Lumpur MABA Stadium Flag of the Philippines.svg Ariel Vanguardia

Standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Westports Malaysia Dragons 2015517841562+222Playoffs
2 Flag of Thailand.svg Hi-Tech Bangkok City 2014616031434+169
3 Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Slingers 2012814571408+49
4 Flag of Vietnam.svg Saigon Heat 209 [lower-alpha 1] 1115171503+14
5 Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Warriors 209 [lower-alpha 1] 1113851473−88
6 Flag of Indonesia.svg Laskar Dreya South Sumatra 2011913281694−366
Source:
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Saigon Heat 4–0; Indonesia Warriors 0–4

Results

Home \ Away HBC INA LDS SAI SGP WMD HBC INA LDS SAI SGP WMD
Hi-Tech Bangkok City —88–50100–9175–5959–5188–82—61–5372–6561–5775–9680–88
Indonesia Warriors 73–70—100–6361–7265–6388–7261–78—62–8273–7591–7489–88
Laskar Dreya South Sumatra 58–9275–76—79–9761–8464–8960–8454–73—70–8962–7770–90
Saigon Heat 74–8572–5670–48—73–7698–10275–10072–6175–65—83–6582–85
Singapore Slingers 78–7580–5962–4677–74—57–6575–10072–6175–6583–65—82–85
Westports Malaysia Dragons 90–9384–66106–8482–7285–59—107–10497–63100–56103–83101–87—
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Statistical leaders

CategoryPlayerTeamStat
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 gameAvery ScharerWestports Malaysia Dragons2.59
Blocks per gameJustin WilliamsSaigon Heat4.40
Turnovers per game Justin Howard Singapore Slingers3.88
FT% Nakorn Jaisanuk HiTech Bangkok City 1.000
3FG% Russel Low Singapore Slingers1.000

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
All times in UTC+8.

Semifinals

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

Team 1 Series Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
Westports Malaysia Dragons Flag of Malaysia.svg 2–0 Flag of Vietnam.svg Saigon Heat 108–90102–92—
Hi-Tech Bangkok City Flag of Thailand.svg 2–0 Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Slingers 90–7676–73—

Finals

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

Semifinal 1 winner Series Semifinal 2 winnerGame 1Game 2Game 3
Westports Malaysia Dragons Flag of Malaysia.svg 0–2 Flag of Thailand.svg Hi-Tech Bangkok City 77–9367–73—

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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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