2015–16 ABL season

2015 ABL Regular Season
League ASEAN Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Duration 27 October 2015 – 21 February 2016
Number of games 60
Number of teams 6
TV partner(s) Indonesia JakTV
Malaysia TV1
Philippines Basketball TV
Singapore SuperSports
Thailand True Sport, Mono 29 TV
Vietnam HTV
pan-Asia: Fox Sports Asia
ABL season
Season MVP Local MVP: Wong Wei Long (Singapore Slingers)
ASEAN/Heritage Import MVP: Matthew Wright (Westports Malaysia Dragons)
World Import MVP: Reggie Johnson (Westports Malaysia Dragons)
2015 ABL Finals
Champions Westports Malaysia Dragons
  Runners-up Singapore Slingers

The 2015–16 ASEAN Basketball League season was the sixth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). The regular season started on 27 October 2015 and ended on 21 February 2016.[1][2] Two Indonesian teams, the Indonesia Warriors and Laskar Dreya South Sumatra did not return to the league.

The Westports Malaysia Dragons defeated first-time finalist Singapore Slingers in the finals, earning the Dragons its first ever championship in franchise history since joining the league in 2009.

Teams

Team Location Arena
Hi-Tech Bangkok City Bangkok Thai-Japanese Stadium Gym 1
Hi-Tech Gym
Mono Vampire Basketball Club Bangkok Mono Vampire Gym
Chulalongkorn University Gymnasium
Sripatum University Stadium
Pilipinas MX3 Kings San Juan, Metro Manila USEP Gymnasium (former arena)
San Juan Gym
Malolos Convention Center
Saigon Heat Ho Chi Minh City CIS Arena
Singapore Slingers Singapore OCBC Arena
Westports Malaysia Dragons Kuala Lumpur MABA Stadium

Imports

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)
Hi-Tech Bangkok City United States Christien Charles
United States Steven Thomas
United StatesThailand Tyler Lamb
United StatesIsraelThailand Freddie Goldstein
Mono Vampire Basketball Club United States Anthony McClain
United States Cleveland Melvin
United States Michael Fey
United States Quincy Okolie
United States Paul Butorac
Philippines Froilan Baguion
Philippines Leo Avenido
Pilipinas MX3 Kings United States Will Creekmore
United States Michael Fey
United States Arizona Reid
United States Nakiea Miller
Sierra Leone Charles Mammie
United StatesPhilippines Jerramy King
United StatesPhilippines Alli Austria
Saigon Heat United States Lenny Daniel
United States Paul Williams
United States Will Creekmore
United StatesVietnam David Arnold
United StatesThailand Moses Morgan
Singapore Slingers United States Xavier Alexander
United States Justin Aronel Howard
United StatesPhilippines Kris Rosales
Westports Malaysia Dragons United States Reggie Johnson
United States Calvin Godfrey
United StatesPhilippines Jason Brickman
PhilippinesCanada Matthew Wright

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT GB Qualification
1 Westports Malaysia Dragons (Y) 20 16 4 1878 1612 +266 .800 Qualified for the playoffs
2 Singapore Slingers (Y) 20 16 4 1607 1434 +173 .800
3 Hi-Tech Bangkok City (Y) 20 14 6 1666 1601 +65 .700 2
4 Saigon Heat (Y) 20 9 11 1593 1705 112 .450 7
5 Mono Vampire Basketball Club (E) 20 3 17 1561 1722 161 .150 13 Eliminated
6 Pilipinas MX3 Kings (E) 20 2 18 1514 1745 231 .100 14
Updated to match(es) played on January 17, 2016. Source: ASEANBasketballLeague.com
(E) Eliminated; (Y) Qualified to the semifinals.

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away HBC MNV MX3SGHSINWMD
Bangkok City 80–74 100–66 88–71 83–74 79–83
Mono Vampire 68–78 76–74 70–74 69-97 81–94
Pilipinas 64–86 79–78 88–103 62–70 74–99
Saigon 70–74 78–73 68–88 74–86 92–100*
Singapore 83–80 72–66 63–57* 84-69 88–85
Malaysia 77–71 68–64 107–82 109–60 84–79

  Win
  OT Win
  Loss
  OT Loss

Third and fourth round

Home \ Away HBC MNV MX3SGHSINWMD
Bangkok City 77–65 95-89 88–82 65–84 89-108
Mono Vampire 104–107* 101-82 99-100 74-93 98-115
Pilipinas 67–71 81–85 80-84 67–86 91-105
Saigon 94-90 90–79 84-79 60–62 91–82
Singapore 75-83 73–65 80-58 100-73 80-89
Malaysia 79-83 110–72 103-86 86–76 71–78

  Win
  OT Win
  Loss
  OT Loss

Playoffs

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

Awards

The awarding ceremony was held before the Game 2 of the ABL Finals on March 13, 2016 held at the MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

Players of the week

Week Player Ref.
27 Oct. – 3 Nov. Jason Brickman (Westports Malaysia Dragons) [4]
4 Nov. – 10 Nov. Christien Charles (Hi-Tech Bangkok City) [5]
11 Nov. – 17 Nov. Calvin Godfrey (Westports Malaysia Dragons) [6]
18 Nov. – 23 Nov. Justin Howard (Singapore Slingers) [7]
24 Nov. – 30 Nov. Moses Morgan (Saigon Heat) [8]
1 Dec. – 7 Dec. Freddie Goldstein (Hi-Tech Bangkok City) [9]
8 Dec. – 15 Dec. Anthony McClain (Mono Vampire Basketball Club) [10]
16 Dec. – 23 Dec. Will Creekmore (Saigon Heat) [11]
6 Jan. – 13 Jan. Wu Qingde (Singapore Slingers) [12]
14 Jan. – 19 Jan. Wu Qingde (Singapore Slingers) [13]
20 Jan. – 26 Jan. Calvin Godfrey (Westports Malaysia Dragons) [14]
27 Jan. – 2. Feb. Kris Rosales (Singapore Slingers) [15]
3 Feb. – 9. Feb Christien Charles Hi-Tech Bangkok City [16]
10. Feb – 16. Feb Jason Brickman (Westports Malaysia Dragons) [17]
17 Feb. – 22. Feb Matthew Wright (Westports Malaysia Dragons) [18]

References

External links

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