2017 ABL Playoffs

The 2017 ABL Playoffs is the postseason tournament concluding the 2016–17 ABL season of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). The top four teams that had the best regular season records qualified. The semifinals are a best-of-three series, while the Finals is a best-of-five series. The higher-seed team holds the home court advantage, hosting Games 1 and 3 in the semifinals, and Games 1, 2 and 5 in the Finals.

2017 ABL Playoffs
DatesApril 02 – April 23
Season2016–17
Teams4
ChampionsEastern (1st title)
Runners-upSingapore Slingers (2nd finals appearance)
Semifinalists
← 2016 2018 →

The Eastern Sports Club and Alab Pilipinas qualified to the playoffs in their first year in the league.[1] Last season's losing finalists, the Singapore Slingers, and the Saigon Heat, also qualified. Defending champions Westports Malaysia Dragons missed the playoffs for the first time in league history.[2]

The best team from the Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA) qualify for the 2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup as SEABA's representative. As the Singapore Slingers are the only SEABA team in the Finals, they will be taking SEABA's berth; Hong Kong Eastern are from the East Asia Basketball Association.

Bracket
Semifinals Finals
      
1 Eastern 2
4 Saigon 0
1 Eastern 3
2 Singapore 1
2 Singapore 2
3 Alab 0

Semifinals

Eastern vs. Saigon
5 April
20:00 UTC+8
Eastern 114–74 Saigon Heat
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 24–12, 36–21, 30–21
Pts: Marcus Elliott 23
Rebs: Josh Boone 11
Asts: Marcus Elliott 13		 Pts: Lenny Daniel 32
Rebs: Lenny Daniel 13
Asts: 4 players, 3
8 April
17:00 UTC+7
Saigon Heat 79–86 Eastern
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 27–18, 11–25, 20–18
Pts: Lenny Daniel, David Arnold 22
Rebs: Jordan Henriquez 19
Asts: Lenny Daniel 5		 Pts: Josh Boone 27
Rebs: Josh Boone 8
Asts: Marcus Elliott 7
Eastern win series, 2–0

Singapore vs. Alab
2 April
16:00 UTC+8
Singapore Slingers 77–67 Alab Pilipinas
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 23–15, 19–18, 16–18
Pts: Xavier Alexander 24
Rebs: Justin Howard 12
Asts: Xavier Alexander 7		 Pts: Kiefer Ravena 16
Rebs: James Hughes 11
Asts: Bobby Ray Parks, Jr. 4
7 April
20:00 UTC+8
Alab Pilipinas 64–82 Singapore Slingers
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 15–23, 22–13, 13–22
Pts: Lawrence Domingo 18
Rebs: James Hughes 14
Asts: Paolo Hubalde 4		 Pts: Xavier Alexander 21
Rebs: Justin Howard 16
Asts: Josh Urbiztondo 6
Singapore Slingers win series, 2–0
Baliwag Star Arena, Baliuag

Finals

All times are local (UTC+08:00)

15 April 2017
20:00
Eastern 76–92 Singapore Slingers
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 20–22, 17–22, 18–24
Pts: Marcus Elliott 20
Rebs: Josh Boone 13
Asts: Marcus Elliott 7		 Pts: Justin Howard 45
Rebs: Justin Howard 28
Asts: Xavier Alexander 8
Slingers leads series, 1–0
18 April 2017
20:00
Eastern 92–84 Singapore Slingers
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 25–16, 20–25, 22–19
Pts: Marcus Elliott 26
Rebs: Josh Boone 16
Asts: Chan Siu Wing 6		 Pts: Xavier Alexander 27
Rebs: Justin Howard 12
Asts: Xavier Alexander 6
Series tied, 1–1
21 April 2017
20:00
Eastern 76–72 Singapore Slingers
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 27–23, 18–16, 19–16
Pts: Marcus Elliott 21
Rebs: Marcus Elliott 9
Asts: Marcus Elliott 9		 Pts: Justin Howard 31
Rebs: Justin Howard 23
Asts: Xavier Alexander 13
Eastern leads series, 2–1
23 April 2017
16:00
Eastern 82–80 (2OT) Singapore Slingers
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 19–16, 16–22, 13–9, Overtime: 6–6, 8–6
Pts: Marcus Elliott 26
Rebs: Josh Boone 18
Asts: Marcus Elliott 8		 Pts: Howard, Alexander 20 each
Rebs: Justin Howard 26
Asts: Xavier Alexander 8
Eastern wins series, 3–1

References
  1. Tupas, Cedelf P. (2017-03-20). "Alab Pilipinas clinch No. 3, top HK Long Lions". sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. "Saigon Heat qualify for ABL's playoffs". My Hanoi. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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