2014 ABL season

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]

ASEAN Basketball League
Season	2014
Dates	16 July 2014 – 26 October 2014 (regular season) 29 October 2014 – 11 November 2014 (playoffs)
Games played	60 (regular season) 6 (playoffs)
Teams	6
Finals
Champions	Hi-Tech Bangkok City
Runners-up	Westports Malaysia Dragons
Semifinalists	Singapore Slingers Saigon Heat
Awards
Local MVP	Wei Long Wong
World Import MVP	Chris Charles
Coach of the Year	Ariel Vanguardia
Finals MVP	Jerick Canada
Records
Biggest home win	Westports Malaysia Dragons 100–58 Laskar Dreya South Sumatra (24 October 2014)
Biggest away win	Laskar 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)
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Teams

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Westports Malaysia Dragons	20	15	5	1784	1562	+222	Playoffs
2	Hi-Tech Bangkok City	20	14	6	1603	1434	+169
3	Singapore Slingers	20	12	8	1457	1408	+49
4	Saigon Heat	20	9[a]	11	1517	1503	+14
5	Indonesia Warriors	20	9[a]	11	1385	1473	−88
6	Laskar Dreya South Sumatra	20	1	19	1328	1694	−366

Source:
Notes:

1. 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	—	88–50	100–91	75–59	59–51	88–82	—	61–53	72–65	61–57	75–96	80–88
Indonesia Warriors	73–70	—	100–63	61–72	65–63	88–72	61–78	—	62–82	73–75	91–74	89–88
Laskar Dreya South Sumatra	58–92	75–76	—	79–97	61–84	64–89	60–84	54–73	—	70–89	62–77	70–90
Saigon Heat	74–85	72–56	70–48	—	73–76	98–102	75–100	72–61	75–65	—	83–65	82–85
Singapore Slingers	78–75	80–59	62–46	77–74	—	57–65	75–100	72–61	75–65	83–65	—	82–85
Westports Malaysia Dragons	90–93	84–66	106–84	82–72	85–59	—	107–104	97–63	100–56	103–83	101–87	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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

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 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Westports Malaysia Dragons	2–0	Saigon Heat	108–90	102–92	—
Hi-Tech Bangkok City	2–0	Singapore Slingers	90–76	76–73	—

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 winner	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Westports Malaysia Dragons	0–2	Hi-Tech Bangkok City	77–93	67–73	—