2018–19 LNBP season

The 2018–19 LNBP season was the 19th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, Mexico's top professional basketball league. It started in October 2018 with the first round of the regular season and ended in April 2019 with the last game of the finals, won by Fuerza Regia de Monterrey.

LNBP
Season	2018–19
Teams	14
Regular season
Season MVP	Rigoberto Mendoza[1] (Capitanes)
Finals
Champions	Fuerza Regia 2nd title
Runners-up	Capitanes
Statistical leaders
Points John Taylor 20.6 Rebounds Mamadou N'Diaye 10.9 Assists Heissler Guillent 6.6
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 14 April 2019.

Teams

A total of 14 teams contest the league, including four new franchises.

Venues and locations

Ángeles

Abejas

Aguacateros

Capitanes

Correcaminos

Fuerza Regia

Huracanes

Laguneros

Leñadores

Libertadores

Mineros

Panteras

Santos

Soles

Toros

Locations of the teams in 2018–19 LNBP season

  North Division

  South Division

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Abejas de León	León	Domo de la Feria	4,463[2]
Aguacateros de Michoacán	Morelia	Auditorio de Usos Múltiples de la UMSNH	3,500[3]
Ángeles de Puebla	Puebla	Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo	4,000[4]
Capitanes de la Ciudad de México	Mexico City	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera	5,242[5]
Correcaminos UAT Victoria	Ciudad Victoria	Gimnasio Multidisciplinario UAT Victoria	3,500[6]
Fuerza Regia de Monterrey	Monterrey	Gimnasio Nuevo León Independiente	5,000[7]
Huracanes de Tampico	Tampico	Expo Tampico	4,200[8]
Laguneros de La Comarca	Torreón	Auditorio Municipal de Torreón	4,363[9]
Leñadores de Durango	Durango City	Auditorio del Pueblo	3,500[10]
Libertadores de Querétaro	Querétaro City	Auditorio Arteaga	4,138[11]
Mineros de Zacatecas	Zacatecas City	Gimnasio Profesor Marcelino González	3,600[12]
Panteras de Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes City	Auditorio Hermanos Carreón	3,000[13]
Santos de San Luis	San Luis Potosí City	Auditorio Miguel Barragán	4,000[14]
Soles de Mexicali	Mexicali	Auditorio del Estado	4,400[15]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main front sponsor
Abejas de León	Pepo Martínez	Gary Mondragón	Pirma	–
Aguacateros de Michoacán	Omar Quintero	Arim Solares	Li-Ning	Michoacán Tourism Board
Ángeles de Puebla	Pedro Carrillo	Filiberto Rivera		–
Capitanes de la Ciudad de México	Ramón Díaz Sánchez	Héctor Hernández	Spalding	Accendo Banco
Correcaminos UAT Victoria	Luis García	José Farrera	Ardex	–
Fuerza Regia de Monterrey	Paco Olmos	Carlos Rivera	Li-Ning	Grupo Autofin
Huracanes de Tampico	Marcelo Elusich	Timajh Parker-Rivera		–
Laguneros de La Comarca	Andrés Contreras	Akeem Scott		City of Torreón
Leñadores de Durango	Juan José Pidal	Stephen Soriano		State of Durango
Libertadores de Querétaro	Leandro Ramella	Cezar Guerrero	Li-Ning	Brose
Mineros de Zacatecas	Manolo Cintrón	Joaquín Villanueva	Udi Sport	State of Zacatecas
Panteras de Aguascalientes	Eric Weissling	Fabián Jaimes	Udi Sport	State of Aguascalientes
Santos de San Luis	Gustavo Quintero	Jaron Martin	Udi Sport	Canel's
Soles de Mexicali	Iván Déniz	Lance Goulborne		–

Regular season

League table

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fuerza Regia	40	31	9	3409	3090	+319	71	LNBP Playoffs
2	Mineros	40	30	10	3646	3355	+291	70
3	Leñadores	40	25	15	3562	3401	+161	65
4	Laguneros	40	19	21	3363	3461	−98	59
5	Correcaminos	40	18	22	3750	3838	−88	58
6	Santos	40	13	27	3588	3694	−106	53
7	Huracanes	40	6	34	3240	3759	−519	46

Source: lnbp.mx

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Capitanes	40	27	13	3681	3311	+370	67	LNBP Playoffs
2	Soles	40	27	13	3679	3461	+218	67
3	Aguacateros	40	23	17	3426	3456	−30	63
4	Abejas	40	18	22	3342	3293	+49	58
5	Panteras	40	17	23	3581	3658	−77	57
6	Libertadores	40	13	27	3550	3750	−200	53
7	Ángeles	40	13	27	3080	3370	−290	53

Source: lnbp.mx

Playoffs

	Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					Final
	1	Fuerza Regia	4
	4	Laguneros	0
						1	Fuerza Regia	4
	North
						3	Leñadores	2
	2	Mineros	1
	3	Leñadores	4
											N1	Fuerza Regia	4
											S1	Capitanes	2
	1	Capitanes	4
	4	Abejas	0
						1	Capitanes	4
	South
						2	Soles	2
	2	Soles	4
	3	Aguacateros	3