2018 ABA League Playoffs

The 2018 ABA League Playoffs is the play-off tournament that decides the winner of the 2017–18 ABA League First Division season. The playoffs started on March 18, 2018 and ended on April 14, 2018. The winner of the play-offs qualifies for the 2018–19 EuroLeague.

Qualified teams

Round	Team	Ref.
17th	Budućnost VOLI	[1]
18th	Crvena zvezda mts	[2]
19th	Cedevita	[3]
20th	Mornar	[4]

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	18 March–2 April
	Crvena zvezda mts	2
					9–14 April
	Mornar	1
					Crvena zvezda mts	1
	18 March–2 April
					Budućnost VOLI	3
	Budućnost VOLI	2
	Cedevita	1

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Crvena zvezda mts	2–1	Mornar	91–63	84–88	88–69
Budućnost VOLI	2–1	Cedevita	84–83	75–82	72–57

1st leg

18 March 2018	Crvena zvezda mts	91–63 (Series: 1–0)	Mornar	Belgrade
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 19–8, 23–27, 27–14
	Pts: Feldeine 23 Rebs: Omić 8 Asts: Ennis 6 PIR: Feldeine 25	Boxscore	Pts: Needham 16 Rebs: Vujošević 7 Asts: Needham, Raley-Ross 4 PIR: Pavić 16	Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 7,237 Referees: Saša Pukl Tomislav Hordov Milan Nedović

Crvena zvezda mts v Mornar

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Taylor Rochestie 10 0 4 G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 2 5 3 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 3 2 0 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 17 3 2 F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 2 3 1 Reserves: SF 4 Marko Kešelj 8 1 0 F/C 12 Pero Antić 5 2 1 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 7 5 2 SG 14 James Feldeine 23 1 4 F/C 16 Stefan Janković 2 2 1 C 23 Alen Omić 10 8 1 PG 31 Dylan Ennis 2 5 6 Head coach: Dušan Alimpijević

Crvena zvezda Mornar

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Derek Needham 16 4 4 SG 44 Boris Bakić 2 2 2 SG 41 Nemanja Vranješ 4 0 1 PF 4 Strahinja Mićović 6 4 0 C 17 Radoje Vujošević 10 7 0 Reserves: SG 1 Lazar Pavićević DNP SG 3 Marko Čalić 1 1 0 PG 10 Marko Mijović DNP PF 14 Vukota Pavić 12 6 0 SG 22 Marko Mugoša 0 0 0 PG 24 Brandis Raley-Ross 12 2 4 Head coach: Mihailo Pavićević

18 March 2018	Budućnost VOLI	84–83 (Series: 1–0)	Cedevita	Podgorica
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 15–11, 22–30, 23–19
	Pts: Gordić 23 Rebs: Z. Nikolić 6 Asts: Gordić 5 PIR: Gordić 30	Boxscore	Pts: Cherry 24 Rebs: Musa 6 Asts: Nichols 4 PIR: Cherry 22	Arena: Morača Sports Center Attendance: 4,600 Referees: Ilija Belošević Milivoje Jovčić Uroš Obrknežević

Budućnost VOLI v Cedevita

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 23 0 5 G 22 Kyle Gibson 16 4 4 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 4 4 0 PF 5 Justin Doellman 7 3 1 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 11 6 1 Reserves: PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 12 1 3 SF 8 Sead Šehović 0 0 0 SG 9 Milić Starovlah DNP F 13 Aleksa Ilić 7 4 0 PG 30 Petar Popović 2 1 0 F 33 Kyle Landry 2 1 0 PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 2 0 Head coach: Aleksandar Džikić

Budućnost Cedevita

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Roko Ukić 2 2 2 SG 2 Filip Krušlin 12 3 0 F 8 Demetris Nichols 19 1 4 PF 26 Damir Markota 6 3 1 C 31 Andrija Stipanović 8 4 3 Reserves: SG 3 Toni Perković DNP C 4 Chris Johnson DNP F 10 Nik Slavica DNP C 11 Karlo Žganec 7 4 0 SF 13 Džanan Musa 5 6 3 PG 22 Will Cherry 24 5 1 SF 27 Ivan Ramljak 0 0 0 Head coach: Jure Zdovc

2nd leg

25 March 2018	Cedevita	82–75 (Series: 1–1)	Budućnost VOLI	Zagreb
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 21–16, 17–19, 21–23
	Pts: Nichols 25 Rebs: Johnson, Nichols 7 Asts: three players 4 PIR: Nichols 30	Boxscore	Pts: Gibson 20 Rebs: Doellman 8 Asts: Ivanović, Gibson 4 PIR: Gibson 22	Arena: Dom Sportova Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Damir Javor Mario Majkić Sašo Petek

Cedevita v Budućnost VOLI

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Roko Ukić 10 0 4 SG 2 Filip Krušlin 13 4 0 F 8 Demetris Nichols 25 7 2 PF 26 Damir Markota 7 3 0 C 31 Andrija Stipanović 4 5 3 Reserves: SG 3 Toni Perković DNP C 4 Chris Johnson 2 7 4 F 10 Nik Slavica DNP C 11 Karlo Žganec 2 0 0 SF 13 Džanan Musa 5 2 0 PG 22 Will Cherry 10 4 4 SF 27 Ivan Ramljak 4 2 0 Head coach: Jure Zdovc

Cedevita Budućnost

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 12 2 2 G 22 Kyle Gibson 20 4 4 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 3 2 0 PF 5 Justin Doellman 10 8 1 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 2 2 1 Reserves: PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 16 3 4 SF 8 Sead Šehović 0 3 1 SG 9 Milić Starovlah DNP F 13 Aleksa Ilić 0 0 0 PG 30 Petar Popović 0 0 0 F 33 Kyle Landry 12 3 0 PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 0 0 Head coach: Aleksandar Džikić

25 March 2018	Mornar	88–84 (Series: 1–1)	Crvena zvezda mts	Bar
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 30–21, 18–24, 21–19, 19–20
	Pts: Vranješ 29 Rebs: Mićović 7 Asts: Needham 5 PIR: Vranješ, Needham 28	Boxscore	Pts: Rochestie 16 Rebs: Davidovac, Dobrić 6 Asts: Feldeine, Rochestie 4 PIR: Davidovac, Rochestie 21	Arena: Topolica Sport Hall Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Sreten Radović Matej Boltauzer Marko Juras

Mornar v Crvena zvezda mts

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Derek Needham 28 3 5 SG 44 Boris Bakić 0 1 0 SG 41 Nemanja Vranješ 29 3 2 PF 4 Strahinja Mićović 6 7 1 C 17 Radoje Vujošević 10 4 0 Reserves: SG 1 Lazar Pavićević DNP SG 3 Marko Čalić 1 2 0 PG 10 Marko Mijović DNP PF 14 Vukota Pavić 4 4 0 SG 22 Marko Mugoša DNP PG 24 Brandis Raley-Ross 10 3 1 Head coach: Mihailo Pavićević

Mornar Crvena zvezda

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Taylor Rochestie 16 1 4 G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 14 6 2 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 0 1 0 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 8 2 0 F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 8 2 0 Reserves: SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP F/C 12 Pero Antić 9 3 1 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 11 6 0 SG 14 James Feldeine 5 1 4 F/C 16 Stefan Janković 0 1 0 C 23 Alen Omić 11 5 1 PG 31 Dylan Ennis 2 2 2 Head coach: Dušan Alimpijević

3rd leg

1 April 2018	Budućnost VOLI	72–57 (Series: 2–1)	Cedevita	Podgorica
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 17–15, 17–14, 27–11
	Pts: Popović 14 Rebs: Doellman, Landry 6 Asts: Gibson 5 PIR: Ivanović 16	Boxscore	Pts: Ukić 12 Rebs: Stipanović 7 Asts: Krušlin 4 PIR: Stipanović 12	Arena: Morača Sports Center Attendance: 4,600 Referees: Ilija Belošević Matej Boltauzer Saša Pukl

Budućnost VOLI v Cedevita

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 9 4 4 G 22 Kyle Gibson 6 2 5 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 6 4 0 PF 5 Justin Doellman 8 6 2 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 3 4 0 Reserves: PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 13 5 4 F/C 6 Filip Barović 2 3 0 SF 8 Sead Šehović DNP F 13 Aleksa Ilić DNP PG 30 Petar Popović 14 4 0 F 33 Kyle Landry 11 6 0 PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 0 0 Head coach: Aleksandar Džikić

Budućnost Cedevita

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Roko Ukić 12 3 1 SG 2 Filip Krušlin 8 4 4 F 8 Demetris Nichols 7 6 0 PF 26 Damir Markota 4 2 1 C 31 Andrija Stipanović 9 7 1 Reserves: SG 3 Toni Perković DNP C 4 Chris Johnson 4 0 1 F 10 Nik Slavica DNP C 11 Karlo Žganec 0 0 0 SF 13 Džanan Musa 4 1 1 PG 22 Will Cherry 7 2 2 SF 27 Ivan Ramljak 2 1 0 Head coach: Jure Zdovc

2 April 2018	Crvena zvezda mts	88–69 (Series: 2–1)	Mornar	Belgrade
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 26–18, 16–19, 20–13
	Pts: Dobrić 19 Rebs: Bjelica 7 Asts: Rochestie 6 PIR: Dobrić 23	Boxscore	Pts: Vranješ 21 Rebs: Mićović 7 Asts: Needham 4 PIR: Vranješ 16	Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 7,036 Referees: Mario Majkić Sašo Petek Igor Dragojević

Crvena zvezda mts v Mornar

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Taylor Rochestie 18 2 6 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 0 0 2 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 19 4 1 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 7 7 2 F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 10 5 1 Reserves: SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 6 6 2 SG 14 James Feldeine 8 0 1 F/C 16 Stefan Janković 6 3 1 C 23 Alen Omić 11 2 2 PG 31 Dylan Ennis 3 3 4 F/C 32 Nikola Jovanović DNP Head coach: Dušan Alimpijević

Crvena zvezda Mornar

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Derek Needham 11 3 4 SG 44 Boris Bakić 6 2 0 SG 41 Nemanja Vranješ 21 5 1 PF 4 Strahinja Mićović 9 7 1 C 17 Radoje Vujošević 8 4 0 Reserves: SG 1 Lazar Pavićević 0 0 1 SG 3 Marko Čalić 0 0 0 PG 10 Marko Mijović 6 0 0 PF 14 Vukota Pavić 2 5 1 SG 22 Marko Mugoša 0 1 0 PG 24 Brandis Raley-Ross 6 4 2 C 55 Uroš Luković 0 3 1 Head coach: Mihailo Pavićević

Finals

See also: Budućnost–Crvena Zvezda basketball rivalry

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Crvena zvezda mts	1–3	Budućnost VOLI	76–80	69–59	77–78	73–77	0

1st leg

9 April 2018	Crvena zvezda mts	76–80 (Series: 0–1)	Budućnost VOLI	Belgrade
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 16–12, 19–26, 19–17
	Pts: Omić 14 Rebs: Lessort 5 Asts: Rochestie 10 PIR: Rochestie 20	Boxscore	Pts: Ivanović 20 Rebs: Doellman 8 Asts: Doellman, Gordić 4 PIR: Ivanović, Gordić 23	Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 7,001 Referees: Matej Boltauzer Sreten Radović Tomislav Hordov

Crvena zvezda mts v Budućnost VOLI

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Taylor Rochestie 13 3 10 G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 4 4 1 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 2 1 0 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 4 2 1 F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 5 5 0 Reserves: SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 4 3 1 SG 14 James Feldeine 10 4 1 F/C 16 Stefan Janković 12 3 0 C 23 Alen Omić 14 2 1 PG 31 Dylan Ennis 8 1 1 F/C 32 Nikola Jovanović DNP Head coach: Dušan Alimpijević

Crvena zvezda Budućnost

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 18 3 4 G 22 Kyle Gibson 10 0 3 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 3 3 0 PF 5 Justin Doellman 13 8 4 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 6 1 1 Reserves: PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 20 4 3 F/C 6 Filip Barović 2 1 0 SF 8 Sead Šehović DNP F 13 Aleksa Ilić DNP PG 30 Petar Popović 3 0 0 F 33 Kyle Landry 5 6 1 PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 3 0 Head coach: Aleksandar Džikić

2nd leg

10 April 2018	Crvena zvezda mts	69–59 (Series: 1–1)	Budućnost VOLI	Belgrade
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 14–18, 16–17, 22–11
	Pts: Omić 15 Rebs: Omić 10 Asts: Feldeine, Rochestie 5 PIR: Omić 27	Boxscore	Pts: Gordić 22 Rebs: Doellman 6 Asts: three players 2 PIR: Gordić 12	Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 6,398 Referees: Ilija Belošević Saša Pukl Miloš Koljenšić

Crvena zvezda mts v Budućnost VOLI

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Taylor Rochestie 11 2 5 SG 14 James Feldeine 9 2 5 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 3 5 1 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 4 1 0 C 23 Alen Omić 15 10 1 Reserves: SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 3 4 2 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 10 6 0 F/C 16 Stefan Janković 4 6 0 F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 8 2 0 PG 31 Dylan Ennis 2 1 2 F/C 32 Nikola Jovanović 0 0 0 Head coach: Dušan Alimpijević

Crvena zvezda Budućnost

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 22 1 2 G 22 Kyle Gibson 2 2 1 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 4 4 0 PF 5 Justin Doellman 10 6 2 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 0 2 1 Reserves: PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 9 1 2 F/C 6 Filip Barović 6 2 0 SF 8 Sead Šehović 0 0 0 F 13 Aleksa Ilić DNP PG 30 Petar Popović 4 1 0 F 33 Kyle Landry 2 3 1 PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 2 0 Head coach: Aleksandar Džikić

3rd leg

13 April 2018	Budućnost VOLI	78–77 (Series: 2–1)	Crvena zvezda mts	Podgorica
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 18–24, 26–17, 10–13
	Pts: Gordić 17 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Gordić 5 PIR: Gordić 21	Boxscore	Pts: Feldeine 19 Rebs: Lessort, Bjelica 6 Asts: Feldeine, Rochestie 5 PIR: Feldeine 20	Arena: Morača Sports Center Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Damir Javor Tomislav Hordov Mario Majkić

Budućnost VOLI v Crvena zvezda mts

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 17 2 5 G 22 Kyle Gibson 10 4 3 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 3 2 0 PF 5 Justin Doellman 5 1 1 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 12 4 0 Reserves: PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 10 4 3 F/C 6 Filip Barović 10 3 0 SF 8 Sead Šehović 3 1 0 F 13 Aleksa Ilić DNP PG 30 Petar Popović 5 1 2 F 33 Kyle Landry 3 2 0 PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 0 1 0 Head coach: Aleksandar Džikić

Budućnost Crvena zvezda

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Taylor Rochestie 12 2 5 SG 14 James Feldeine 19 1 5 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 2 3 3 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 4 6 2 C 23 Alen Omić 18 4 3 Reserves: SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 0 0 0 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 5 4 0 F/C 16 Stefan Janković 3 3 0 F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 6 6 0 PG 31 Dylan Ennis 8 0 0 F/C 32 Nikola Jovanović DNP Head coach: Dušan Alimpijević

4th leg

14 April 2018	Budućnost VOLI	77–73 (Series: 3–1)	Crvena zvezda mts	Podgorica
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 14–23, 24–19, 17–16
	Pts: Gordić 18 Rebs: Su. Šehović 6 Asts: Gordić 5 PIR: Barović 23	Boxscore	Pts: Rochestie 14 Rebs: Omić 10 Asts: Rochestie 6 PIR: Omić 21	Arena: Morača Sports Center Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Sreten Radović Saša Pukl Sašo Petek

Budućnost VOLI v Crvena zvezda mts

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Nemanja Gordić 18 3 5 G 22 Kyle Gibson 7 5 1 G/F 4 Suad Šehović 5 6 0 PF 5 Justin Doellman 0 2 0 C 19 Zoran Nikolić 0 0 1 Reserves: PG 2 Nikola Ivanović 17 3 1 F/C 6 Filip Barović 14 3 2 SF 8 Sead Šehović 0 1 0 F 13 Aleksa Ilić DNP PG 30 Petar Popović 5 3 0 F 33 Kyle Landry 6 1 1 PF 34 Danilo Nikolić 5 4 0 Head coach: Aleksandar Džikić

Budućnost Crvena zvezda

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 22 Taylor Rochestie 14 7 6 SG 14 James Feldeine 11 1 4 G/F 10 Branko Lazić 6 1 0 F/C 51 Milko Bjelica 0 2 0 C 23 Alen Omić 12 10 2 Reserves: SF 4 Marko Kešelj DNP G/F 7 Dejan Davidovac 4 6 0 G/F 13 Ognjen Dobrić 11 3 0 F/C 16 Stefan Janković 3 0 0 F/C 26 Mathias Lessort 7 4 0 PG 31 Dylan Ennis 5 3 4 F/C 32 Nikola Jovanović DNP Head coach: Dušan Alimpijević

See also

• 2018 ABA League Second Division Final Four
• 2017 ABA League Playoffs
• 2017–18 KK Crvena zvezda season