ABL Playoffs

The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) playoff race is heating up with only two more weeks of the regular season left to play.  The Singapore Slingers have one remaining home game next Monday January 11th before going on the road for their last three games of the inaugural ABL season.  Singapore will need to win at least one more game to be assured of the final four. Only the top 4 teams will make the playoffs. The playoffs will be a best of three semi-finals with the 1st place team playing the 4th qualifier and 2nd VS 3rd.  The finals will be a best of five series with the team having the better record through the regular season to have home court advantage.

ABL Remaining Regular Season Schedule

Philippine Patriots(9 – 3) @ KL Dragons     @ Thailand Tigers     (H) Brunei

Singapore Slingers(7 - 4)  (H) KL Dragons  @ KL Dragons    @ Brunei   @ Thailand

Satria Muda(7 - 5)  (H) Brunei  @ Brunei   (H) KL Dragons

Brunei Barracudas(5 - 6)  @ Satria Muda    (H) Satria Muda  (H) Singapore   @ Philippines

KL Dragons(4 - 7)  (H) Philippine Patriots   @ Singapore  (H) Singapore  @ Satria Muda

Thailand Tigers(3 - 10) (H) Philippine Patriots      (H) Singapore Slingers

Interesting facts as of today.

1) The Wednesday win was the second time the Slingers have beaten the League Leaders Patriots and earned the split on the Philippines.
2) In fact the Slingers already have the split of winning at least two out of three games on the second and fourth place teams as well – Indonesia and Brunei.


If Singapore can defeat Malaysia next Monday, January 11th, at the Indoor Stadium we will cement a playoff position. We last met KL Dragons back on November 22nd, whom defeated the Slingers 86-74 in our home court. So come show your support at the Singapore Indoor Stadium as Singapore battles to make the playoffs in the first year of the only professional sports League competition for ASEAN. So see you all on Monday!!

League Standings As At 6 January (Round 12)

Position	Team	Played	Won	Loss	For	Against	Points
1	Philippine Patriots	12	9	3	869	794	21
2	Satria Muda BritAma	12	7	5	873	836	19
3	Singapore Slingers	11	7	4	783	760	18
4	Brunei Barracudas	11	5	6	860	873	16
5	Thailand Tigers	13	3	10	944	995	16
6	KL Dragons	11	4	7	794	865	15