2017–18 ABL season
The 2017–18 ABL season is the eighth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 28 March 2018.
Teams
Five teams from the 2016–17 ABL season returned for this season. One team, the Kaohsiung Truth, disbanded prior to the season. One team, Mono Vampire, returned after skipping last season, having played in the 2015–16 ABL season. The team plans to concurrently play in the ABL and in the Thailand Basketball League for the upcoming season. Three teams were accepted as new members: Nanhai Long-Lions, Formosa Dreamers and CLS Knights Surabaya. The Long-Lions are the developmental team of the Guangzhou Long-Lions, the Dreamers are an expansion team from Taiwan, and the Knights left the Indonesian Basketball League to play in the ABL.Prior their first game, the Nanhai Long-Lions renamed themselves as the Nanhai Kung Fu. After partnering with Macau's Grupo Desportivo Chong Son they changed their name once again to Chong Son Kung Fu days before the season started.
Alab Pilipinas renamed their team as the Tanduay Alab Pilipinas after securing a sponsorship deal with Asia Brewery, prior the season started.
CLS Knights Surabaya renamed their team as "CLS Knights Indonesia" prior the season started.
Tanduay Alab Pilipinas was renamed as "San Miguel Alab Pilipinas" by 1 February 2018, when the primary sponsor was changed from Tanduay to San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen.
Venues and locations
| Team | City / Region | Arena | Capacity |
 Chong Son Kung Fu | Nanhai District, Foshan | Nanhai Gymnasium | 4,000 |
 CLS Knights Indonesia | Surabaya | GOR Kertajaya Surabaya | 3,000 |
 Formosa Dreamers | Changhua | Changhua Stadium | 8,000 |
 Hong Kong Eastern | Wan Chai, Hong Kong | Southorn Stadium | 2,000 |
 Mono Vampire | Bangkok Metropolitan Region | Stadium 29, Nonthaburi | 5,000 |
 Saigon Heat | Ho Chi Minh City | Canadian International School Vietnam Arena | 2,500 |
 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas* | Metro Manila | Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay | 25,000 |
| San Miguel Alab Pilipinas* | Metro Manila | Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan | 5,500 |
| San Miguel Alab Pilipinas* | Metro Manila | Caloocan Sports Complex, Caloocan | 3,000 |
| San Miguel Alab Pilipinas* | Baliuag, Bulacan | Baliwag Star Arena | |
| San Miguel Alab Pilipinas* | Santa Rosa | City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex | 5,700 |
| San Miguel Alab Pilipinas* | Antipolo | Ynares Center | 7,400 |
| San Miguel Alab Pilipinas* | Davao City | University of Southeastern Philippines Gymnasium | 7,000 |
 Singapore Slingers | Singapore | OCBC Arena, Kallang | 3,000 |
 Westports Malaysia Dragons | Kuala Lumpur | MABA Stadium | 2,500 |
Personnel
Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. In the left are the World Imports, and in the right are the ASEAN/Heritage Imports. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds.Each team is allowed to sign two types of imports at most on its roster.
| Team | World import | ASEAN/Heritage import | Former import |
| Chong Son Kung Fu |  Justin Howard Anthony Tucker | Mikh McKinney Caelan Tiongson |  Jonathan Bermillo |
| CLS Knights Indonesia | Shane Edwards Brian Williams |  Freddie Lish Goldstein Keith Jensen | Evan Brock Duke Crews Decorey Jones Rudy Lingganay |
| Formosa Dreamers |  Ronnie Aguilar Cameron Forte |   Charles Barratt Kenneth Chien | Jaleel Cousins  James Forrester  Reggie Okosa Lenny Daniel Erron Maxey |
| Hong Kong Eastern | Marcus Elliott  Ryan Moss | Tyler Lamb  Christian Standhardinger | |
| Mono Vampire |   Samuel Deguara Mike Singletary | Jason Brickman Paul Zamar | Reggie Johnson Patrick Sanders |
| Saigon Heat | Maxie Esho  Akeem Scott | Moses Morgan Michael Williams | Travele Jones |
| San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |  Renaldo Balkman Justin Brownlee | Lawrence Domingo | Ivan Johnson Reggie Okosa |
| Singapore Slingers | Xavier Alexander Christien Charles | A. J. Mandani | Ryan Wright |
| Westports Malaysia Dragons | Bryan Davis Chris Eversley | Jawhar Purdy Joshua Munzon | Reil Cervantes Solomon Jones Curtis Washington Patrick Cabahug Marcus Marshall AJ West |
Regular season
Each team will play 20 games throughout the season, 10 at home and 10 away. Each team will play 8 other teams twice, home and away, for a total of 16 games, plus 4 more games against two teams, also home and away, taking the total to 20 games. This is how the teams were grouped on which teams will play each other four times:- Chong Son, Eastern, Formosa
- CLS, Alab, Singapore
- Malaysia, Mono, Saigon
Standings
Results
First and second rounds
Third and fourth rounds
Playoffs
Bracket
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.Semifinals
The semifinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.Finals
The finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary.Awards
Finals awards
| Finals MVP |
| Bobby Ray Parks Jr. |
End of season awards
The winners were announced before Game 2 of the 2018 ABL Finals at the City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex in Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines.- Most Valuable Players:
- *Local: Bobby Ray Parks Jr.
- *Heritage Import: Mikh McKinney
- *World Import: Anthony Tucker
- Defensive Player of the Year: Renaldo Balkman and Chris Charles
- Coach of the Year: Charles Dube-Brais
Players of the Week