2019 ABL finals

The 2019 ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) finals was the best-of-5 championship series of the 2018–19 ABL season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. BTN CLS Knights Indonesia and Singapore Slingers competed for the 9th championship contested by the league. After a decider game 5, CLS Knights Indonesia eventually clinched the club's first franchise championship in its history, and the second ABL Championship that came from Indonesia. Maxie Esho was named as the Finals MVP.

2019 ABL Finals

Team Coach Wins BTN CLS Knights Indonesia Brian Rowsom 3 Singapore Slingers Neo Beng Siang 2
Dates	3 May – 15 May 2019
MVP	Maxie Esho (CLS Knights Indonesia)

Background

Further information: 2018–19 ABL season, 2018–19 CLS Knights Indonesia season, and 2018–19 Singapore Slingers

BTN CLS Knights Indonesia		Singapore Slingers
Finished 15–11 (.577) for 4th place	Regular season		Finished 16–10 (.615) for 3rd place
Def. 5th-seeded Saigon Heat, 2–1	Quarterfinals		Def. 6th-seeded Macau Black Bears, 2–1
Def. 8th-seeded Mono Vampire, 2–1	Semifinals		Def. 7th-seeded Eastern, 2–0

Head-to-head matchups

Regular-season series

Tied 2–2 in regular season series

20 January 2019 7:00 p.m. Box score BTN CLS Knights Indonesia 89–74 Singapore Slingers Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 17–13, 26–16, 24–30 Pts: Esho 21 Rebs: Esho, Watkins 11 Asts: Herring 5 Pts: Alexander, Fields 22 Rebs: Fields 13 Asts: Alexander 5 GOR Basket Kertajaya, Surabaya, Indonesia Referees: Reynante Hufana (PHI), Ho Ming Chan (HKG), Sheng-Hsuan Wei (TPE) 3 February 2019 4:00 p.m. Box score Singapore Slingers 95–76 BTN CLS Knights Indonesia Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 30–12, 25–23, 18–21 Pts: Young 36 Rebs: Young 14 Asts: Alexander 12 Pts: Esho 20 Rebs: Esho 13 Asts: Herring 6 OCBC Arena, Singapore Attendance: 1200 Referees: Owe Shiong Chan (MAS), Yong Sern Tee (MAS), Reynante Hufana (PHI) 27 February 2019 4:00 p.m. Box score BTN CLS Knights Indonesia 68–71 Singapore Slingers Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 18–17, 17–20, 14–18 Pts: Jawato 18 Rebs: Watkins 11 Asts: Herring 7 Pts: Fields 25 Rebs: Fields 18 Asts: Alexander 8 GOR Basket Kertajaya, Surabaya, Indonesia Referees: Ceciline Michael Vino (IND), Yong Sern Tee (MAS), Wei Chuen Chuo (MAS) 10 March 2019 4:00 p.m. Box score Singapore Slingers 95–99 (OT) BTN CLS Knights Indonesia Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 20–24, 25–27, 24–14, Overtime: 7–11 Pts: Young 41 Rebs: Alexander 11 Asts: Alexander 6 Pts: Herring 36 Rebs: Herring 11 Asts: Herring 7 OCBC Arena, Singapore Attendance: 1000 Referees: Michael Tolentino (PHI), Yong Sern Tee (MAS), Owe Shiong Chan (MAS)

This is the first playoff and finals meeting between BTN CLS Knights Indonesia and Singapore Slingers.

Series summary

Game	Date	Venue	Home team	Result	Away team
Game 1	Monday, 3 May	OCBC Arena	Singapore Slingers	67-86 (0-1)	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia
Game 2	Wednesday, 5 May	OCBC Arena	Singapore Slingers	77-57 (1-1)	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia
Game 3	Saturday, 8 May	GOR Basket Kertajaya	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	60-63 (1-2)	Singapore Slingers
Game 4	Tuesday, 11 May	GOR Basket Kertajaya	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	87-74 (2-2)	Singapore Slingers
Game 5	Saturday, 15 May	OCBC Arena	Singapore Slingers	81-84 (2-3)	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia

Game summaries

All times local; UTC+7 for Indonesia, and UTC+8 for Singapore.

Game 1

Singapore Slingers v BTN CLS Knights Indonesia

3 May	Singapore Slingers	67–86 (Series: 0–1)	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	OCBC Arena, Singapore
8:00 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 21–18, 13–25, 17–23
	Pts: Alexander, Fields 19 Rebs: Fields 13 Asts: Alexander 7	Box score	Pts: Esho 24 Rebs: Watkins 12 Asts: Herring 6	Attendance: 3000 Referees: Yong Sern Tee (MAS), Michael Tolentino (PHI), Yuji Higashi (JPN)

Game 2

Singapore Slingers v BTN CLS Knights Indonesia

5 May 2019	Singapore Slingers	77–57 (Series: 1–1)	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	OCBC Arena, Singapore
4:00 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 19–21, 17–16, 20–11
	Pts: Alexander 16 Rebs: Fields 12 Asts: Alexander 9	Box score	Pts: Herring 18 Rebs: Esho, Watkins 7 Asts: Herring 5	Attendance: 3000 Referees: Owe Shiong Chan (MAS), Michael Tolentino (PHI), Ceciline Michael Vino (IND)

Game 3

BTN CLS Knights Indonesia v Singapore Slingers

8 May 2019	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	60–63 (Series: 2–1)	Singapore Slingers	GOR Basket Kertajaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
7:00 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 10–12, 20–19, 13–16
	Pts: Esho 19 Rebs: Esho 13 Asts: Herring 7	Box score	Pts: Fields, Young 16 Rebs: Fields 14 Asts: Alexander 8	Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Wei Chuen Chuo (MAS), Nattapong JONTAPA (THA)

Game 4

BTN CLS Knights Indonesia v Singapore Slingers

11 May 2019	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	87–74 (Series: 2–2)	Singapore Slingers	GOR Basket Kertajaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
7:30 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 25–16, 24–20, 17–20
	Pts: Watkins 28 Rebs: Watkins 16 Asts: Herring 6	Box score	Pts: Alexander 25 Rebs: Fields 10 Asts: Alexander 5	Referees: Gi Rok Shin (KOR), Suebpong Wichaiphin (THA), Reynante HUFANA (PHI)

Game 5

Singapore Slingers v BTN CLS Knights Indonesia

15 May 2019	Singapore Slingers	81–84 (Series: 2–3)	BTN CLS Knights Indonesia	OCBC Arena, Singapore
8:00 p.m.	Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 17–17, 21–18, 16–26
	Pts: Alexander 23 Rebs: Alexander 12 Asts: Alexander 10	Box score	Pts: Esho 25 Rebs: Watkins 11 Asts: Herring 7	Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Kwok Shun Andy Cheung (HKG), Lu Yueh Chang (TPE), Wei Chuen Chuo (MAS)

Rosters

Singapore Slingers

Singapore Slingers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 1 Lim, Jun Yuan 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 75 kg (165 lb) SG 2 Oh, Desmond 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 83 kg (183 lb) F/C 5 Fields, John (WI) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 91 kg (201 lb) G/F 6 Tay, Ding Loon 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) G 11 Liew, Larry 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) SG 12 Young, Jerran (WI) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) F 15 Alexander, Xavier (WI) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) G/F 17 Han Bin, Ng 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) F 22 Lim, Kelvin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) F 23 Goh, Delvin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 101 kg (223 lb) F 32 Low, Russel 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 105 kg (231 lb) F/C 55 Raj, V Lavin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 116 kg (256 lb)	Head coach Neo Beng Siang Assistant coach(es) Michael Johnson Legend (C) Team captain (WI) World import Injured Roster

BTN CLS Knights Indonesia

BTN CLS Knights Indonesia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F 1 Herring Jr., Doug (WI) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) G/F 3 Jawato, Brandon 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 98 kg (216 lb) PG 5 Wong, Wei Long 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 77 kg (170 lb) CG 8 Wisnu, Ngurah 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 74 kg (163 lb) G/F 9 Kurniawan, Sandy 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 67 kg (148 lb) PT/F 10 Utomo, Rachmad Febri 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) PG 11 Hidayat, Arif 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) C 13 Watkins, Darryl (WI) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 117 kg (258 lb) PG 15 Panagan, Jan Misael 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) C 16 Nugroho, Firman Dwi 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) G/F 17 Baskoro, Katon Adjie 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) PF/C 18 Esho, Maxie (WI) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) C 24 Saroni, Moh 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) PG 27 Ardiansyah, Bima Riski 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb)	Head coach Brian Rowsom Assistant coach(es) Koko Nugroho Ricky Tauri Legend (C) Team captain (WI) World import Injured