2012 ABL season

Preseason

The ABL underwent expansion with three new teams debuting. The San Miguel Beermen signed a five-year contract with the league; this is a different team from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) team owned by San Miguel Corporation that now carries the Petron Blaze Boosters name. Bobby Parks was named as the head coach.

Bangkok Basketball Holdings were the second team to join the league. The team will be the second Thai team, after the defending champions Chang Thailand Slammers. The third team to join the league was SSA Saigon Heat organised by the Saigon Sports Academy. The Heat are the first international basketball team to represent Vietnam.

The Brunei Barracudas, a team that has failed to make it to the playoffs in the league's first two seasons, has decided not participate in the 2012 season. While no reason was given, the team has heavily relied on its starting five, who are all imports, to play the game in its entirety.

Six of the eight teams participated in the To Be Number One Basketball Challenge held in Bangkok in benefit of the victims of the 2011 Thailand floods. The San Miguel Beermen defeated the AirAsia Philippine Patriots to win the championship. In 2012, the Beermen, the Patriots and the Qatari team Al -Jaysh will participate in another preseason tournament at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.

Arenas

Standings

Results

• Score of the home team is listed first.
• In case where a game went into overtime, the number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime periods played.

First and second round

Third round

Statistical leaders

Playoffs

Main article: 2012 ABL playoffs

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Semifinals

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Finals

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The two teams already qualified for the 2012 FIBA Asia Champions Cup in Lebanon. However the two teams ultimately did not took part.

References

References

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5. Terrado, Jonas. (19 December 2011). "Beermen outlast Patriots in Bangkok". [[Manila Bulletin]].
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7. (19 May 2012). "ABL’s top two to play in Champions Cup". The Jakarta Post.