Basketball Bundesliga | |
Season: | 2017–18 |
Champions: | Bayern Munich (4th title) |
Runners Up: | Alba Berlin |
Semifinalists: | Brose Bamberg MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg |
Relegated: | Rockets Tigers Tübingen |
Continentalcup1: | EuroLeague |
Teams: | 18 |
Dates: | 29 September 2017 – 17 June 2018 |
Top Seed: | Bayern Munich |
Mvp: | Luke Sikma |
Mvp Link: | Basketball Bundesliga MVP |
Mvp N: | USA |
Finals Mvp: | Danilo Barthel |
Finals Mvp Link: | Basketball Bundesliga Finals MVP |
Finals Mvp N: | GER |
Top Scorer: | Philip Scrubb |
Ppg: | 18.3 |
Rebounds Leader: | John Bryant |
Rpg: | 10.6 |
Assists Leader: | Jared Jordan |
Apg: | 6.4 |
Average Attendance: | 4,205 |
Prevseason Year: | 2016–17 |
Nextseason Year: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, was the 52nd season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. The defending champion was Brose Bamberg. The regular season started on 29 September 2017 and ended 1 May 2018.
Bayern Munich won their fourth title and qualified for the 2018–19 EuroLeague.[1]
In the regular season, teams played against each other two times home-and-away in a round-robin format. The first eight teams advanced to the playoffs. The last two placed teams were relegated to the ProA for next season. The regular season started on 29 September 2017 and concluded 1 May 2018.
See main article: 2018 BBL Playoffs. All three rounds of the playoffs are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth game at home.
Award | Player | Club | |
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Luke Sikma[7] | Alba Berlin | ||
Bayern Munich | |||
Fraport Skyliners | |||
Fraport Skyliners | |||
Thomas Walkup | Riesen Ludwigsburg | ||
Gießen 46ers | |||
s.Oliver Würzburg | |||
Rockets | |||
Alba Berlin |
Category | Player | Club | Average | |
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Points | Philip Scrubb | Fraport Skyliners | 18.3 | |
Rebounds | John Bryant | Gießen 46ers | 10.6 | |
Assists | Jared Jordan | Walter Tigers Tübingen | 6.4 | |
Steals | Retin Obasohan | Rockets | 2.0 | |
Blocks | Julian Gamble | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 1.8 | |
Turnovers | Tai Webster | Fraport Skyliners | 3.4 |
The 2018 BBL All-Star Game was played in the Lokhalle in Göttingen on 13 January 2018. Team International won the game 145–132 over Team National.[8] Peyton Siva was named Most Valuable Player of the game.
Pos | Player | Team | Selections | |||
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Starters | ||||||
G | Per Günther | ratiopharm Ulm | ||||
G | Maodo Lô | Brose Bamberg | ||||
F | Robin Benzing | s.Oliver Würzburg | ||||
F | Danilo Barthel | Bayern Munich | ||||
C | Andreas Seiferth | Medi Bayreuth | ||||
Reserves | ||||||
G | Göttingen | |||||
G | İsmet Akpınar | ratiopharm Ulm | ||||
G | Maurice Stuckey | s.Oliver Würzburg | ||||
F | T.J. DiLeo | Telekom Baskets Bonn | ||||
F | Rockets Gotha | |||||
F | Johannes Thiemann | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | ||||
C | Maik Zirbes | Bayern Munich | ||||
G | Joshiko SaibouREP | Alba Berlin | ||||
F | Yorman Polas BartoloREP | Telekom Baskets Bonn | ||||
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Pos | Player | Team | Selections | |||
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Starters | ||||||
G | Peyton Siva | Alba Berlin | ||||
G | Trey Lewis | ratiopharm Ulm | ||||
F | Rickey Paulding | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | ||||
F | Assem Marei | Medi Bayreuth | ||||
C | Devin Booker | Bayern Munich | ||||
Reserves | ||||||
G | Thomas Walkup | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | ||||
G | Nate Linhart | Medi Bayreuth | ||||
G | Jared Cunningham | Bayern Munich | ||||
F | Josh Mayo | Telekom Baskets Bonn | ||||
F | Michael Stockton | Göttingen | ||||
C | Scott Eatherton | Löwen Braunschweig | ||||
C | Luke Sikma | Alba Berlin | ||||
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Team | Competition | Progress | ||
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EuroLeague | 12th qualified | |||
EuroCup | Regular season | [11] | ||
Semifinals | ||||
Top 16 | ||||
Champions League | Round of 16 | [12] | ||
Quarterfinals | ||||
Regular season | ||||
Fourth place | ||||
FIBA Europe Cup | First qualifying round | [13] |