2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga

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.

Basketball Bundesliga
Season2017–18
Dates29 September 2017 – 17 June 2018
Number of teams18
Regular season
Top seedBayern Munich
Season MVPUnited States Luke Sikma
RelegatedRockets
Tigers Tübingen
Finals
ChampionsBayern Munich (4th title)
  Runners-upAlba Berlin
SemifinalistsBrose Bamberg
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
Finals MVPGermany Danilo Barthel
Statistical leaders
Points Canada Philip Scrubb 18.3
Rebounds United States John Bryant 10.6
Assists United States Jared Jordan 6.4
Records
Average attendance4,205

Bayern Munich won their fourth title and qualified for the 2018–19 EuroLeague.[1]

Notable occurrences
  • For the first time in BBL history, two windows for FIBA national team play were planned in which the competition stopped. These were in November 2017 and February 2018.[2]
  • A number of nine teams participated in European club competitions this season, the highest number ever in German basketball history.[3]

Teams
Location of teams in 2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga

Promotion and relegation
Relegated from BBL

Rasta Vechta and Phoenix Hagen were relegated from the BBL after the 2016–17 season, as they finished in the last two places.

Promoted from ProA

Mitteldeutscher BC and Rockets got promoted from the 2016–17 ProA.[4][5]

Arenas and locations
Team City Arena Capacity[6]
Brose Bamberg Bamberg Brose Arena
6,150
Medi Bayreuth Bayreuth Oberfrankenhalle
4,000
Alba Berlin Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena
14,500
Telekom Baskets Bonn Bonn Telekom Dome
6,000
Löwen Braunschweig Braunschweig Volkswagen Halle
6,600
Eisbären Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Stadthalle
4,050
Skyliners Frankfurt Frankfurt Fraport Arena
5,002
Gießen 46ers Gießen Sporthalle Gießen-Ost
4,003
BG Göttingen Göttingen Sparkassen Arena
3,447
Rockets[lower-alpha 1] Erfurt Messe Erfurt
3,236
Science City Jena Jena Sparkassen-Arena
3,000
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg MHP-Arena
5,300
Mitteldeutscher BC Weißenfels Stadthalle Weißenfels
3,000
Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome
6,700
EWE Baskets Oldenburg Oldenburg Große EWE Arena
6,069
Tigers Tübingen Tübingen Paul Horn-Arena
3,132
ratiopharm Ulm Ulm Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm
6,000
s.Oliver Würzburg Würzburg s.Oliver Arena
3,140

Regular season

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.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich 34 31 3 3011 2573 +438 62 Playoffs
2 Alba Berlin 34 29 5 3044 2540 +504 58
3 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 34 26 8 2932 2574 +358 52
4 Brose Bamberg 34 22 12 2789 2594 +195 44
5 Telekom Baskets Bonn 34 21 13 2815 2667 +148 42[lower-alpha 2]
6 Medi Bayreuth 34 21 13 2849 2756 +93 42[lower-alpha 2]
7 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 34 21 13 2922 2822 +100 42[lower-alpha 2]
8 Fraport Skyliners 34 20 14 2649 2614 +35 40
9 s.Oliver Würzburg 34 19 15 2690 2578 +112 38
10 ratiopharm Ulm 34 16 18 2748 2775 −27 32[lower-alpha 3]
11 Gießen 46ers 34 16 18 2949 3016 −67 32[lower-alpha 3]
12 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 34 14 20 2527 2741 −214 28[lower-alpha 4]
13 Science City Jena 34 14 20 2677 2790 −113 28[lower-alpha 4]
14 BG Göttingen 34 10 24 2684 2980 −296 20[lower-alpha 5]
15 Mitteldeutscher BC 34 10 24 2748 2957 −209 20[lower-alpha 5]
16 Eisbären Bremerhaven 34 8 26 2647 2857 −210 16
17 Rockets (R) 34 7 27 2566 2914 −348 14 Relegation to ProA
18 Tigers Tübingen (R) 34 1 33 2525 3024 −499 2
Source: Beko BBL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Rockets Gotha started the season as "Oettinger Rockets", named after its main sponsor Oettinger Brauerei. However, from January 2018 the main sponsor left and the club would be simply known as "Rockets".[7]
  2. Bonn 6 Pts; Bayreuth 4 Pts; Oldenburg 2 Pts
  3. Ulm 174–165 Gießen
  4. Braunschweig 154–151 Jena
  5. Göttingen 185–174 MBC

Results
Home \ Away BAM BAY BER BON BRA BRE FRA GIE GOT JEN LUD MBC MUN OET OLD TUB ULM WUR
Brose Bamberg — 88–73 75–77 83–65 82–55 79–74 75–67 87–84 100–61 80–71 80–73 103–66 63–71 85–80 95–82 97–63 80–77 70–67
Medi Bayreuth 85–75 — 83–76 97–85 84–62 84–74 69–62 96–75 86–83 75–88 70–73 82–74 77–86 93–72 98–102 85–71 88–75 86–80
Alba Berlin 81–75 100–68 — 90–69 88–81 64–66 106–69 88–66 98–71 100–67 96–86 91–71 70–80 95–61 91–83 99–63 102–73 80–76
Telekom Baskets Bonn 106–69 85–82 76–84 — 87–56 75–86 75–79 83–78 82–70 102–80 105–109 84–91 72–83 79–73 90–68 89–80 86–74 78–75
Löwen Braunschweig 68–94 75–100 62–72 73–76 — 81–68 77–74 85–96 91–86 69–68 67–74 71–63 82–91 82–68 99–88 94–77 80–73 73–71
Eisbären Bremerhaven 76–83 99–103 85–99 73–89 72–65 — 69–81 87–74 74–77 72–80 77–98 79–82 83–85 80–74 80–90 78–73 82–89 80–72
Fraport Skyliners 83–72 72–68 90–84 76–81 78–71 95–69 — 70–86 88–80 67–65 81–88 83–67 83–87 90–82 93–82 90–63 75–89 78–72
Gießen 46ers 96–105 107–96 102–87 80–86 84–79 89–73 83–59 — 102–111 84–60 98–118 107–99 53–87 71–96 95–99 110–98 70–84 80–86
BG Göttingen 105–98 70–93 69–88 65–91 75–79 81–78 95–92 78–94 — 86–60 62–88 96–90 72–78 75–88 85–93 95–75 84–94 81–74
Science City Jena 85–68 107–90 89–99 73–69 83–85 90–68 70–82 86–65 103–92 — 64–78 61–75 78–85 85–81 74–83 74–69 92–87 79–81
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 91–74 78–47 67–86 87–78 72–59 92–69 79–62 81–83 93–61 91–62 — 99–77 73–90 94–54 90–86 88–79 89–54 87–77
Mitteldeutscher BC 74–76 80–93 80–89 61–87 84–78 98–90 93–96 97–102 84–89 94–100 81–92 — 77–95 82–69 71–72 93–88 80–69 78–86
Bayern Munich 77–68 96–88 72–91 78–50 111–53 98–95 72–60 107–83 91–77 101–78 91–71 111–91 — 102–80 95–74 84–72 100–95 76–84
Rockets 64–92 65–82 68–98 70–93 87–92 98–90 56–77 81–90 74–63 97–101 72–89 70–74 59–98 — 74–94 100–82 79–81 85–77
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 81–74 88–89 81–88 82–86 86–84 85–73 74–90 98–82 97–75 79–69 79–87 86–84 100–77 88–68 — 83–75 94–83 61–75
Tigers Tübingen 73–81 77–87 75–125 75–84 69–77 75–87 57–65 83–106 80–67 64–91 75–93 99–100 72–87 83–90 61–92 — 74–81 57–73
ratiopharm Ulm 67–90 74–84 68–72 87–94 88–77 85–77 77–78 90–95 89–65 87–72 84–77 93–76 75–89 78–62 70–87 95–82 — 72–69
s.Oliver Baskets 76–73 82–68 76–90 80–78 72–45 74–64 81–64 96–79 95–82 85–72 94–87 71–61 74–80 79–69 84–86 84–69 74–91 —
Source: BBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs
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.

Quarterfinals
5–19 May 		Semifinals
20–31 May 		Finals
3–16 June
         
1 Bayern Munich 3
8 Fraport Skyliners 2
1 Bayern Munich 3
4 Brose Bamberg 1
4 Brose Bamberg 3
5 Telekom Baskets Bonn 0
1 Bayern Munich 3
2 Alba Berlin 2
2 Alba Berlin 3
7 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 2
2 Alba Berlin 3
3 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 0
3 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 3
6 Medi Bayreuth 0

Awards and statistics

Major award winners
Award Player Club
Most Valuable PlayerUnited States Luke Sikma[8]Alba Berlin
Finals MVPGermany Danilo BarthelBayern Munich
Top ScorerCanada Philip ScrubbFraport Skyliners
Best Offensive PlayerCanada Philip ScrubbFraport Skyliners
Best DefenderUnited States Thomas WalkupRiesen Ludwigsburg
Most Effective PlayerUnited States John BryantGießen 46ers
Germany Robin Benzings.Oliver Würzburg
Best German Young PlayerGermany Andreas ObstRockets
Coach of the YearSpain Aíto García RenesesAlba Berlin

Statistical leaders
Retin Obasohan
Category Player Club Average
Points Canada Philip Scrubb Fraport Skyliners 18.3
Rebounds United States John Bryant Gießen 46ers 10.6
Assists United States Jared Jordan Walter Tigers Tübingen 6.4
Steals Belgium Retin Obasohan Rockets 2.0
Blocks United States Julian Gamble Telekom Baskets Bonn 1.8
Turnovers New Zealand Tai Webster Fraport Skyliners 3.4

All-Star Game

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.[9] Peyton Siva was named Most Valuable Player of the game.

  • red cross icon Injured player.
  • REP Player selected as replacement.

Clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgressRef
Brose BambergEuroLeague12th qualified
ratiopharm UlmEuroCupRegular season[12]
Bayern MunichSemifinals
Alba BerlinTop 16
EWE Baskets OldenburgChampions LeagueRound of 16[13]
medi bayreuthQuarterfinals
Telekom Baskets BonnRegular season
MHP Riesen LudwigsburgFourth place
s.Oliver WürzburgFIBA Europe CupFirst qualifying round[14]

See also

References
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  2. "easyCredit – Vorläufiger Spielplan für 2017/2018" (in German). 2017-09-11.
  3. "Neuer Rekord: Neun deutsche Klubs spielen in der kommenden Saison international" (in German). 6 August 2017.
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  7. "Thüringer Bundesliga-Basketballer gehen letztmals als "Oettinger Rockets" auf Korbjagd" (in German). Thueringer-allgemeine.de. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  8. "Basketball in den Genen: Luke Sikma ist der "Most Valuable Player" der Saison 2017/2018".
  9. "Team International zündet beim ALLSTAR Day 145:132-Offensivfeuerwerk / Peyton Siva zum MVP gekürt" (in German). Easycredit-bbl.de. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  10. "Die Nationals im Überblick: Geballte Erfahrung von 418 Länderspielen für Dirk Bauermann". Easycredit-bbl.de. 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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