2017–18 Dutch Basketball League

ZZ Leiden
ZZ Leiden
Playoffs MVP	Brandyn Curry
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Ordane Kanda
Rebounds	Roel Aarts
Assists	Carrington Love
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The 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 58th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and ended 21 April 2018.^[1] Donar is the defending champion. The playoffs started on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018. Donar captured its seventh championship, its third in a row and fourth in fifth years, after defeating ZZ Leiden in the finals.

Teams

ZZ Leiden

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Location of teams in the 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League

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Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Apollo Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Apollohal	1,500
Aris Leeuwarden	Leeuwarden	Kalverdijkje	1,700
BAL	Weert	Sporthal Boshoven	1,000
Den Helder Suns	Den Helder	Sporthal Sportlaan	1,000
Donar	Groningen	MartiniPlaza	4,350
Forward Lease Rotterdam	Rotterdam	Topsportcentrum	1,000
Landstede	Zwolle	Landstede Sportcentrum	1,200
New Heroes	's-Hertogenbosch	Maaspoort	2,800
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	Leiden	Vijf Meihal	2,000

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Apollo Amsterdam	Patrick Faijdherbe	Dimeo van der Horst	Adidas
Aris Leeuwarden	Tony van den Bosch	Stefan Mladenovic	Jako	Friezon
BAL	Radenko Varagic		Spalding
Den Helder Suns	Peter van Noord	Tjoe de Paula	Burned	Envinity^[3]
Donar	Erik Braal	Jason Dourisseau	Burned	Hepro
Forward Lease Rotterdam	Armand Salomon	Ties Theeuwkens	Peak	Forward Lease
Landstede	Herman van den Belt	Nigel Van Oostrum	Burned	Landstede
New Heroes	Silvano Poropat	Stefan Wessels	Burned	New Heroes
ZZ Leiden	Paul Vervaeck	Mohamed Kherrazi	Peak	Zorg en Zekerheid

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
New Heroes	Sander van der Holst	Mutual consent	May 31, 2017	Pre-season	Silvano Poropat	May 31, 2017^[4]
Aris Leeuwarden	Klaas Stoppels	End of contract	June 15, 2017		Tony van den Bosch	June 15, 2017^[5]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Left during season
Apollo Amsterdam	Benjamin Janssens^[7]					Micheal Madanly^[8]
Aris Leeuwarden	Emile Blackman^[9]	Nate Kratch^[10]	Deividas Kumelis^[11]	David Michaels^[12]		Meshack Lufile^[13]^[14]
BAL
Den Helder Suns	LaVonte Dority^[15]	Alex Laurent^[16]	Quinterian McConico^[17]
Donar	Drago Pašalić^[18]	Brandyn Curry^[19]	Bradford Burgess^[20]	Teddy Gipson^[21]	Evan Bruinsma^[22]	Stephen Domingo^[23]^[a]
Forward Lease Rotterdam	Ordane Kanda-Kanyndia^[25]	Trevor Setty^[26]	Marcel Boyd^[27]	Joey Puddister^[27]	Micheal Madanly^[28]	Chris Commons^[29]^[30]
Landstede	Noah Dahlman^[31]	Jordan Gregory^[32]	Sherron Dorsey-Walker^[33]	Franko House^[34]
New Heroes	Mike Miklusak^[35]	Keshun Sherrill^[36]	Norville Carey^[37]	Anthony Marshall^[38]
ZZ Leiden	Sergio De Randamie^[39]	Clayton Vette^[40]	Carrington Love^[41]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Donar	32	28	4	2686	2031	+655	56	Qualification to semifinals
2	Landstede	32	24	8	2556	2244	+312	48	Qualification to semifinals
3	ZZ Leiden	32	24	8	2598	2292	+306	48	Qualification to quarterfinals
4	New Heroes	32	24	8	2618	2289	+329	48
5	Forward Lease Rotterdam	32	15	17	2467	2636	−169	30
6	Aris Leeuwarden	32	10	22	2184	2448	−264	20
7	Apollo Amsterdam	32	9	23	2350	2583	−233	18
8	Den Helder Suns	32	6	26	2164	2671	−507	12
9	BAL	32	4	28	2212	2641	−429	8

2017–18 Dutch Basketball League

Teams

Arenas and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

Foreign players

Regular season

Standings

Results

First round

Second round

Play-offs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Final standings

Awards

Statistics

Statistical leaders

In European competitions

Notes

See also

References

Home \ Away	APO	ARI	BAL	DHE	DON	ROT	LAN	NEW	ZZL
Apollo Amsterdam	—	82–76	109–114	85–67	47–78	71–84	76–84	67–79	64–83
Aris Leeuwarden	79–73	—	73–76	84–82	20–0^[a]	69–80	61–81	48–99	64–66
BAL	54–79	80–96	—	76–82	67–93	65–79	88–91	63–81	73–76
Den Helder Suns	84–74	74–78	60–79	—	69–86	73–76	76–73	56–82	78–100
Donar	88–55	112–65	76–49	98–62	—	82–49	79–68	85–65	91–69
Forward Lease Rotterdam	80–82	83–74	79–62	95–77	68–106	—	92–89	81–91	77–76
Landstede	97–72	87–66	80–59	87–47	60–75	85–65	—	72–65	69–65
New Heroes	89–64	88–47	82–48	91–65	73–95	74–68	87–65	—	68–60
ZZ Leiden	82–69	77–55	101–78	87–49	75–63	92–74	74–64	83–81	—

Home \ Away	APO	ARI	BAL	DHE	DON	RDM	LAN	NEW	ZZL
Apollo Amsterdam	—	55–74	85–70	94–72	81–87	84–91	65–105	82–93	79–100
Aris Leeuwarden	70–68	—	82–67	85–80	46–70	72–75	73–85	82–90	72–81
BAL	55–80	54–79	—	80–87	66–79	93–81	57–67	61–88	46–75
Den Helder Suns	56–80	69–66	85–83	—	73–95	77–86	44–80	73–77	68–84
Donar	90–61	85–61	84–71	78–56	—	89–65	84–68	71–80	103–112
Forward Lease Rotterdam	65–67	79–63	77–69	72–55	66–95	—	74–92	80–89	92–94
Landstede	73–69	88–66	88–65	84–49	55–86	111–74	—	86–78	82–81
New Heroes	78–73	90–79	92–75	91–52	48–96	114–86	68–69	—	86–78
ZZ Leiden	87–60	72–59	74–70	89–66	61–85	102–74	64–71	79–61	—

Rotterdam		2
1 Rotterdam	0



		1 Donar	4

			3 ZZ Leiden				0
					3 Aris Leeuwarden	1
2 Landstede	0

				3 ZZ Leiden	4

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
ZZ Leiden	2–1	Aris Leeuwarden	85–77	64–56	66–55
New Heroes	1–2	Forward Lease Rotterdam	99–64	97–93 (ot)	89–92