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2017–18 ABA League First Division

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ABA League First Division
Season2017–18
DurationSeptember 29, 2017March 12, 2018
(Regular season)
March 18, 2018April 14, 2018
(Playoffs)
Games played142
Teams12
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seedSerbia Crvena zvezda mts
Season MVPCroatia Luka Žorić [1]
PromotedSlovenia Krka
RelegatedNorth Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Finals
ChampionsMontenegro Budućnost VOLI (1st title)
  Runners-upSerbia Crvena zvezda mts
SemifinalistsCroatia Cedevita
Montenegro Mornar
Finals MVPBosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja Gordić [2]
Awards
Top ProspectBosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa [3]
Statistical leaders
Points Croatia Luka Žorić 19.71
Rebounds Croatia Luka Božić 7.77
Assists Serbia Filip Čović 7.43
Index Rating Croatia Luka Žorić 23.24
Records
Biggest home winBudućnost 104–62 MZT
(11 February 2018)
Biggest away winMZT 55–96 Olimpija
(3 February 2018)
Highest scoringPartizan 117–104 Igokea
(21 October 2017)
Highest attendance7,237
Crvena zvezda 91–63 Mornar
(18 March 2018)
Lowest attendance250
Cibona 79–82 Mornar
(4 March 2018)
All statistics correct as of April 14, 2018.

The 2017–18 ABA League First Division was the 17th season of the ABA League with 12 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. It was the inaugural season as the first tier as a part of two level competition.

Format changes

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On May 23, 2017, ABA League Assembly has decided that there will be 12 clubs competing in the league in the 2017–18 season.[1] Having analysed the current situation in European and the regional basketball, as well as the fact that the ABA League is still not officially recognized by the national basketball federations, and with a goal to protect the interests of the ABA League founding clubs, the clubs that have competed in the 2016–17 season will have a right to participate in the forthcoming season as well and the priority of participation will be given to the founders of the ABA League (from the 2015–16 season). The formula to determine the participants which will be respected is the following:[1]

Two additional spots will be allocated to the clubs from countries, whose clubs have achieved the best coefficients in the country rankings during the 2016–17 season. Those two countries are Serbia and Montenegro. The places from Serbia will be filled in accordance with the final standings of the Basketball League of Serbia, in accordance with the recognition and cooperation with the ABA League.[1]

In accordance with the previously mentioned decisions, the participating clubs of the ABA League for the 2017–18 season are: Cedevita, Zadar, Cibona, Union Olimpija, Igokea, Budućnost VOLI, MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Mornar, while the remaining four places (from Serbia), were determined in accordance with the standings in the Basketball League of Serbia.[1]

Teams

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National standings

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The numbers of teams by country is determined by a coefficient that is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board.[2]

Country No. 2016–17 coeff. 2017–18 no. of clubs
 Serbia 3 16.25 4
 Montenegro 1 14.00 2
 Croatia 3 13.33 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 13.00 1
 Slovenia 1 9.00 1
 Macedonia 1 9.00 1
Total 10 best coeff. (+2) 12

Team allocation

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League positions of the previous domestic league season after playoffs shown in parentheses.

Regular season
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts (1st) Serbia Mega Bemax (4th) Croatia Cedevita (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea (1st)
Serbia FMP (2nd) Montenegro Budućnost VOLI (1st) Croatia Cibona (2nd) Slovenia Petrol Olimpija (1st)
Serbia Partizan NIS (3rd) Montenegro Mornar (2nd) Croatia Zadar (6th) North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st)

Venues and locations

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Team Home city Arena Capacity
Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center 4,000
Cedevita Zagreb Dražen Petrović 5,400
Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović 5,400
Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić 5,878 [3]
FMP Belgrade Železnik Hall 3,000
Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall 3,050
Mega Bemax Sremska Mitrovica Sports Hall Pinki 2,500
Mornar Bar Topolica Sport Hall 2,625
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Jane Sandanski 7,500
Partizan NIS Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić 5,878
Petrol Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,480
Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić 7,847

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Budućnost VOLI Serbia Aleksandar Džikić Montenegro Suad Šehović Spalding VOLI
Cedevita Slovenia Jure Zdovc Croatia Roko Ukić Nike Cedevita
Cibona Croatia Ante Nazor Croatia Marin Rozić Adidas
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia Dušan Alimpijević Serbia Branko Lazić Nike mts
FMP Serbia Vladimir Jovanović Serbia Filip Čović Champion FMP
Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Bajić Serbia Vuk Radivojević GBT m:tel
Mega Bemax Serbia Dejan Milojević Serbia Nikola Rebić Adidas Bemax
Mornar Montenegro Mihailo Pavićević Montenegro Marko Mijović Adidas Bar Municipality
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Serbia Željko Lukajić North Macedonia Damjan Stojanovski Adidas UNIBanka, triglav
Partizan NIS Serbia Nenad Čanak Serbia Novica Veličković Under Armour NIS
Petrol Olimpija Slovenia Zoran Martič Slovenia Gregor Hrovat Macron Petrol
Zadar Croatia Aramis Naglić Croatia Šime Špralja Champion OTP Bank

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Budućnost VOLI Greece Ilias Zouros 14 April 2017 Off-season Serbia Aleksandar Džikić 22 June 2017
Cedevita Croatia Veljko Mršić 9 June 2017 Slovenia Jure Zdovc 14 June 2017
Cibona Croatia Damir Mulaomerović 13 June 2017 Slovenia Slobodan Subotić 17 June 2017
Partizan NIS Serbia Aleksandar Džikić 13 June 2017 Serbia Miroslav Nikolić 18 July 2017
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Croatia Ante Nazor 15 June 2017 North Macedonia Aleksandar Todorov 15 June 2017
Mornar Montenegro Đorđije Pavićević 1 July 2017 Montenegro Mihailo Pavićević 1 July 2017
Crvena zvezda mts Montenegro Dejan Radonjić 15 July 2017 Serbia Dušan Alimpijević 21 July 2017
FMP Serbia Dušan Alimpijević 21 July 2017 Serbia Vladimir Jovanović 27 July 2017
Cibona Slovenia Slobodan Subotić 11 November 2017[4] 9th (3–5) Croatia Ante Nazor 13 November 2017[5]
MZT Skopje Aerodrom North Macedonia Aleksandar Todorov 7 December 2017[6] 12th (2–8) Serbia Željko Lukajić 8 December 2017[7]
Partizan NIS Serbia Miroslav Nikolić 12 December 2017[8] 5th (5–6) Serbia Nenad Čanak 14 December 2017[9]
Petrol Olimpija Slovenia Gašper Okorn 8 January 2018 11th (5–10) Slovenia Zoran Martič 8 January 2018[10]

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 22 19 3 1955 1679 +276 41 Advance to the playoffs
2 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 22 17 5 1863 1661 +202 39[a]
3 Croatia Cedevita 22 17 5 1798 1645 +153 39[a]
4 Montenegro Mornar 22 14 8 1825 1790 +35 36
5 Serbia Partizan NIS 22 11 11 1936 1893 +43 33
6 Croatia Zadar 22 10 12 1846 1885 −39 32[b]
7 Slovenia Petrol Olimpija 22 10 12 1738 1793 −55 32[b]
8 Serbia FMP 22 9 13 1756 1763 −7 31
9 Serbia Mega Bemax 22 8 14 1849 1858 −9 30
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 22 7 15 1782 1876 −94 29[c]
11 Croatia Cibona 22 7 15 1754 1890 −136 29[c]
12 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 22 3 19 1659 2028 −369 25 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: ABA League
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Budućnost VOLI 1–1, 1.01; Cedevita 1–1, 0.99
  2. ^ a b Zadar 1–1, 1.09; Petrol Olimpija 1–1, 0.92
  3. ^ a b Igokea 1–1, 1.03; Cibona 1–1, 0.97

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts1211322222211132211111
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI6652111111122211122222
Croatia Cedevita3134543333333323333333
Montenegro Mornar1291212118968108108644444444
Serbia Partizan NIS91176435455544767565555
Croatia Zadar81291112121011119656575777766
Slovenia Petrol Olimpija58109810111076791010111111118887
Serbia FMP11363254544465456656678
Serbia Mega Bemax272579679119111111101010910999
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea75489678671079988889101010
Croatia Cibona104876789108118789991011111111
North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom4101110101112121212121212121212121212121212
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Home \ Away BUD CED CIB CZV FMP IGO MEG MOR MZT PAR OLI ZAD
Budućnost VOLI Montenegro 66–60 71–62 92–86 87–64 81–59 84–64 79–70 104–62 86–79 88–66 87–85
Cedevita Croatia 76–71 91–68 79–74 74–67 79–84 75–73 99–74 77–65 85–75 84–60 102–101
Cibona Croatia 87–93 100–94 87–93 84–85 87–86 95–93 79–82 77–92 74–90 96–85 78–80
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia 75–79 82–66 107–69 84–77 85–80 90–80 88–77 112–73 86–74 80–76 97–67
FMP Serbia 76–93 71–80 99–79 77–100 95–73 96–88 79–84 100–72 83–71 81–86 91–76
Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina 98–94 61–69 63–57 76–82 75–65 82–89 79–93 99–108 67–74 86–78 94–92
Mega Bemax Serbia 83–94 77–81 95–88 85–90 74–72 99–87 91–70 106–77 89–102 77–86 71–73
Mornar Montenegro 87–81 89–94 78–82 74–82 73–81 87–83 87–83 106–75 83–81 101–81 80–70
MZT Skopje Aerodrom North Macedonia 71–93 64–85 76–83 58–92 67–72 68–77 76–92 69–72 92–89 55–96 80–85
Partizan NIS Serbia 94–83 82–92 80–69 84–100 87–84 117–104 89–73 93–98 112–94 77–78 95–87
Petrol Olimpija Slovenia 79–88 65–64 78–80 73–82 73–64 95–93 69–76 64–67 94–85 89–87 90–85
Zadar Croatia 78–69 76–92 79–73 76–88 83–77 82–76 95–91 77–93 105–80 97–104 97–77
Source: ABA League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

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The semi-finals was played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. Playoffs started on 17 March 2018, while the Finals ended on 14 April 2018.[11]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 March–2 April
 
 
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts2
 
9–14 April
 
Montenegro Mornar1
 
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts1
 
18 March–2 April
 
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI3
 
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI2
 
 
Croatia Cedevita1
 


2017–18 ABA League Champions
Montenegro
Budućnost VOLI
1st title

Semifinals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia 2–1 Montenegro Mornar 91–63 84–88 88–69
Budućnost VOLI Montenegro 2–1 Croatia Cedevita 84–83 75–82 72–57

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia 1–3 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 76–80 69–59 77–78 73–77 0

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 29 22 7 2388 2178 +210 51 Qualification to EuroLeague
2 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 29 22 7 2513 2193 +320 51 Qualification to EuroCup
3 Croatia Cedevita 25 18 7 2020 1876 +144 43
4 Montenegro Mornar 25 15 10 2045 2053 −8 40
5 Serbia Partizan NIS 22 11 11 1936 1893 +43 33
6 Croatia Zadar 22 10 12 1846 1885 −39 32
7 Slovenia Petrol Olimpija 22 10 12 1738 1793 −55 32
8 Serbia FMP 22 9 13 1756 1763 −7 31
9 Serbia Mega Bemax 22 8 14 1849 1858 −9 30
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 22 7 15 1782 1876 −94 29
11 Croatia Cibona 22 7 15 1754 1890 −136 29
12 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 22 3 19 1659 2028 −369 25 Relegation to Second Division
Source: ABA League

Statistical leaders

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As of 12 March 2018 , after the end of the Regular Season.
Pos Player Club PIR
1 Croatia Luka Žorić Cibona 23.24
2 Serbia Uroš Luković Mornar 20.90
3 United States Patrick Miller Partizan NIS 20.36
4 United States Nigel Williams-Goss Partizan NIS 20.30
5 Croatia Luka Božić Zadar 19.09

Points

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Pos Player Club PPG
1 Croatia Luka Žorić Cibona 19.71
2 United States Josh Bostic Zadar 19.23
3 United States Nigel Williams-Goss Partizan NIS 16.85
4 Montenegro Derek Needham Mornar 16.82
5 Serbia Filip Čović FMP 15.76

Rebounds

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Pos Player Club RPG
1 Croatia Luka Božić Zadar 7.77
2 Serbia Uroš Luković Mornar 7.52
3 United States Devin Oliver Petrol Olimpija 7.27
4 United States Jordan Morgan Petrol Olimpija 7.18
5 Croatia Luka Žorić Cibona 6.95

Assists

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Pos Player Club APG
1 Serbia Filip Čović FMP 7.43
2 United States Nigel Williams-Goss Partizan NIS 6.95
3 Croatia Dominik Mavra MZT Skopje Aerodrom 6.25
4 Montenegro Taylor Rochestie Crvena zvezda mts 5.95
5 United States Patrick Miller Partizan NIS 5.43

Source: ABA League Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

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Pos. Player Team Ref.
MVP
C Croatia Luka Žorić Croatia Cibona [12]
Finals MVP
PG Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja Gordić Montenegro Budućnost VOLI [13]
Top Prospect
SF Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa Croatia Cedevita [14]
Ideal Starting Five
PG Montenegro Taylor Rochestie Serbia Crvena zvezda mts [15]
SG Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja Gordić Montenegro Budućnost
SF Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa Croatia Cedevita
PF Serbia Novica Veličković Serbia Partizan NIS
C Serbia Uroš Luković Montenegro Mornar

MVP List

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MVP of the Round

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Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 France Mathias Lessort Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 30 [16]
2 United States Will Cherry Croatia Cedevita 27 [17]
3 Croatia Luka Božić Croatia Zadar 32 [18]
4 Croatia Luka Žorić Croatia Cibona 41 [19]
5 United States Patrick Miller Serbia Partizan NIS 40 [20]
6 Serbia Uroš Luković Montenegro Mornar 31 [21]
7 Montenegro Milko Bjelica Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 35 [22]
8 Montenegro Derek Needham Montenegro Mornar 30 [23]
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa Croatia Cedevita 46 [24]
10 United States Josh Bostic Croatia Zadar 29 [25]
11 Croatia Roko Ukić Croatia Cedevita 28 [26]
12 Serbia Nikola Jevtović Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 29 [27]
13 Serbia Uroš Luković (2) Montenegro Mornar 40 [28]
14 United States Josh Bostic (2) Croatia Zadar 40 [29]
15 Serbia Novica Veličković Serbia Partizan NIS 31 [30]
16 Croatia Dominik Mavra North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 34 [31]
17 Serbia Novica Veličković (2) Serbia Partizan NIS 36 [32]
18 Slovenia Vlatko Čančar Serbia Mega Bemax 29 [33]
19 Montenegro Derek Needham (2) Montenegro Mornar 29 [34]
20 Montenegro Danilo Nikolić Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 33 [35]
21 Serbia Novica Veličković (3) Serbia Partizan NIS 36 [36]
22 United States Jordan Morgan Slovenia Petrol Olimpija 32 [37]
SF1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja Gordić Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 30 [38]
SF2 United States Demetris Nichols Croatia Cedevita 30 [39]
SF3 Serbia Ognjen Dobrić Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 23 [40]
F1 Montenegro Nikola Ivanović Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 23
F2 Slovenia Alen Omić Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 27
F3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja Gordić (2) Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 21
F4 Montenegro Filip Barović Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 23
Month Player Team Ref.
2017
October United States Patrick Miller Serbia Partizan NIS [41]
November Montenegro Milko Bjelica Serbia Crvena zvezda mts [42]
December United States Josh Bostic Croatia Zadar [43]
2018
January Serbia Novica Veličković Serbia Partizan NIS [44]
February Serbia Uroš Luković Montenegro Mornar [45]

Attendances

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Attendances include playoff games:

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Serbia Partizan NIS 50,500 6,300 2,850 4,591 −2.5%
2 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 66,244 7,237 1,987 4,416 +1.8%
3 Croatia Zadar 47,750 6,500 2,050 4,341 +30.6%
4 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 51,028 6,000 1,150 3,402 +34.6%
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 24,080 3,000 1,550 2,189 +31.7%
6 Montenegro Mornar 25,524 3,500 1,200 2,127 −11.7%
7 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 21,700 4,000 900 1,973 +53.7%
8 Serbia Mega Bemax 15,840 2,550 700 1,440 +5.5%
9 Slovenia Petrol Olimpija 15,700 3,000 750 1,427 +5.1%
10 Croatia Cibona 15,550 3,500 250 1,414 +15.2%
11 Croatia Cedevita 16,560 2,200 800 1,380 −5.2%
12 Serbia FMP 10,050 1,350 750 914 +76.0%
League total 360,576 7,237 250 2,539 +24.1%

Updated to match(es) played on April 14, 2018. Source: ABA League

ABA League clubs in European competitions

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Competition Team Progress Result
EuroLeague Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Regular season 14th (11–19)
EuroCup Montenegro Budućnost VOLI Quarterfinals Increase(2) Eliminated by Turkey Darüşşafaka, 0–2
Croatia Cedevita Top 16 Group G Increase(1) 4th (0–6)
Serbia Partizan NIS Regular season Group C 6th (1–9)
Champions League Slovenia Petrol Olimpija Regular season Group C 7th (4–10)
Montenegro Mornar Second qualifying round Eliminated by Russia Avtodor Saratov, 132–158; transferred to FIBA Europe Cup
FIBA Europe Cup Quarterfinals Increase(3) Eliminated by Netherlands Donar, 147–168

See also

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2017–18 domestic competitions
Teams

References

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  5. ^ "Ante Nazor is the new head coach of Cibona". aba-liga.com. 13 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Todorov is no longer MZT Skopje Aerodrom head coach". aba-liga.com. 7 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Željko Lukajić is the new MZT Skopje Aerodrom head coach". aba-liga.com. 8 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Miroslav Nikolić is no longer head coach of Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. 12 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Nenad Čanak is the new head coach of Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. 14 December 2017.
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  13. ^ "Playoffs MVP: Nemanja Gordić". www.aba-liga.com.
  14. ^ "2017/18 Top Prospect: Džanan Musa (Cedevita)". www.aba-liga.com.
  15. ^ "Rochestie heads the Ideal Starting Five". www.aba-liga.com.
  16. ^ "Round 1 MVP: Mathias Lessort (Crvena zvezda mts)". www.aba-liga.com.
  17. ^ "Round 2 MVP: Will Cherry (Cedevita)". www.aba-liga.com.
  18. ^ "Round 3 MVP: Luka Božić (Zadar)". www.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  19. ^ "Round 4 MVP: Luka Žorić (Cibona)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Round 5 MVP: Patrick Miller (Partizan NIS)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  21. ^ "Round 6 MVP: Uroš Luković (Mornar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  22. ^ "Round 7 MVP: Milko Bjelica (Crvena zvezda mts)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  23. ^ "Round 8 MVP: Derek Needham (Mornar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  24. ^ "Round 9 MVP: Džanan Musa (Cedevita)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  25. ^ "Round 10 MVP: Josh Bostic (Zadar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  26. ^ "Round 11 MVP: Roko-Leni Ukić (Cedevita)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  27. ^ "Round 12 MVP: Nikola Jevtović (Igokea)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  28. ^ "Round 13 MVP: Uroš Luković (Mornar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  29. ^ "Round 14 MVP: Joshua Bostic (Zadar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  30. ^ "Round 15 MVP: Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  31. ^ "Round 16 MVP: Dominik Mavra (MZT Skopje Aerodrom)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  32. ^ "MVP: Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  33. ^ "Round 18 MVP: Vlatko Čančar (Mega Bemax)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  34. ^ "Round 19 MVP: Derek Needham (Mornar)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  35. ^ "Round 20 MVP: Danilo Nikolić (Budućnost VOLI)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  36. ^ "Round 21 MVP: Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  37. ^ "Round 22 MVP: Jordan Morgan (Petrol Olimpija)". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  38. ^ "Who are the top performers of Semi-finals round 1?". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  39. ^ "Who are the top performers of Semi-finals round 2?". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  40. ^ "Who are the top performers of Semi-finals round 3?". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  41. ^ MVP of October: Patrick Miller (Partizan NIS)
  42. ^ MVP of November: Milko Bjelica (Crvena zvezda mts)
  43. ^ MVP of December: Joshua Bostic (Zadar)
  44. ^ MVP of January: Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS)
  45. ^ MVP of February: Uroš Luković (Mornar)
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