The 2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, was the 52nd season of the

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(BBL), the top-tier level of professional club

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. 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.

Notable occurrences

*For the first time in BBL history, two windows for

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national team play were planned in which the competition stopped. These were in November 2017 and February 2018. *A number of nine teams participated in European club competitions this season, the highest number ever in German basketball history.

Teams

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

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and Rockets got promoted from the 2016–17 ProA.

Arenas and locations

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

for next season. The regular season started on 29 September 2017 and concluded 1 May 2018.

Standings

Results

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.

Awards and statistics

Major award winners

Statistical leaders

All-Star Game

The 2018 BBL All-Star Game was played in the Lokhalle in

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on 13 January 2018. Team International won the game 145–132 over Team National. Peyton Siva was named

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of the game. * Injured player. *REP Player selected as replacement.

Clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Official website
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