Saigon Heat to take on Malaysia Dragon

Saigon Heat, who will be representing Vietnam at the region’s premier basketball competition for its second season, finished its first season quite impressively.

After a poor start, the team, coached by American Jason Rabedeaux, bounced back strongly to sixth position in the overall table.

Last season’s champions, the Indonesia Warriors, will face runners-up San Miguel Beermen of the Philippines in the season’s opener played in Jakarta on January 11.

The same weekend, Singapore Slingers will take on the Chang Thailand Slammers.

Six participating teams will play each other four times during the regular season that is scheduled to end on May 19.

The top four will advance to the playoff stages, to be decided by a best-of-five semi-final and final matches.

The champions will be crowned in June.