2017–18 ProA

The 2017–18 ProA was the 11th season of the ProA, the second level of basketball in Germany. The champions and the runners-up of the play-offs are promoted to the 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga.

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Rasta Vechta	30	27	3	2550	2095	+455	54	Advance to play-offs
2	Crailsheim Merlins	30	27	3	2712	2220	+492	54
3	MLP Academics Heidelberg	30	19	11	2298	2192	+106	38
4	RheinStars Köln (R)	30	19	11	2211	2133	+78	38
5	PS Karlsruhe Lions	30	18	12	2433	2249	+184	36
6	Römerstrom Gladiators Trier	30	17	13	2406	2348	+58	34
7	Hebeisen White Wings Hanau	30	15	15	2261	2314	−53	30
8	Phoenix Hagen	30	15	15	2408	2429	−21	30
9	VfL Kirchheim Knights	30	15	15	2331	2336	−5	30
10	Hamburg Towers	30	13	17	2260	2326	−66	26
11	Niners Chemnitz	30	13	17	2322	2311	+11	26
12	Nürnberg Falcons	30	11	19	2144	2291	−147	22
13	Uni Baskets Paderborn	30	9	21	2121	2372	−251	18
14	Baunach Young Pikes	30	8	22	2240	2444	−204	16
15	Ehingen Urspring (R)	30	8	22	2274	2584	−310	16	Relegation to ProB
16	OrangeAcademy (R)	30	6	24	2121	2448	−327	12

Play-offs

The quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in a best-of-five play-off format. The Finals are played in a two-legged series in which the team with the most aggregate points wins.

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals		Finals

1	Rasta Vechta	3

8	Phoenix Hagen	0
	1	Rasta Vechta	3

		5	PS Karlsruhe Lions	1
4	RheinStars Köln	0

5	PS Karlsruhe Lions	3
	1	Rasta Vechta	165

		2	Crailsheim Merlins	158
2	Crailsheim Merlins	3

7	White Wings Hanau	0
	2	Crailsheim Merlins	3

		6	Gladiators Trier	1
3	MLP Academics Heidelberg	2

6	Gladiators Trier	3

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
Rasta Vechta	3–0	Phoenix Hagen	104–76	86–79	93–75
RheinStars Köln	0–3	PS Kalsruhe Lions	67–85	70–92	68–88
MLP Academics Heidelberg	2–3	Römerstrom Gladiators Trier	86–83	70–83	91–80	88–89	65–69
Crailsheim Merlins	3–0	Hebeisen White Wings	87–71	107–82	99–75

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
Rasta Vechta	3–1	PS Karlsruhe Lions	90–79	80–90	95–90	91–73
Römerstrom Gladiators Trier	1–3	Crailsheim Merlins	83–87	90–103	67–82	75–97

Finals

First leg

4 May 2018	Crailsheim Merlins	87–103	Rasta Vechta	Crailsheim, Germany
19:30 UTC+1	Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 19–22, 22–31, 24–28
	Pts: Sherman Gay 24 Rebs: Frank Turner 7 Asts: Frank Turner 6 PIR: Sherman Gay 27		Pts: Robin Christen 20 Rebs: Andrew Smith 6 Asts: Cristopher Carter 16 PIR: Christopher Carter 24	Arena: Arena Hohenlohe

Second leg

6 May 2018	Rasta Vechta	62–71 (165–158 agg.)	Crailsheim Merlins	Vechta, Germany
15:00 UTC+1	Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 17–20, 15–16, 10–11
	Pts: Philip Herkenhoff 16 Rebs: Seth Hinrichs 10 Asts: Cristopher Carter 4 PIR: Cristopher Carter 18		Pts: Konrad Wysocki 19 Rebs: Konrad Wysocki 21 Asts: Konrad Wysocki 3 PIR: Konrad Wysocki 39	Arena: Rasta Dome

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification
1	Rasta Vechta (P)	39	34	5	Promotion to 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga
2	Crailsheim Merlins (P)	39	34	5
3	PS Karlsruhe Lions	37	22	15
4	Römerstrom Gladiators Trier	34	16	18
5	MLP Academics Heidelberg	35	21	14
6	RheinStars Köln	33	19	14
7	Hebeisen White Wings	33	15	18
8	Phoenix Hagen	33	15	18

9	VfL Kirchheim Knights	30	15	15
10	Hamburg Towers	30	13	17
11	Niners Chemnitz	30	13	17
12	Nürnberg Falcons	30	11	19
13	Uni Baskets Paderborn	30	9	21
14	Baunach Young Pikes	30	8	22
15	Ehingen Urspring	30	8	22	Relegation to ProB
16	OrangeAcademy	30	6	24