2017–18 BLNO season

The 2017–18 BLNO was the 18th season of the Basketball League of Norway since its establishment. It started on 22 September 2017 and ended on 11 April 2018 with the third and last game of the finals.

BLNO
Duration	22 September 2017 – 11 April 2018
Games played	152
Teams	10
Regular season
Top seed	Asker Aliens
Season MVP	Aksel Bolin
Relegated	Centrum Tigers
Finals
Champions	Kongsberg Miners (1st title)
Runners-up	Asker Aliens
Semifinalists	Fyllingen Bærum
Statistical leaders
Points Nikolas Skouen 26.3 Rebounds Brian Voelkel 15.6 Assists Brian Voelkel 9.0
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Kongsberg Miners, in their third season in the league, won the title^[1] defended by Centrum Tigers, that ended in the last position.

Format

The ten participating teams first played the regular season, that consisted in a round-robin schedule containing three rounds with every team playing each opponent at least once home and once away for a total of 27 matches.

At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualified for the playoffs. Quarterfinals and semifinals were played with a best-of-three format and the final is played as a single game.^[2]

The last qualified team would be relegated.

Team Changes

Persbråten were relegated at the end of the last season, replaced by Fyllingen.

Teams

Ammerud

Asker

Bærum

Centrum

Frøya

Fyllingen

Gimle

Kongsberg

Nidaros

Tromsø

Locations of the teams in 2017–18 BLNO

Team	City	Arena
Ammerud	Oslo	Apallokka
Asker Aliens	Asker	Vollenhallen
Bærum	Bærum	Rykkinnhallen
Centrum Tigers	Oslo	Vulkanhallen
Frøya	Bergen	Frøya Idrettspark
Fyllingen	Bergen	Framohallen
Gimle	Bergen	Gimlehallen
Kongsberg Miners	Kongsberg	Kongsberghallen
Nidaros Jets	Trondheim	Husebyhallen
Tromsø Storm	Tromsø	Tromsøhallen

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Asker Aliens	27	24	3	2445	1994	+451	51	Qualification to playoffs
2	Kongsberg Miners	27	23	4	2574	2095	+479	50
3	Fyllingen	27	16	11	2532	2404	+128	43
4	Gimle	27	14	13	2141	2102	+39	41
5	Bærum	27	14	13	2238	2118	+120	41
6	Frøya	27	14	13	2433	2274	+159	41
7	Tromsø Storm	27	12	15	1997	2205	−208	39
8	Ammerud	27	9	18	1877	2248	−371	36
9	Nidaros Jets	27	8	19	2100	2318	−218	35
10	Centrum Tigers	27	1	26	1886	2465	−579	28

Source: BLNO

Playoffs

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Asker Aliens		92	97
	Ammerud		58	66
							Asker Aliens	86	73	80
							Bærum	75	89	75
	Gimle		66	76
	Bærum		87	92
													Asker Aliens	70	79	68
													Kongsberg Miners	93	68	83
	Kongsberg Miners		93	95
	Tromsø Storm		61	85
							Kongsberg Miners		84	110
							Fyllingen		78	94
	Fyllingen	114	72	110
	Frøya	92	91	104

Awards

The individual awards and the All-League team were chosen by the coaches of the League.^[3]

Individual awards

Award	Player	Club
Regular Season MVP	Aksel Bolin	Asker Aliens
Defensive Player of the Year	Fred Thomas	Kongsberg Miners
Young Player of the Year	Mikal Gjerde	Kongsberg Miners
Coach of the Year	Mathias Eckhoff	Bærum
BLNO Finals MVP	Brian Voelkel	Kongsberg Miners

All-BLNO team

PG	Stian Mjøs	Bærum
SG	Nikolas Skouen	Frøya
SF	Brian Voelkel	Kongsberg Miners
PF	Aksel Bolin	Asker Aliens
C	Evan Harris	Nidaros Jets

References

1. "Miners var ustoppelige i finalen" [Miners were unstoppable in the final] (in Norwegian). Laagendalsposten. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
2. "Serieformat KL og BLNO 2016-17" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Basketball Federation. 15 March 2016. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
3. "BLNO Awards 2017-18" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Basketball Federation. 1 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

External links

• Official Norwegian Basketball Federation website