Kuala Lumpur Dragons
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- ABL Liga ASEAN 122 Malasia - MABA Pro League 14 Malasia - Copa MABA 14 Filipinas - PBA D-League 9 Malasia - MPL D-League 9 Encuentros amistosos 8 Asia - Champions Cup 4 Malasia - Agong Cup - 1ª División 3 Baloncesto - Encuentros 1
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Wikipedia - Kuala Lumpur Dragons
The Kuala Lumpur Dragons are a professional basketball team based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that currently plays in the ASEAN Basketball League. They also played as the Blustar Detergent Dragons in the Philippines' PBA Developmental League in 2016.
History
In their first year of existence, they were known as the KL Dragons before becoming the Westports KL Dragons after a sponsorship deal with Westports. Before the 2012 season, the team became the Westports Malaysia Dragons.
Malaysia has made the ABL semifinals in all of its first four seasons in the league but lost all four times in the semi-finals: the AirAsia Philippine Patriots in its first two semi-finals appearances, the San Miguel Beermen in its third year, and to the Indonesia Warriors in its fourth semi-final appearance. But, in the 2014 season, the Dragons made it all the way to the finals before losing to Hi-Tech Bangkok City in the finals.
In 2011, the Dragons was the ABL representative in the 2011 FIBA Asia Champions Cup held in the Philippines after the champion Chang Thailand Slammers failed to make it because of a suspension by FIBA. KL failed to win a single game in the tourney.
The team won the 2015–16 ASEAN Basketball League season and qualify for the 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. They entered the 2016 PBA D-League Foundation Cup under the name Blustar Detergent Dragons. The Dragons again failed to win a single game in the tourney.
The team changed its name to the Kuala Lumpur Dragons for the 2019–20 ASEAN Basketball League season.
Los Kuala Lumpur Dragons juegan sus partidos como local en el Estadio Putra Indoor, con capacidad para 5,000 espectadores. El equipo está dirigido por el entrenador australiano Chris Anstey, quien fue un jugador profesional de baloncesto en la NBA y la NBL.
Los Kuala Lumpur Dragons son uno de los equipos más populares de la MABA y tienen una gran base de fanáticos. El equipo es conocido por su estilo de juego rápido y entretenido, y sus jugadores a menudo son convocados para la selección nacional de baloncesto de Malasia.
Algunos de los jugadores más destacados de los Kuala Lumpur Dragons son el alero estadounidense Marcus Douthit, el base malasio Lim Eng Wah y el ala-pívot malasio Wong Wei Long.
Los Kuala Lumpur Dragons son un equipo en ascenso en la MABA y son uno de los favoritos para ganar el campeonato en 2023. El equipo tiene un roster talentoso y experimentado, y está decidido a traer otro campeonato a Kuala Lumpur.