Heavenfall Basketball League

Heavenfall Basketball League

Current season, competition or edition: 2175-76 HBL season
Formerly	Refugee Basketball Community (2063-2065) Heavenfall Refugee Basketball (2065-2079)
Association	Heavenfall Assocation of Professional Basketball
Sport	Basketball
Founded	7 March 2063 (112 years ago), New Brooklyn, Heavenfall
Commissioner	Big Abrines (since 2166)
No. of teams	45
Country	Heavenfall
Most recent champion(s)	Mizunoma Cherry Blossoms (6th title) (2174-75)
Most titles	New Brooklyn Knicks (14 titles)
Sponsor(s)	Freud Entertainment

The Heavenfall Basketball League (HBL), known colloquially as the HeavensLeague, is a professional basketball league in Heavenfall composed of 45 teams divided equally between the Land, Air, and Sea conferences. Since its founding, it has been the most popular sports league in Heavenfall and is considered among the "big six" of Heavenfall sports.

The HBL was founded on 7 March 2063 as the Refugee Basketball Community (RBC) before renaming itself as Heavenfall Refugee Basketball (HRB) in 2065. Following a reorganization and professionalization in 2079, the league renamed itself to the Heavenfall Basketball League for the 2080 season after a merger with the Basketball Association of Heavenfall.

The New Brooklyn Knicks have the most HeavensLeague championships with 14. The Mizunoma Cherry Blossoms are the reigning champions, their 6th championship, having defeated the Krungtheph Titans in the 2175 HeavensLeague Finals.

History

Punks' and Cherry Blossoms' Dynasties (2158–2170)

Following the 2157-58 HeavensLeague lockout, two teams came to dominate for over a decade. The Punktown Punks, coached by Jojette Macfadyen, and the Mizunoma Cherry Blossoms, coached by Kasuga Kinsuke, combined to win 10 championships over 12 seasons, facing off against each other 3 times in that span. The Punks won the 2159 and 2160 championships led by "Polar Bear and Boulder Bear" duo Tershawn Winns and Robbie Riggs. The 2161 and 2162 championships were won by the Cherry Blossoms, nicknamed the Breezing Blossoms for their fast-paced play-style utlizing quick and effecient passes, defeating the Punks both times. The Cherry Blossoms would go on to win three more consecutive championships to complete the five-peat, defeating the Punks for a third time in a 2165 Finals series dubbed "The Last Tango".

Following the end of the 2164-65 season, the Cherry Blossoms' roster broke up. The Punks would go on to win the 2166, 2169, and 2170 championships.

Teams

Heavenfall Basketball League teams

Conference	Division	Team	Location	Arena	Founded	Joined	Head coach
Air	Central	4 Central Eagles	4 Central, Highsea	Goldman Sachs Center			Augustine Milk
		Erie Park Thunder	Erie Park, Highsea	Erie Stadium			Boris Bolić
		Quinpeaks Goliaths	Quinpeaks, Highsea	Greenlake Bank Arena			Isaac Rizzo
		Sanshui Ducks	Sānshuǐ, Highsea	Sanshui Duck Lake			Ni Cici
		Second Mumbai Indians	Second Mumbai, Highsea	Done Right! Foods and Beverages Centre			Arjun Pandey
	Classic	Fort Christian Greywolves	Fort Christian, Highsea	The Lego Keep	2070		Connie Rasmussen
		Minuzoma Cherry Blossoms	Mizunoma, Highsea	Kima King Arena	2068	2080	Kasuga Kinsuke
		New Brooklyn Knicks	New Brooklyn, Highsea	New Madison Square Garden	2065		Julius Gardner
		New Seoul Fighter Pilots	New Seoul, Highsea	Haewon Industrial Center	2068	2080	Son Chang-mo
		Whitebricks Ravens	Whitebricks, Highsea	Pillitone Arena	2071		Joey Drews
	Western	Greenroad Asteroids	Greenroad, Highsea	Macy's Greenroad Arena			Kristupas Varnas
		Heartland Lions	West Heartland, Highsea	MX Home Improvement Forum			Darius Worthy
		Los Querubines Reys	Los Querubines, Highsea	Simón Bolívar Stadium			Carlito Valdelomar
		New Athens Griffins	New Athens, Highsea	Distinct Rito Center			Gregorios Papadakis
		Saint-Siméon Roosters	Saint-Siméon, Highsea	Lockkey & Red Dungeon			Lance LaFleur
Land	Eastern	Bucharest Honey Badgers	Bucharest, Vilmitan
		East Wing Packers	Green Bay, East Wing
		New Detroit Pistons	New Detroit, Vilmitan
		Obamaton Drones	Obamaton
		Union Wing Super Kings	Chennai, Union Wing
	Haitian	Champ-Haitien Pères	Champ-Haitien, Vilmitan
		Champ-Vide Armadillos	Champ-Vide, Vilmitan
		Plantation-Desrouleaux Mustangs	Plantation-Desrouleaux, Vilmitan
		Port-au-Prince Crocodiles	Port-au-Prince, Vilmitan
		Porte-Liberte 39ers	Porte-Liberte, Vilmitan
	Western	Floodwater Flash	Floodwater
		Krungtheph Titans	Krungtheph, Vilmitan				Tom Ribbens
		Laluan Emas Tigers	Laluan Emas
		Liberty Wing Yankees	Liberty Wing
		West Wing Woodpeckers	West Wing
Sea	Central	Acquafredda Lynxes	Acqucentera, Sunken City				Godswill Aondoakaa
		Coldwater Torpedos	Coldwater, Sunken City				Donte Vinaccia
		Freud District Don Juans	Freud District, Sunken City	Dream Insurance Centre			Rick Tickler
		Gyeolsan Admirals	Gyeolsan, Sunken City				Park Seon-dong
		Senomizu Seadragons	Senomizu, Sunken City				Nelson Motoshima
	Eastern	Brentwood Lakers	Brentwood, Sunken City	Staples Center	2065		Bronco James
		Château Vert Swans	Château Vert, Sunken City				Princesse Delevoye
		Huatian Sharks	Huātián, Sunken City				Zhu Jia Kai
		Momoa Chiefs	Momoa, Sunken City	Macy's Momoa Arena			Makea Palepoi
		Nueva Lima Serpents	Nueva Lima, Sunken City				Victorino Shi
	Trench	Bonifácio-Eunseog Prisms	Bonifácio-Eunseog, Sunken City	Tides Furniture Center			Lobo Mágico
		Gwo Jaden Basilisks	Gwo Jaden, Sunken City				Mitch Carlisle
		New Manila Beermen	New Manila, Sunken City				Zachary Spoerri
		Number 51 Nightfish	Number 51, Sunken City				Atsuki Lopez
		Punktown Punks	Punktown, Sunken City	Lynnestrom Tran Memorial Public Urinal and Arena			Jojette Macfadyen

Regular season

The HeavensLeague regular season begins in early September. During the regular season, each team plays 66 games, 33 each home and away. A team faces opponents in its own division four times (16 games) and other teams in its conference two times (20 games). Among teams in other conferences, a team faces 5 teams twice (10 games) and 5 teams once (5 games) per conference, adding up to 30 total interconference games.

Autumn's Tournament

The Autumn's Tournament, officially the Green Valley Autumn's Tournament, is the first of two HeavensLeague in-season tournaments, taking place in November. Every team in the league is seeded based on record and participates in a single-elimination tournament bracket to become the "Autumn's Champion". The Autumn's Champion team is granted an automatic playoff berth unless it finishes in the bottom half of its conference.

Bell Cup

The Bell Cup Tournament, named after former Commisioner Devante Bell, is the second of two HeavensLeague in-season tournaments, taking place in late February. The top 8 teams in the HeavensLeague, the top 8 teams in the Heavenfall Women's Basketball League, and the top 16 teams in college basketball, as determined by point differential, participate in a single-elimination tournament bracket with matchups decided randomly. The two teams to reach the Bell Cup Finals play a best-of-three series, with the winner being awarded the Devante Bell Cup and being granted an immediate playoff berth in its respective league unless it finishes in the bottom half of its conference.