Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 14 August to 1 September 2018 and contested two events: 5x5 and 3x3 basketball. This was the first Asian Games tournament for 3x3 basketball.
The official draw for both the men's and women's basketball events were held on 5 July 2018 in Jakarta. The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2014 Asian Games.
<nowiki>*</nowiki> The Philippines and Palestine withdrew after the draw. On 5 August, the Philippines, through a hastily made press conference by their national basketball federation, decided to field a team but they were placed in Group D to balance the number of teams in each group. The United Arab Emirates withdrew few days before the start of the competition.