2020–21 P. League+ season

Sports season
  • December 19, 2020 – April 10, 2021
  • April 23, 2021 – May 2, 2021 (Playoffs)
  • May 7, 2021 – May 19, 2021 (Finals)
Number of games24Number of teams4TV partner(s)FTV One, MOMOTVRegular seasonTop seedTaipei Fubon BravesSeason MVPChang Tsung-Hsien (Braves)Top scorerAnthony Tucker (Dreamers)PlayoffsFinalsChampionsTaipei Fubon Braves  Runners-upFormosa Taishin DreamersFinals MVPMike SingletaryP. League+ seasons

The 2021–22 P. League+ season is the inaugural season of the P. League+ (PLG). The league launched with 4 teams playing a 24-game schedule. The regular season began on December 19, 2020, and was scheduled to end on April 10, 2021.[1] The playoffs began on April 23 and was early ended on May 15 due to the Taiwanese pandemic restrictions after Game 4 of the 2021 P. League+ Finals.[2][3] The Taipei Fubon Braves, leading 3–1 in the Finals, was declared the champion after the remaining Finals games were cancelled.[4]

Transactions

Retirement

On February 19, 2021, Chi Sung-Yu announced his retirement from professional basketball.[5]

Coaching changes

Off-season

  • On August 3, 2020, the Hsinchu JKO Lioneers hired Lin Kuan-Lun as their head coach.[6]
  • On October 13, 2020, the Taoyuan hired Liu I-Hsiang as their head coach.[7]

In-season

  • On December 22, 2020, the Taoyuan and head coach Liu I-Hsiang mutually agreed to part ways before playing any games with the team.[8]

Imports / Foreign Student / Heritage Player

Club Imports Foreign students Heritage players
Formosa Taishin Dreamers United States Stephan Hicks
United States Anthony Tucker
United States Jerran Young 		— United States Randall Walko
Hsinchu JKO Lioneers United States Julian Wright
United States Branden Dawson
United States LaDontae Henton
Tanzania Hasheem Thabeet 		Macau Iong Ngai-San —
Taipei Fubon Braves United States Charles Garcia
United States Mike Singletary
Ukraine Ihor Zaytsev 		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Brendon Smart —
Taoyuan Pilots United States Willie Warren
United States Jordan Chatman
United States Kadeem Jack
United States Davon Reed 		— —

Note 1: Heritage player refers to player of Taiwanese descent but does not have a ROC passport.

Note 2: Team can either register 1 heritage players or 1 foreign student.

Preseason

The preseason began on October 17, and ended on November 22.[9]

Regular season

The regular season began on December 19, 2020, and ended on April 10, 2021.[1]

Team GP W L PCT
z – Taipei Fubon Braves 24 19 5 .792
x – Taoyuan Pilots 24 10 14 .417
x – Formosa Taishin Dreamers 24 10 14 .417
Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 24 9 15 .375

Notes

  • z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
  • x – Clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

Bracket

Playoffs Finals
1 Braves 3
2 Pilots 2 3 Dreamers 1
3 Dreamers 3

Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category Player Team(s) Statistic
Points per game Anthony Tucker Formosa Taishin Dreamers 27.88
Rebounds per game Hasheem Thabeet Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 14.26
Assists per game Anthony Tucker Formosa Taishin Dreamers 5.59
Steals per game Jerran Young Formosa Taishin Dreamers 3.32
Blocks per game Hasheem Thabeet Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 3.26
2P% Hasheem Thabeet Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 61%
3P% Tsai Wen-Cheng Taipei Fubon Braves 50%
FT% Lin Ming-Yi Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 88%

Individual game highs

Category Player Team Statistic
Points Davon Reed Taoyuan Pilots 43
Rebounds Ihor Zaytsev Taipei Fubon Braves 24
Assists Anthony Tucker Formosa Taishin Dreamers 12
Steals Jerran Young Formosa Taishin Dreamers 8
Hasheem Thabeet Hsinchu JKO Lioneers
Blocks Hasheem Thabeet Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 7
Turnovers Ihor Zaytsev Taipei Fubon Braves 9

Team statistic leaders

Category Team Statistic
Points per game Taipei Fubon Braves 101.75
Rebounds per game Taipei Fubon Braves 53.63
Assists per game Taipei Fubon Braves 22.67
Steals per game Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 10.79
Blocks per game Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 4.63
Turnovers per game Taoyuan Pilots 18.58
Fouls per game Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 21.96
2P% Taipei Fubon Braves 50.22%
3P% Taoyuan Pilots 32.25%
FT% Formosa Taishin Dreamers 72.02%

Awards

Yearly awards

2020–21 P. League+ awards
Award Recipient(s) ref
Most Valuable Player Chang Tsung-Hsien (Taipei Fubon Braves) [10]
Import of the Year Ihor Zaytsev (Taipei Fubon Braves) [10]
6th Man of the Year Randall Walko (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) [11]
Rookie of the Year Kao Kuo-Hao (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) [11]
Defensive Player of the Year Hasheem Thabeet (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) [12]
GM of the Year Tsai Cheng-Ju (Taipei Fubon Braves) [13]
Coach of the Year Hsu Chin-Che (Taipei Fubon Braves) [13]
Media Darling Tien Lei (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) [14]
Best Home Court Hsinchu JKO Lioneers [14]
Mr. Popular Lin Chih-Chieh (Taipei Fubon Braves) [14]

Statistical awards

2020–21 P. League+ statistical awards
Award Recipient(s) ref
Points Leader Anthony Tucker(Formosa Taishin Dreamers) [16]
Rebounds Leader Hasheem Thabeet(Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) [16]
Assists Leader Anthony Tucker(Formosa Taishin Dreamers) [16]
Blocks Leader Hasheem Thabeet(Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) [16]
Steals Leader Jerran Young(Formosa Taishin Dreamers) [16]

Finals

2021 P. League+ Finals awards
Award Recipient(s) ref
Champion Taipei Fubon Braves [4]
Finals Mike Singletary(Taipei Fubon Braves) [4]

Players of the Week

Preseason

Braves Dreamers Lioneers Pilots Ref
Chang Tsung-Hsien
Lin Chih-Chieh 		Lee Te-Wei
Yang Chin-Min 		Chieng Li-Huan
Kao Kuo-Hao 		Lin Yao-Tsung
Shih Chin-Yao 		[17]

Regular season

Week Local players Import players Ref
Braves Dreamers Lioneers Pilots
1 Chang Tsung-Hsien (1/5) Yang Chin-Min (1/4) — Shih Chin-Yao (1/6) Davon Reed (Pilots) (1/2) [18]
2 Chang Tsung-Hsien (2/5) — Chieng Li-Huan (1/4) Quincy Davis (1/3) Charles Garcia (Braves) (1/1) [19]
3 Lin Chih-Chieh (1/4) Yang Chin-Min (2/4) Kao Kuo-Hao (1/5) Shih Chin-Yao (2/6) Anthony Tucker (Dreamers) (1/4) [20]
4 Lin Chih-Chieh (2/4) Yang Chin-Min (3/4) Kao Kuo-Hao (2/5) — Anthony Tucker (Dreamers) (2/4) [21]
5 Chang Tsung-Hsien (3/5) Lee Te-Wei (1/3) Elliot Tan (1/1) Shih Chin-Yao (3/6) Julian Wright (Lioneers) (1/1) [22]
6 Tseng Hsiang-Chun (1/1) Lee Te-Wei (2/3) Tien Hao (1/3) Quincy Davis (2/3) Davon Reed (Pilots) (2/2) [23]
7 Joseph Lin (1/3) Yang Chin-Min (4/4) Chieng Li-Huan (2/4) Quincy Davis (3/3) Anthony Tucker (Dreamers) (3/4) [24]
8 Chang Tsung-Hsien (4/5) Lee Te-Wei (3/3) Cheng Wei (1/1) Chang Keng-Yu (1/1) Jerran Young (Dreamers) (1/2) [25]
9 Chang Tsung-Hsien (5/5) Lin Chun-Chi (1/2) Kao Kuo-Hao (3/5) Kuan Ta-Tou (1/2) Anthony Tucker (Dreamers) (4/4) [26]
10 Lin Chih-Chieh (3/4) Lin Chun-Chi (2/3) Kao Kuo-Hao (4/5) Kuan Ta-Tou (2/2) Jerran Young (Dreamers) (2/2) [27]
11 Lin Chih-Chieh (4/4) Chen Jen-Jei (1/1) Kao Kuo-Hao (5/5) — Mike Singletary (Braves) (1/1) [28]
12 Tsai Wen-Cheng (1/1) Randall Walko (1/2) Chieng Li-Huan (3/4) Lin Yao-Tsung (1/1) Hasheem Thabeet (Lioneers) (1/2) [29]
13 — Randall Walko (2/2) Chieng Li-Huan (4/4) Shih Chin-Yao (4/6) Branden Dawson (Lioneers) (1/2) [30]
14 Joseph Lin (2/3) Lin Chun-Chi (3/3) Tien Hao (2/3) Shih Chin-Yao (5/6) Branden Dawson (Lioneers) (2/2) [31]
15 Joseph Lin (3/3) Tien Lei (1/1) Tien Hao (3/3) Shih Chin-Yao (6/6) Hasheem Thabeet (Lioneers) (2/2) [32]

Players of the Month

Month Recipient Ref
December Chang Tsung-Hsien (Taipei Fubon Braves) (1/1) [33]
January Anthony Tucker (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/1) [34]
February Lin Chun-Chi (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/1) [35]
March Hasheem Thabeet (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (1/1) [36]
April Shih Chin-Yao (Taoyuan Pilots) (1/1) [37]

Arenas

  • The Hsinchu Lioneers announced on September 8, 2020, that they would play their home games at Hsinchu County Stadium.[38]
  • The Taoyuan announced on November 14, 2020, that they would play their home games at Taoyuan Arena.[39]
  • The Formosa Dreamers scheduled last four of their home games at National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium.[40] On March 15, the Dreamers resumed their last two home games back to Changhua County Stadium for Tien Lei's retiring weekend.[41]

Media

The games will be aired on television via FTV One and MOMOTV, and will be broadcast online on YouTube Official Channel and 4gTV.[42]

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External links

  • Official website