2021–22 P. League+ season

Sports season
  • December 12, 2021 – May 28, 2022
  • June 3, 2022 – June 14, 2022 (Playoffs)
  • June 18, 2022 – June 27, 2022 (Finals)
Number of games30Number of teams6TV partner(s)FTV One, MOMOTVDraftTop draft pickChu Yun-HaoPicked byHsinchu JKO LioneersRegular seasonTop seedHsinchu JKO LioneersSeason MVPYang Chin-Min (Kings)Top scorerSim Bhullar (Lioneers)PlayoffsFinalsChampionsTaipei Fubon Braves  Runners-upHsinchu JKO LioneersFinals MVPMike SingletaryP. League+ seasons

The 2021–22 P. League+ season was the 2nd season of the P. League+ (PLG). The P. League+ added two new teams, New Taipei Kings and Kaohsiung Steelers, extended the number of teams to 6.[1] The regular season began on December 12, 2021, and is originally scheduled to end on May 15, 2022.[2] The playoffs started on June 3, 2022 and ended on June 27, 2022 after the Taipei Fubon Braves clinched their second consecutive champion.[3]

Transactions

Retirement

  • On March 15, 2021, Tien Lei announced his retirement from professional basketball.[4]
  • On July 8, 2021, LaDontae Henton joined Providence Friars as a special assistant to the head coach, ending his playing career.[5]
  • On September 23, 2021, Lai Kuo-Wei joined New Taipei CTBC DEA as assistant coach, ending his playing career.[6]

Coaching changes

Coaching changes
Team 2020–21 season 2021–22 season
Off-season
Kaohsiung Steelers — DeMarcus Berry
New Taipei Kings — Ryan Marchand
Taoyuan Pilots Yang I-Feng (interim) Cheng Chih-Lung
In-season
Kaohsiung Steelers DeMarcus Berry Hung Chi-Chao (interim)
Taoyuan Pilots Cheng Chih-Lung Yen Hsing-Su (interim)
Kaohsiung Steelers Hung Chi-Chao (interim) Slavoljub Gorunovic (interim)

Off-season

  • On June 7, 2021, the New Taipei Kings hired Ryan Marchand as their new head coach.[7]
  • On June 11, 2021, the Kaohsiung Steelers hired DeMarcus Berry as their new head coach.[8]
  • On July 12, 2021, the Taoyuan Pilots hired Cheng Chih-Lung as their new head coach.[9]
  • On September 28, 2021, Taoyuan Pilots intermin head coach Yang I-Feng was assigned to assistant coach and player development director.[10]

In-season

  • On March 19, 2022, the Kaohsiung Steelers fired head coach DeMarcus Berry and named Hung Chi-Chao as their interim head coach.[11]
  • On March 23, 2022, Cheng Chih-Lung resigned from his position as head coach of the Taoyuan Pilots after 16 games with the team. On March 25, 2022, the Pilots named Yen Hsing-Su as their interim head coach.[12][13][14]

Imports / Foreign Student / Heritage Player

Club Imports Foreign students Heritage players
Formosa Taishin Dreamers United States Stephan Hicks
United States Ricky Ledo
United States Julian Boyd
United States Brandon Gilbeck
Serbia Stefan Janković 		— United States Kenneth Chien
United States Randall Walko
Hsinchu JKO Lioneers United States Branden Dawson
Canada Sim Bhullar
United States Mike Bruesewitz
United States Nick Faust 		Macau Iong Ngai-San United States Elliot Tan
Kaohsiung Steelers United States Manny Harris
United States Anthony Tucker
Canada Anthony Bennett
United States Keith Benson
United States Taylor Braun 		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Austin Derrick United States Matthew Yang
New Taipei Kings United States Chris McCullough
United States DeAndre Liggins
United States Byron Mullens
United States Thomas Welsh 		Senegal Omar Niang France Steven Guinchard
Taipei Fubon Braves Malta Samuel Deguara
United States Perry Jones
United States Mike Singletary
Ukraine Ihor Zaytsev 		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Brendon Smart United States Joseph Lin
Taoyuan Pilots United States John Gillon
Serbia Nemanja Bešović
United States Devin Robinson
United States Jordan Tolbert 		— —

Note 1: Heritage player refers to player of Taiwanese descent but does not met the FIBA eligibility rules to be local.

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

Preseason

The preseason began on November 6, 2021, and ended on November 21.[15]

Regular season

The regular season began on December 12, 2021, and ended on May 28, 2022.[2]

Team GP W L PCT
z − Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 30 20 10 .667
x − Formosa Taishin Dreamers 30 19 11 .633
x − Taipei Fubon Braves 30 18 12 .600
x − New Taipei Kings 30 16 14 .533
Kaohsiung Steelers 29 9 20 .310
Taoyuan Pilots 29 7 22 .241

Notes

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

Postponed games due to COVID-19

  • Three Taoyuan Pilots home games (against the New Taipei Kings on February 11, against the Hsinchu JKO Lioneers on February 19, and against the Formosa Taishin Dreamers on February 20) were postponed due to a COVID outbreak in Taoyuan City.[16]
  • The May 7 game between the Taoyuan Pilots and the Kaohsiung Steelers was postponed due to the Steelers not having the required minimum players (7 locals and 1 import) available.[17]
  • Two New Taipei Kings games (one home game against the Formosa Taishin Dreamers on May 6 and one road game against Taipei Fubon Braves on May 8) were postponed due to the Kings not having the required minimum players (7 locals and 1 import) available.[18]
  • The May 7 game between the Taipei Fubon Braves and the Hsinchu JKO Lioneers was postponed due to Lioneers staffs testing positive for COVID-19 rapid test.[19]
  • The May 8 game between the Taoyuan Pilots and the Formosa Taishin Dreamers was postponed due to Pilots players testing positive for COVID-19 rapid test.[19]
  • The May 16 game between the Taoyuan Pilots and the Kaohsiung Steelers was postponed due to the Steelers not having the required minimum players (8 players) available.[20]
  • Two Formosa Taishin Dreamers road games (one game against the Taoyuan Pilots on May 17 and one game against New Taipei Kings on May 19) were postponed due to the Dreamers not having the required minimum players (8 players) available.[21]

Postponed games due to other reasons

  • The February 26 game between the Formosa Taishin Dreamers and the Hsinchu JKO Lioneers was postponed due to the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.[16]
  • Two New Taipei Kings home games (against the Kaohsiung Steelers on February 27 and against the Hsinchu JKO Lioneers on February 28) were postponed due to the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.[16]
  • Two Taipei Fubon Braves home games (against the Taoyuan Pilots on February 27 and against the Formosa Taishin Dreamers on February 28) were postponed due to the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.[16]

Cancelled games

  • On May 29 ,the Taoyuan Pilots and the Kaohsiung Steelers had reached an agreement that the last game between both teams, which would affect neither the playoffs seeding nor the 2022 draft order, would not be played due to the Steelers could not reach the criteria of required minimum players (8 players) before June 1.[22]

Playoffs

Bracket

Playoffs Finals
      
1 Lioneers 3
4 Kings 2
1 Lioneers 1
3 Braves 4
2 Dreamers 1
3 Braves 3

Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category Player Team(s) Statistic
Points per game Sim Bhullar Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 26.33
Rebounds per game Sim Bhullar Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 20.81
Assists per game Lee Kai-Yan New Taipei Kings 5.96
Steals per game Chen Yu-Wei Kaohsiung Steelers 2.25
Blocks per game Brandon Gilbeck Formosa Taishin Dreamers 3.00
2P% Sim Bhullar Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 67%
3P% Ihor Zaytsev Taipei Fubon Braves 40%
FT% Yang Chin-Min New Taipei Kings 84%

Individual game highs

Category Player Team Statistic
Points Sim Bhullar Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 50
Rebounds Sim Bhullar Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 35
Assists Lee Kai-Yan New Taipei Kings 13
Jordan Tolbert Taoyuan Pilots
Steals Branden Dawson Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 6
Lee Kai-Yan New Taipei Kings
Lu Chun-Hsiang Taoyuan Pilots
Devin Robinson Taoyuan Pilots
Blocks Sim Bhullar Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 9
Turnovers Devin Robinson Taoyuan Pilots 10

Team statistic leaders

Category Team Statistic
Points per game Taipei Fubon Braves 98.73
Rebounds per game Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 53.47
Assists per game Taipei Fubon Braves 21.67
Steals per game Taoyuan Pilots 10.41
Blocks per game Formosa Taishin Dreamers 5.07
Turnovers per game Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 18.10
Fouls per game Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 21.97
2P% Taipei Fubon Braves 51.04%
3P% Taipei Fubon Braves 32.05%
FT% New Taipei Kings 71.70%

Awards

Yearly awards

2021–22 P. League+ awards
Award Recipient(s) ref
Most Valuable Player Yang Chin-Min (New Taipei Kings) [23]
Import of the Year Sim Bhullar (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) [24]
6th Man of the Year Lu Chun-Hsiang (Taoyuan Pilots) [25]
Rookie of the Year Chen Yu-Wei (Kaohsiung Steelers) [26]
Defensive Player of the Year Thomas Welsh (New Taipei Kings) [27]
GM of the Year Tsai Cherng-Ru (Taipei Fubon Braves) [28]
Gold Whistle Award Chen Hung-Ming [29]
Coach of the Year Lin Kuan-Lun (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) [30]
Most Improved Player Kenneth Chien (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) [31]
Best Home Court Hsinchu JKO Lioneers [32]
Best Dressed of the Year Chang Tsung-Hsien (Taipei Fubon Braves) [33]
Mr. Popular Lin Chih-Chieh (Taipei Fubon Braves) [34]
PLG Cheerleader Squad of the Year Formosa Sexy (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) [35]

Statistical awards

2021–22 P. League+ statistical awards
Award Recipient(s) ref
Points Leader Sim Bhullar (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) [36]
Rebounds Leader Sim Bhullar (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) [37]
Assists Leader Lee Kai-Yan (New Taipei Kings) [38]
Blocks Leader Brandon Gilbeck (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) [39]
Steals Leader Chen Yu-Wei (Kaohsiung Steelers) [40]

Finals

2022 P. League+ Finals awards
Award Recipient(s) ref
Champion Taipei Fubon Braves [41]
Finals MVP Mike Singletary (Taipei Fubon Braves) [41]

Players of the Week

Preseason

Week Recipient Ref
1 Kao Kuo-Hao (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) [42]
2 Lu Cheng-Ju (Kaohsiung Steelers) [43]
3 Sim Bhullar (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) [44]

Regular season

Week Recipient Ref
1 Mike Singletary (Taipei Fubon Braves) (1/2) [45]
2 Mike Singletary (Taipei Fubon Braves) (2/2) [46]
3 Lee Kai-Yan (New Taipei Kings) (1/1) [47]
4 Brendon Smart (Taipei Fubon Braves) (1/1) [48]
5 Lin Chih-Chieh (Taipei Fubon Braves) (1/1) [49]
6 Wang Po-Chih (Kaohsiung Steelers) (1/1) [50]
7 Lin Chun-Chi (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/2) [51]
8 Lu Cheng-Ju (Kaohsiung Steelers) (1/1) [52]
9 Branden Dawson (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (1/1) [53]
10 Chang Tsung-Hsien (Taipei Fubon Braves) (1/1) [54]
12 Devin Robinson (Taoyuan Pilots) (1/1) [55]
13 Nick Faust (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (1/1) [56]
14 Lin Chun-Chi (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (2/2) [57]
15 Yang Chin-Min (New Taipei Kings) (1/1) [58]
16 Kao Kuo-Hao (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (1/1) [59]
17 Kuo Shao-Chieh (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (1/1) [60]
18 Sim Bhullar (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (1/1) [61]
19 Douglas Creighton (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/1) [62]
20 Chen Yu-Wei (Kaohsiung Steelers) (1/1) [63]

Players of the Month

Month Recipient Ref
December Thomas Welsh (New Taipei Kings) (1/1) [64]
January Lu Cheng-Ju (Kaohsiung Steelers) (1/1) [65]
February Julian Boyd (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/1) [66]
March Yang Chin-Min (New Taipei Kings) (1/1) [67]
April Sim Bhullar (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (1/1) [68]
May Nick Faust (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (1/1) [69]

Arenas

  • The Kaohsiung Steelers announced on May 25, 2021, that they would play their home games at Fengshan Arena.[70]
  • The New Taipei Kings announced on September 4, that they would play their home games at Xinzhuang Gymnasium, and would share the same arena with New Taipei CTBC DEA of T1 League.[71]
  • Due to the renovation of Changhua County Stadium, the Formosa Taishin Dreamers announced on July 7, 2021, that they would play their home games at Intercontinental Basketball Stadium in Taichung City this season.[72]
  • The Taoyuan Pilots scheduled first two of their home games at National Taiwan Sport University Arena.[73]
  • The Taoyuan Pilots relocated last two of their rescheduled home games to Nanshan High School Gymnasium in New Taipei City, despite the latter one was cancelled on May 29.[74][75]

Media

The games will be aired on television via FTV One and MOMOTV, and will be broadcast online on YouTube Official Channel, 4gTV, and Yahoo! Sports.[76]

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External links

  • Official website