2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves season

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Taipei Fubon Braves
2019-20 season
PresidentTsai Ming-Chung
General ManagerTsai Cherng-Ru
Head CoachHsu Chin-Che
ArenaTaipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
ABL9-8(.529)
Biggest winBraves 100-85 Black Bears
(January 10, 2020)
Braves 104-89 Wolf Warriors
(January 12, 2020)
Biggest defeatBraves 60-92 Dragons
(February 12, 2020)

The 2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves season was the first season of the franchise in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), its 6th in the Taipei City and playing home games at Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium. They are coached by Hsu Chin-Che in his third year as head coach.[1]

Standings[edit]

Team GP W L PCT
ThailandMono Vampire 16 12 4 .750
PhilippinesSan Miguel Alab Pilipinas 16 10 6 .625
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur Dragons 17 10 7 .588
Chinese TaipeiFormosa Dreamers 14 8 6 .571
Chinese TaipeiTaipei Fubon Braves 17 9 8 .529
MacauMacau Black Bears 14 7 7 .500
SingaporeSingapore Slingers 17 7 10 .412
MacauMacau Wolf Warriors 13 5 8 .385
Hong KongHong Kong Eastern 10 3 7 .300
VietnamSaigon Heat 14 3 11 .214

Roster[edit]

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2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
G 0 Chinese Taipei Lai Ting-En 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 27 – (1996-07-22)22 July 1996 Fu Jen
G 1 United States Chinese Taipei Joseph Lin 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 31 – (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 Hamilton
G 6 Chinese Taipei Australia Oscar Lin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1995-08-21)21 August 1995 Chien Hsin Tech
F 7 Chinese Taipei Chang Po-Wei 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 33 – (1990-07-22)22 July 1990 NTUA
F 9 Chinese Taipei Kuo Shao-Chieh 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 34 – (1990-04-09)9 April 1990 TNU
F 11 Chinese Taipei Hsiao Shun-Yi 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 31 – (1992-10-23)23 October 1992 NTUA
F 12 Chinese Taipei Lin Chih-Chieh 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 41 – (1982-06-11)11 June 1982 Chinese Culture
F 13 Chinese Taipei Lin Meng-Hsueh 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 NTSU
F 14 Chinese Taipei Tsai Wen-Cheng 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 38 – (1985-05-31)31 May 1985 NCUE
C 15 Chinese Taipei Lin Chih-Wei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1992-07-10)10 July 1992 Chinese Culture
C 16 Chinese Taipei Wu Hung-Hsing 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 35 – (1988-10-21)21 October 1988 SRSH
G 24 Chinese Taipei Hung Chih-Shan 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 38 – (1985-07-05)5 July 1985 NTUT
F 28 Chinese Taipei Yang Hsing-Chih 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 30 – (1993-11-09)9 November 1993 NTNU
F 30 Chinese Taipei Liu Weir-Chern 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 35 – (1988-11-27)27 November 1988 MingDao
G 32 United States O. J. Mayo (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 36 – (1987-11-05)5 November 1987 USC
F 36 Belize United States Charles García (I) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 35 – (1988-10-13)13 October 1988 Seattle
C 76 Chinese Taipei Tseng Wen-Ting 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 39 – (1984-07-06)6 July 1984 TPEC
F 91 Chinese Taipei Tsai Yang-Ming 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1995-01-08)8 January 1995 Fu Jen
G 00 Chinese Taipei Li Ping-Hung 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 34 – (1989-11-03)3 November 1989 NTNU
C - Malta Italy Samuel Deguara (I) 2.30 m (7 ft 7 in) 131 kg (289 lb) 32 – (1991-06-21)21 June 1991 Malta
Head coach
  • Chinese Taipei Hsu Chin-Che
Assistant coach(es)
  • Chinese Taipei Wu Yung-Jen
  • Chinese Taipei Lin Wei-Hao
  • Chinese Taipei Chiang Chih-Cheng
  • Chinese Taipei Wei Wei
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Chinese Taipei Jheng Wei-Syuan
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Chinese Taipei Lin Wu-Chang
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured

Game log[edit]

FIBA Asia Champions Cup[edit]

East Asia Qualifiers[edit]

August 13
Fubon BravesChinese Taipei 100–56 IndiaPunjab Police
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 28–7, 25–11, 20–22
Pts: Liu Weir-Chern 18
Rebs: Charles García 11
Asts: Lai Ting-En 6		 Pts: Rajvir Singh 23
Rebs: Nitish Kumar Sharma 13
Asts: Rajvir Singh 3
Bangkok Thai-Japan Youth Arena I, Bangkok
Referees: Harja Jaladri, Leong Chuen Wing, Nattapong Jontapa
August 14
Fubon BravesChinese Taipei 100–46 SingaporeSAFSA
Scoring by quarter: 26–7, 23–11, 27–18, 24–10
Pts: Chang Po-Wei 20
Rebs: Wu Hung-Hsing 8
Asts: Lai, Liu 5 each		 Pts: Leon Kwek 20
Rebs: Naqib Borhan 7
Asts: Leon Kwek 3
Bangkok Thai-Japan Youth Arena I, Bangkok
Referees: Ricor Buaron, Preeda Muongmee, Prem Kumar Kanneboina
August 15
HiTech Bangkok CityThailand 76–77 Chinese TaipeiFubon Braves
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 29–21, 15–15, 17–29
Pts: Xavier Alexander 29
Rebs: John Fields 15
Asts: Alexander, Muangboon 6 each		 Pts: Charles García 20
Rebs: Charles García 12
Asts: JeQuan Lewis 5
Bangkok Thai-Japan Youth Arena I, Bangkok
Referees: Harja Jaladri, Leong Chuen Wing, Imran Ali Baig

Group Phase[edit]

September 24
HiTech Bangkok CityThailand 69–88 Chinese TaipeiFubon Braves
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 26–18, 12–30, 17–21
Pts: Nino Johnson 18
Rebs: Nino Johnson 14
Asts: Nattakarn Muangboon 3		 Pts: Sim Bhullar 23
Rebs: Bhullar, García 14 each
Asts: Tsai Wen-Cheng 6
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
September 25
Fubon BravesChinese Taipei 66–68 IranNaft Abadan
Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 11–11, 12–21, 20–7
Pts: Kuo Shao-Chieh 19
Rebs: Sim Bhullar 18
Asts: Tsai Wen-Cheng 5		 Pts: Hamed Haddadi 18
Rebs: Hamed Haddadi 18
Asts: Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 6
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
September 26
Fubon BravesChinese Taipei 81–85 BahrainMuharraq
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 14–20, 23–13, 24–33
Pts: Bhullar, García 22 each
Rebs: Sim Bhullar 15
Asts: Tsai Wen-Cheng 5		 Pts: Kevin Murphy 33
Rebs: Kevin Murphy 11
Asts: Mohamed Buallay 7
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Regular season[edit]

2019–20 regular season game log
Total: 9-8 (Home: 6-2, Road: 3-6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location attendance Record
1 November 16 Macau Black Bears W 95-91 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 1-0
2 November 17 Kuala Lumpur Dragons L 90-91 O. J. Mayo (23) Charles García (9) Lin Chih-Chieh (4) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 1-1
3 November 29 Macau Black Bears W 106-93 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 2-1
4 November 30 Hong Kong Eastern W 102-89 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 3-1
5 December 7 @Formosa Dreamers W 90-81 Changhua County Stadium 4-1
6 December 12 @Macau Wolf Warriors L 83-88 Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium 4-2
7 December 21 @Formosa Dreamers L 80-88 Changhua County Stadium 4-3
8 January 3 Formosa Dreamers W 83-76 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5-3
9 January 4 Singapore Slingers W 83-77 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6-3
10 January 7 @San Miguel Alab Pilipinas L 96-101 O. J. Mayo (35) Maxie Esho (6)
O. J. Mayo (6)
Charles García (6)		 O. J. Mayo (9) Filoil Flying V Centre 6-4
11 January 10 @Macau Black Bears W 100-85 The Venetian Macao 7-4
12 January 12 @Macau Wolf Warriors W 104-89 O. J. Mayo (22) Maxie Esho (10) O. J. Mayo (10) Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium 8-4
13 January 17 Mono Vampire W 98-97 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 9-4
14 January 18 Hong Kong Eastern L 78-105 O. J. Mayo (23)
Charles García (23)		 Charles García (5) Joseph Lin (4) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 9-5
15 February 9 @Singapore Slingers L 99-106(OT) Maxie Esho (25)
Charles García (25)		 Charles García (10) Maxie Esho (5) OCBC Arena 9-6
16 February 12 @Kuala Lumpur Dragons L 60-92 Maxie Esho (17) Maxie Esho (9) Tsai Wen-Cheng (2)
O. J. Mayo (2)		 MABA Stadium 9-7
17 February 15 @Mono Vampire L 86-90 (OT) Charles García (22) Charles García (9) O. J. Mayo (9) Stadium 29 9-8

Player statistics[edit]

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game     Led the league

Regular season[edit]

Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Lai Ting-En 10 7.1 2.1 52% 75% 0% 0.6 1.4 0.7 0.0
Joseph Lin 13 24.7 8.4 49% 29% 50% 2.8 3.2 1.5 0.0
Oscar Lin 7 8.7 2.4 63% 33% 100% 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.2
Chang Po-Wei 13 7.8 2.3 27% 16% 57% 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0
Sim Bhullar
Kuo Shao-Chieh 16 6.7 3.0 42% 31% 100% 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.0
Hsiao Shun-Yi 2 2.6 0.0 0% 0% 0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lin Chih-Chieh 6 23.0 10.8 47% 39% 66% 3.5 4.0 0.6 0.0
Lin Meng-Hsueh 13 10.5 2.0 41% 11% 62% 2.0 0.6 0.0 0.0
Tsai Wen-Cheng 14 24.6 9.0 46% 45% 66% 4.1 2.0 0.9 0.0
Lin Chih-Wei 3 1.5 0.0 0% 0% 0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wu Hung-Hsing 6 4.7 0.8 40% 0% 50% 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Maxie Esho 10 34.1 18.1 45% 34% 75% 6.4 1.5 1.1 1.1
Hung Chih-Shan 17 11.8 2.5 45% 39% 0% 1.0 1.4 0.1 0.0
Yang Hsing-Chih
Liu Weir-Chern 4 3.5 0.0 0% 0% 0% 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0
O. J. Mayo 17 33.9 22.0 49% 44% 69% 4.7 4.4 1.7 0.2
Charles García 17 31.0 19.8 54% 21% 79% 9.1 2.4 1.0 1.0
Tseng Wen-Ting 17 16.6 3.1 38% 26% 0% 2.6 2.1 0.5 0.5
Tsai Yang-Ming
Li Ping-Hung

Transactions[edit]

Free Agency[edit]

Re-signed[edit]

Date Player Contract terms Ref.
August 29, 2019 Hung Chih-Shan — [2]
October 17, 2019 Charles García — [3]

Additions[edit]

Date Player Contract terms Former teams Ref.
August 11, 2019 Lin Bing-Sheng — PCCU [4]
August 11, 2019 JeQuan Lewis — Kymis
August 15, 2019 Lin Chih-Chieh — Zhejiang Guangsha Lions [5]
August 28, 2019 Oscar Lin — UCH [6]
September 22, 2019 Sim Bhullar — Dacin Tigers [7]
October 18, 2019 O. J. Mayo — Hunan Jinjian Miye [8]
October 19, 2019 Tseng Wen-Ting — Sichuan Jinqiang Blue Whales [8]
December 24, 2019 Maxie Esho — CLS Knights Indonesia [9]
March 2, 2020 Samuel Deguara — San Miguel Alab Pilipinas [10]

Subtractions[edit]

Date Player Reason New team Ref.
April 23, 2019 Tony Mitchell contract expired NLEX Road Warriors [11]
August 28, 2019 JeQuan Lewis — P.A.O.K. [12]
September 5, 2019 Chang Tsung-Hsien contract expired Formosa Dreamers [13]
September 23, 2019 Lin Bing-Sheng — Shaanxi Xinda Wolves [14]
September 29, 2019 Lee Ying-Feng contract expired Jeoutai Technology [15]
January 2, 2020 Sim Bhullar injury
replaced by Maxie Esho		 Yulon Luxgen Dinos [16]
March 2, 2020 Maxie Esho injury
replaced by Samuel Deguara		 Hebraica Macabi [17][18]

Awards[edit]

Players of the Month[edit]

Recipient Month awarded Ref.
O. J. Mayo January

Players of the Week[edit]

Week Recipient Ref.
Week 3 O. J. Mayo [19]
Week 7 O. J. Mayo

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