2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves season

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]

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)

Standings
TeamGPWLPCT
ThailandMono Vampire16124.750
PhilippinesSan Miguel Alab Pilipinas16106.625
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur Dragons17107.588
Chinese TaipeiFormosa Dreamers1486.571
Chinese TaipeiTaipei Fubon Braves1798.529
MacauMacau Black Bears1477.500
SingaporeSingapore Slingers17710.412
MacauMacau Wolf Warriors1358.385
Hong KongHong Kong Eastern1037.300
VietnamSaigon Heat14311.214

Roster

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2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.AgeFrom
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) 33 – (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) 29 – (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) 34 – (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) 35 – (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) 28 – (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) 33 – (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

East Asia Qualifiers
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
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
2019–20 regular season game log
Total: 9-8 (Home: 6-2, Road: 3-6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation attendanceRecord
1November 16Macau Black BearsW 95-91Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium1-0
2November 17Kuala Lumpur DragonsL 90-91O. J. Mayo (23)Charles García (9)Lin Chih-Chieh (4)Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium1-1
3November 29Macau Black BearsW 106-93Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium2-1
4November 30Hong Kong EasternW 102-89Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium3-1
5December 7@Formosa DreamersW 90-81Changhua County Stadium4-1
6December 12@Macau Wolf WarriorsL 83-88Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium4-2
7December 21@Formosa DreamersL 80-88Changhua County Stadium4-3
8January 3Formosa DreamersW 83-76Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5-3
9January 4Singapore SlingersW 83-77Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6-3
10January 7@San Miguel Alab PilipinasL 96-101O. J. Mayo (35)Maxie Esho (6)
O. J. Mayo (6)
Charles García (6)		O. J. Mayo (9)Filoil Flying V Centre6-4
11January 10@Macau Black BearsW 100-85The Venetian Macao7-4
12January 12@Macau Wolf WarriorsW 104-89O. J. Mayo (22)Maxie Esho (10)O. J. Mayo (10)Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium8-4
13January 17Mono VampireW 98-97Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium9-4
14January 18Hong Kong EasternL 78-105O. J. Mayo (23)
Charles García (23)		Charles García (5)Joseph Lin (4)Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium9-5
15February 9@Singapore SlingersL 99-106(OT)Maxie Esho (25)
Charles García (25)		Charles García (10)Maxie Esho (5)OCBC Arena9-6
16February 12@Kuala Lumpur DragonsL 60-92Maxie Esho (17)Maxie Esho (9)Tsai Wen-Cheng (2)
O. J. Mayo (2)		MABA Stadium9-7
17February 15@Mono VampireL 86-90 (OT)Charles García (22)Charles García (9)O. J. Mayo (9)Stadium 299-8

Player Statistics
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
PlayerGPMPGPPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPG
Lai Ting-En107.12.152%75%0%0.61.40.70.0
Joseph Lin1324.78.449%29%50%2.83.21.50.0
Oscar Lin78.72.463%33%100%1.00.50.50.2
Chang Po-Wei137.82.327%16%57%0.60.60.00.0
Sim Bhullar
Kuo Shao-Chieh166.73.042%31%100%0.60.40.40.0
Hsiao Shun-Yi22.60.00%0%0%0.00.00.00.0
Lin Chih-Chieh623.010.847%39%66%3.54.00.60.0
Lin Meng-Hsueh1310.52.041%11%62%2.00.60.00.0
Tsai Wen-Cheng1424.69.046%45%66%4.12.00.90.0
Lin Chih-Wei31.50.00%0%0%0.00.00.00.0
Wu Hung-Hsing64.70.840%0%50%1.00.10.00.0
Maxie Esho1034.118.145%34%75%6.41.51.11.1
Hung Chih-Shan1711.82.545%39%0%1.01.40.10.0
Yang Hsing-Chih
Liu Weir-Chern43.50.00%0%0%0.50.00.20.0
O. J. Mayo1733.922.049%44%69%4.74.41.70.2
Charles García1731.019.854%21%79%9.12.41.01.0
Tseng Wen-Ting1716.63.138%26%0%2.62.10.50.5
Tsai Yang-Ming
Li Ping-Hung

Transactions

Re-signed
DatePlayerContract termsRef.
August 29, 2019Hung Chih-Shan—[2]
October 17, 2019Charles García—[3]

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

Subtractions
DatePlayerReasonNew teamRef.
April 23, 2019Tony Mitchellcontract expiredNLEX Road Warriors[11]
August 28, 2019JeQuan Lewis—P.A.O.K.[12]
September 5, 2019Chang Tsung-Hsiencontract expiredFormosa Dreamers[13]
September 23, 2019Lin Bing-Sheng—Shaanxi Xinda Wolves[14]
September 29, 2019Lee Ying-Fengcontract expiredJeoutai Technology[15]
January 2, 2020Sim Bhullarinjury
replaced by Maxie Esho		Yulon Luxgen Dinos[16]
March 2, 2020Maxie Eshoinjury
replaced by Samuel Deguara		Hebraica Macabi[17][18]

Awards

Players of the Month
RecipientMonth awardedRef.
O. J. MayoJanuary

Players of the Week
WeekRecipientRef.
Week 3O. J. Mayo[19]
Week 7O. J. Mayo

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