2020–21 Taoyuan Pilots season

The 2020–21 Taoyuan Pilots season was the first season of the franchise in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG), first season overall, and its first in the Taoyuan City and playing home games at Taoyuan Arena. The Pilots were originally coached by Liu Yi-Hsiang, Liu resigned as head coach on December 22, 2020, due to personal matters. Yang I-Feng is currently acting as head coach temporarily.

Preseason On September 9, 2020, former Taiwanese professional basketball player Blackie Chen announcing the establishment of P. LEAGUE+ (PLG). The first game of PLG regular season was started on December 19, 2020.

Draft The P. LEAGUE+ (PLG) did not hold a draft in its first season.

Standings

Roster

Game log Preseason + 2020 preseason game logTotal: 0-6 (home:0-2, Road:0-4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Locationattendance Record 1 October 17 Taipei Fubon Braves L 67-75 Shih Chin-Yao (23) Shih Yen-Tsung (10) Wu Jia-Jun (5) Hsinchu County Stadium8,068 0-1 2 October 18 @Formosa Dreamers L 77-84 Lin Yao-Tsung (19) Sun Szu-Yao (14) Wu Jia-Jun (4) Hsinchu County Stadium7,888 0-2 3 November 7 @Taipei Fubon Braves L 71-109 Shih Chin-Yao (20) Lin Yao-Tsung (8) Chen Ching-Huan (4) Shih Yen-Tsung (4) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6,459 0-3 4 November 8 @Hsinchu Lioneers L 87-92 Shih Chin-Yao (21) Shih Yen-Tsung (10) Chen Kuan-Chuan (10) Chen Kuan-Chuan (4) Chen Ching-Huan (4)Chin-Yao Shih (4) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6,606 0-4 5 November 21 Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 86-93 Shih Chin-Yao (23) Shih Chin-Yao (13) Shih Chin-Yao (9) National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium4,500 0-5 6 November 22 @Hsinchu Lioneers L 87-96 Lin Yao-Tsung (23) Lin Yao-Tsung(17) Shih Chin-Yao (5) National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium4,700 0-6

Regular season + 2020–21 regular season game logTotal:10-14 (home: 3–9, Road:7-5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location attendance Record 1 December 20 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 103-83 Kadeem Jack (22) Quincy Davis (14)Kadeem Jack (14) Davon Reed (10) Changhua County Stadium3,689 1-0 2 December 26 @Hsinchu JKO Lioneers L 91-97 Davon Reed (39) Quincy Davis (15) Peng Chun-Yen (4)Davon Reed (4) Hsinchu County Stadium6,688 1-1 3 January 2 @Taipei Fubon Braves L 83-93 Davon Reed (31) Davon Reed (12) Davon Reed (6) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium7,000 1-2 4 January 3 Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 104-100 Kadeem Jack (27) Kadeem Jack (12) Willie Warren (11) Taoyuan Arena3,862 2-2 5 January 16 Hsinchu JKO Lioneers W 106-91 Davon Reed (31) Davon Reed (12)Chen Kuan-Chuan (12) Willie Warren (7) Taoyuan Arena0 3-2 6 January 17 Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 90-86 Davon Reed (27) Kadeem Jack (18) Davon Reed (5) Taoyuan Arena0 4-2 7 January 23 Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 89-84 Kadeem Jack (31) Kadeem Jack (19) Davon Reed (6) Taoyuan Arena0 5-2 8 January 24 Taipei Fubon Braves L 79-102 Davon Reed (26)Quincy Davis (26) Quincy Davis (17) Willie Warren (6) Taoyuan Arena0 5-3 9 January 30 Taipei Fubon Braves L 97-110 Davon Reed (31) Davon Reed (14)Kadeem Jack (14) Shih Chin-Yao (7) Taoyuan Arena0 5-4 10 January 31 Hsinchu JKO Lioneers L 72-84 Davon Reed (20) Kadeem Jack (15) Peng Chun-Yen (5) Taoyuan Arena0 5-5 11 February 6 Hsinchu JKO Lioneers W 111-82 Chang Keng-Yu (27) Davon Reed (13) Peng Chun-Yen (9) Taoyuan Arena0 6-5 12 February 7 Taipei Fubon Braves W 97-82 Davon Reed (27) Davon Reed (12)Kadeem Jack (12) Shih Chin-Yao (6) Taoyuan Arena0 7-5 13 February 20 Hsinchu JKO Lioneers W 108-102 Kadeem Jack (32) Kadeem Jack (16) Peng Chun-Yen (7) Taoyuan Arena2,000 8-5 14 February 21 Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 99-102 Davon Reed (20) Kadeem Jack (15) Kuan Ta-You (8) Taoyuan Arena1,500 8-6 15 February 27 @Hsinchu JKO Lioneers W 106-98 Davon Reed (43) Kadeem Jack (12)Quincy Davis (12) Kuan Ta-You (9) Hsinchu County Stadium5,103 9-6 16 February 28 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 90-98 Kadeem Jack (23) Kadeem Jack (18) Shih Chin-Yao (5) Changhua County Stadium3,876 9-7 17 March 13 @Hsinchu JKO Lioneers L 88-105 Kadeem Jack (38) Kadeem Jack (11) Peng Chun-Yen (7) Hsinchu County Stadium5,188 9-8 18 March 14 @Taipei Fubon Braves L 94-124 Jordan Chatman (21) Lin Cheng (9) Peng Chun-Yen (7) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,993 9-9 19 March 21 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 100-107 Kadeem Jack (37) Kadeem Jack (18) Shih Chin-Yao (7)Peng Chun-Yen (7) National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium3,976 9-10 20 March 27 @Taipei Fubon Braves L 93-109 Jordan Chatman (21) Kadeem Jack (13) Shih Chin-Yao (6) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6,238 9-11 21 March 28 @Hsinchu JKO Lioneers L 82-132 Jordan Chatman (15) Kadeem Jack (10) Peng Chun-Yen (6)Kuan Ta-You (6) Hsinchu County Stadium5,978 9-12 22 April 3 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 106-95 Jordan Chatman (34) Lin Yao-Tsung (19) Peng Chun-Yen (6) Changhua County Stadium5,100 10-12 23 April 5 Taipei Fubon Braves L 100-110 Shih Chin-Yao (31) Lin Cheng (12) Chen Kuan-Chuan (5) Taoyuan Arena4,537 10-13 24 April 10 @Taipei Fubon Braves L 101-117 Jordan Chatman (27) Lin Cheng (11) Kuan Ta-You (7) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6,482 10-14

Regular season note Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Taoyuan City Government and Taoyuan Pilots declared that the games in Taoyuan Arena would be played behind closed doors from January 16, 2021, to February 7, 2021.

Playoffs + 2020–21 playoffs game logTotal: 2-3 (home: 1–2; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series 1 April 23 Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 63-102 Jordan Chatman (13) Lin Yao-Tsung (9) Kuan Ta-You (5) Taoyuan Arena2,977 0-1 2 April 25 Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 91-86 Jordan Chatman (21) Quincy Davis (16) Quincy Davis (5)Jordan Chatman (5) Taoyuan Arena4,758 1-1 3 April 28 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 82-79 Jordan Chatman (23) Quincy Davis (12) Lin Yao-Tsung (5)Jordan Chatman (5) Changhua County Stadium3,612 2-1 4 April 30 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 74-103 Jordan Chatman (26) Lin Yao-Tsung (9) Kuan Ta-You (4) Changhua County Stadium4,015 2-2 5 May 2 Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 91-93 Jordan Chatman (21) Quincy Davis (11) Lin Yao-Tsung (9) Changhua County Stadium3,003 2-3

Playoffs note Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league officials declared to change the location of Game 5 from Taoyuan Arena to Changhua County Stadium. The Pilots lost the Dreamers with 2–3 in the 2021 P. League+ Playoffs.

Player statistics Legend   GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  2P%  2-point 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<noinclude>

Regular season Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Ting Sheng-Ju Did not play Davon Reed 15 39:55 25.67 48.81% 37.50% 74.73% 9.67 4.80 1.93 1.00 Kuan Ta-You 21 22:35 7.33 43.16% 25.37% 55.26% 2.86 3.14 1.14 0.05 Lin Yao-Tsung 22 17:02 5.14 49.43% 19.35% 34.62% 4.45 0.91 0.73 0.05 Chen Shih-Chieh Did not play Jordan Chatman 8 33:30 18.75 47.92% 40.00% 100.00% 5.13 2.50 1.00 0.88 Willie Warren 4 36:46 12.75 44.83% 15.38% 100.00% 6.75 7.00 1.50 0.00 Sun Szu-Yao 9 09:23 1.56 50.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2.56 0.11 0.22 0.11 Lai Kuo-Wei 14 06:06 1.64 25.00% 31.58% 50.00% 0.64 1.00 0.29 0.00 Chen Ching-Huan 23 15:36 4.30 53.13% 30.51% 73.33% 1.61 1.43 0.48 0.17 Lin Cheng 12 15:29 3.92 44.44% 25.00% 52.94% 5.00 0.75 0.33 0.25 Shih Chin-Yao 24 32:39 14.17 48.91% 37.25% 57.38% 3.25 3.63 1.29 0.17 Chang Keng-Yu 23 14:24 6.48 40.86% 30.91% 75.86% 1.70 0.78 0.43 0.13 Chen Kuan-Chuan 24 26:54 5.92 41.35% 27.27% 84.62% 4.67 1.38 0.71 0.25 Kadeem Jack 18 34:24 20.39 54.33% 26.67% 57.89% 13.17 2.00 1.00 1.28 Quincy Davis 16 29:27 13.00 60.58% 36.17% 67.39% 10.13 1.88 1.00 2.44 Peng Chun-Yen 16 20:38 2.94 17.86% 20.59% 66.67% 2.50 4.63 1.19 0.06

Playoffs Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Ting Sheng-Ju Did not play Davon Reed Did not play Kuan Ta-You 5 20:56 5.00 39.13% 7.14% 66.67% 4.40 2.40 0.60 0.00 Lin Yao-Tsung 5 34:00 7.40 40.48% 0.00% 21.43% 8.40 4.00 2.60 0.00 Chen Shih-Chien Did not play Jordan Chatman 5 41:15 20.8 35.48% 40.00% 84.21% 6.20 3.20 1.80 0.40 Sun Szu-Yao Did not play Lai Kuo-Wei 1 05:26 0.00 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.00 3.00 1.00 0.00 Chen Ching-Huan 5 09:12 1.20 0.00% 25.00% 0.00% 2.00 0.40 0.00 0.00 Lin Cheng 5 13:22 2.00 35.71% 0.00% 0.00% 3.60 0.80 0.00 0.60 Shih Chin-Yao 5 37:20 12.20 32.50% 25.71% 57.14% 4.60 2.60 2.40 0.40 Chang Keng-Yu 5 26:45 11.8 37.50% 44.44% 78.57% 3.80 1.20 0.80 0.00 Chen Kuan-Chuan 5 27:21 7.20 42.31% 28.57% 80.00% 3.60 1.20 0.20 0.40 Kadeem Jack Did not play Quincy Davis 5 20:33 10.60 50.00% 15.38% 45.45% 10.20 1.60 0.20 1.80 Peng Chun-Yen 4 10:09 2.50 28.57% 20.00% 0.00% 0.25 1.00 1.50 0.00 Reference：

Transactions From Taoyuan Pauian Archiland Player Ref. Kuan Ta-You Lin Yao-Tsung Shih Chin-Yao Chen Kuan-Chuan Peng Chun-Yen

Free Agency Additions Date Player Contract terms Former teams Ref. October 15, 2020 Sun Szu-Yao NYIT Bears October 20, 2020 Quincy Davis Taoyuan Pauian Archiland November 1, 2020 Lin Cheng NTSU November 11, 2020 Chen Ching-Huan Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology November 11, 2020 Chen Shih-Chieh Taoyuan Pauian Archiland November 11, 2020 Chang Keng-Yu Formosa Dreamers November 19, 2020 Davon Reed Sioux Falls Skyforce November 19, 2020 Kadeem Jack Oklahoma City Blue November 24, 2020 Willie Warren Mineros de Zacatecas December 20, 2020 Lai Kuo-Wei Taiwan Beer March 1, 2021 Ting Sheng-Ju USF Fighting Saints March 1, 2021 Jordan Chatman CSU Sibiu

Subtractions Date Player Reason New Team Ref. January 29, 2021 Willie Warren contract terminated Al Shamal

Awards End-of-Season Awards Recipient Award Ref. Shih Chin-Yao All-PLG Team

Players of the Month Recipient Award Month awarded Ref. Shih Chin-Yao April Most Valuable Player April

Players of the Week Week Recipient Date awarded Ref. Preseason Lin Yao-TsungShih Chin-Yao October 7 - November 22 Week 1 Shih Chin-YaoDavon Reed December 19 - December 20 Week 2 Quincy Davis December 26 - December 27 Week 3 Shih Chin-Yao January 2 - January 3 Week 5 Shih Chin-Yao January 16 - January 17 Week 6 Quincy DavisDavon Reed January 23 - January 24 Week 7 Quincy Davis January 30 - January 31 Week 8 Chang Keng-Yu February 6 - February 7 Week 9 Kuan Ta-You February 20 - February 21 Week 10 Kuan Ta-You February 27 - March 1 Week 12 Lin Yao-Tsung March 13 - March 14 Week 13 Shih Chin-Yao March 20 - March 21 Week 14 Shih Chin-Yao March 27 - March 28 Week 15 Shih Chin-Yao April 3 - April 5

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