The 2021–22 Taoyuan Leopards season was the franchise's first season, its first season in the T1 League.
The Leopards were coached by Wang Chih-Chun in his first year as their head coach. On September 3, 2021, the Leopards hired Su Yi-Chieh as their general manager. On April 10, 2022, the Leopards announced that Wang Chih-Chun resigned from head coach, and named Su Yi-Chieh as their interim head coach. On May 16, the Leopards named Liu Chia-Fa, the skills consultant of the Taoyuan Leopards, as their new head coach.
Draft
Round Player Position(s) School / club team 1 Lo Chen-Feng Small forward NKNU 2 Huang Yi-Sheng Shooting guard SHU 3 Chang Shun-Cheng Shooting guard / forward UKN Reference:
Roster
Preseason Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | November 13 | @ GhostHawks | L 87–97 | Wu Chi-Ying (25) | Tsai Yang-Ming (13) | Cheng Wei (6)Yu Meng-Yun (6) | Kaohsiung Arena3,288 | 0–1
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | December 11 | @ DEA | L 77–85 | Caelan Tiongson (19) | Daniel Orton (28) | Daniel Orton (5) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 | December 12 | @ HeroBears | L 93–102 | Aleksandar Mitrović (30) | Daniel Orton (10) | Yu Meng-Yun (7) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium | 0–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 | December 18 | @ GhostHawks | W 89–81 | Aleksandar Mitrović (21) | Daniel Orton (21) | Daniel Orton (6) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium | 1–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 4 | December 25 | DEA | L 72–85 | Aleksandar Mitrović (25) | Caelan Tiongson (16) | Daniel Orton (5) | Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium2,086 | 1–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 5 | December 26 | GhostHawks | L 83–114 | Caelan Tiongson (26) | Caelan Tiongson (11) | Caelan Tiongson (3)Du Yu-Cheng (3)Aleksandar Mitrović (3) | Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium | 1–4
|-style="background:#fcc" | 6 | January 1 | @ GhostHawks | L 113–132 | Troy Williams (38) | Caelan Tiongson (17) | Cheng Wei (6) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium | 1–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 7 | January 9 | @ Suns | L 74–101 | Caelan Tiongson (27) | Caelan Tiongson (17) | Cheng Wei (5) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium | 1–6 |-style="background:#fcc" | 8 | January 15 | Aquas | L 82–116 | John Gillon (15)Du Yu-Cheng (15) | Tsai Yang-Ming (10)Deyonta Davis (10) | Caelan Tiongson (5) | Chung Yuan Christian University GymnasiumNo in-person attendance | 1–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 9 | January 16 | Suns | L 115–119 | Troy Williams (31) | Troy Williams (11) | John Gillon (11) | Chung Yuan Christian University GymnasiumNo in-person attendance | 1–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 10 | January 22 | @ DEA | L 104–125 | John Gillon (29) | Troy Williams (13) | John Gillon (4) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 1–9 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | January 29 | HeroBears | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to April 30
|-style="background:#ccc" | — | February 5 | Aquas | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 1 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | February 6 | Suns | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to April 29 |-style="background:#fcc" | 11 | February 13 | @ Aquas | L 116–133 | Caelan Tiongson (30) | Troy Williams (17) | John Gillon (5)Troy Williams (5) | Kaohsiung Arena | 1–10 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | February 19 | GhostHawks | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to March 25 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | February 20 | Aquas | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to March 11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 12 | February 27 | @ Suns | L 102–108 | John Gillon (26) | Deyonta Davis (18) | John Gillon (6) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium | 1–11 |-style="background:#cfc" | 13 | February 28 | @ GhostHawks | W 118–99 | John Gillon (34) | Deyonta Davis (20) | John Gillon (8) | Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium | 2–11
|-style="background:#fcc" | 14 | March 6 | @ HeroBears | L 113–115 | Troy Williams (25) | Deyonta Davis (19) | John Gillon (9) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium | 2–12 |-style="background:#fcc" | 15 | March 11 | Aquas | L 100–106 | Deyonta Davis (26) | Deyonta Davis (21) | John Gillon (7) | Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium | 2–13 |-style="background:#cfc" | 16 | March 12 | HeroBears | W 101–96 | Caelan Tiongson (23) | Deyonta Davis (16) | John Gillon (6) | Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium | 3–13 |-style="background:#cfc" | 17 | March 13 | GhostHawks | W 97–84 | Elijah Thomas (18) | Deyonta Davis (15) | John Gillon (10) | Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium | 4–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 18 | March 19 | @ Aquas | L 84–111 | Deyonta Davis (17) | Deyonta Davis (7) | John Gillon (8) | Kaohsiung Arena | 4–14 |-style="background:#cfc" | 19 | March 25 | GhostHawks | W 109–93 | Deyonta Davis (29) | Deyonta Davis (17) | John Gillon (10) | Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium | 5–14 |-style="background:#fcc" | 20 | March 27 | @ Suns | L 93–98 | Deyonta Davis (22)John Gillon (22) | Deyonta Davis (18) | John Gillon (5) | National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium | 5–15
|-style="background:#ccc" | — | April 2 | DEA | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 7 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | April 3 | Suns | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 21 | April 5 | @ HeroBears | L 88–120 | Elijah Thomas (35) | Deyonta Davis (12) | Elijah Thomas (5) | University of Taipei Tianmu Campus GymnasiumNo in-person attendance | 5–16 |-style="background:#fcc" | 22 | April 9 | @ DEA | L 121–139 | John Gillon (39) | Deyonta Davis (12) | John Gillon (17) | Xinzhuang Gymnasium | 5–17 |-style="background:#fcc" | 23 | April 17 | @ Aquas | L 104–119 | Troy Williams (35) | Troy Williams (10)Elijah Thomas (10) | Troy Williams (7) | Kaohsiung Arena | 5–18 |-style="background:#cfc" | 24 | April 23 | HeroBears | W 135–134 | Troy Williams (30)John Gillon (30) | Elijah Thomas (11) | John Gillon (14) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 6–18 |-style="background:#fcc" | 25 | April 24 | DEA | L 119–132 | Troy Williams (30) | Tsai Yang-Ming (9) | John Gillon (7) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 6–19 |-style="background:#fcc" | 26 | April 29 | Suns | L 97–112 | Troy Williams (24) | Deyonta Davis (14) | John Gillon (7) | Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium | 6–20 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | April 30 | HeroBears | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 6
|-style="background:#fcc" | 27 | May 1 | Aquas | L 117–137 | Troy Williams (44) | Troy Williams (14) | John Gillon (7) | Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium | 6–21 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | May 6 | HeroBears | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 19 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | May 7 | DEA | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 18 |-style="background:#ccc" | — | May 8 | Suns | colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed to May 20 |-style="background:#cfc" | 28 | May 18 | DEA | W 136–124 | Troy Williams (50) | Deyonta Davis (18) | John Gillon (9) | Taoyuan Arena | 7–21 |-style="background:#cfc" | 29 | May 19 | HeroBears | W 110–104 | Deyonta Davis (23)John Gillon (23) | Deyonta Davis (13) | John Gillon (14) | Taoyuan Arena | 8–21 |-style="background:#fcc" | 30 | May 20 | Suns | L 125–127 (OT) | Troy Williams (37) | Troy Williams (17) | John Gillon (9) | Taoyuan Arena | 8–22
Regular season note Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taoyuan, the Taoyuan City Government and Taoyuan Leopards declared that the games at the Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium would play behind closed doors from January 15 to 16. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games on January 29, February 5 and 6 would be postponed to April 30, May 1 and April 29. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games on February 19 and 20 would be postponed to March 25 and 11. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games on April 2 and 3 would be postponed to May 7 and 8. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games at the University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium would play behind closed doors from April 4 to 10. Due to a player of the TaiwanBeer HeroBears testing positive, the T1 League declared that the game on April 30 would be postponed to May 6. Because the Taoyuan Leopards could not reach the minimum player number, the T1 League declared that the games on May 6 to 8 would be postponed to May 19, 18 and 20.
Playoffs
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 | May 22 | HeroBears | L 110–128 | Troy Williams (47) | Troy Williams (9) | Troy Williams (6) | Taoyuan Arena | 0–2
Play-in note The fourth seed, TaiwanBeer HeroBears, was awarded a one-win advantage before the play-in series.
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 Caelan Tiongson 19 31:15 13.5 43.9% 27.0% 70.0% 9.1 2.6 1.1 0.6 Cheng Wei 30 34:25 10.3 37.8% 36.8% 78.2% 2.2 2.4 0.8 0.0 Elijah Thomas≠ 9 26:37 21.4 66.7% 31.3% 69.1% 8.3 1.8 1.3 1.3 Yu Meng-Yun 8 15:36 3.0 38.9% 14.3% 50.0% 1.9 2.1 0.8 0.3 Deyonta Davis 19 31:09 16.4 61.0% 41.2% 58.8% 14.2 1.9 1.4 2.5 Troy Williams 19 32:09 25.8 49.4% 28.3% 66.7% 10.0 2.4 2.0 1.1 Xie Yu-Zheng 23 10:54 2.7 48.8% 26.3% 77.8% 2.1 0.5 0.2 0.0 Lu Chieh-Min 28 32:26 11.7 40.6% 37.5% 84.6% 3.1 1.3 0.8 0.2 Tsai Yang-Ming 20 14:17 3.8 36.4% 35.7% 59.1% 2.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 Chang Shun-Cheng 9 3:46 0.9 80.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 Lo Chen-Feng 12 28:20 10.0 46.2% 35.5% 71.4% 4.4 1.1 0.3 0.3 Du Yu-Cheng 13 27:25 7.2 41.2% 32.4% 70.0% 3.0 1.6 1.0 0.2 Chang Chih-Feng≠ 10 30:44 6.8 44.7% 29.2% 86.7% 4.2 2.7 0.6 0.0 John Gillon≠ 22 34:20 22.4 58.5% 34.3% 79.0% 5.2 8.2 2.1 0.2 Aleksandar Mitrovi㇠6 30:01 17.5 44.1% 13.5% 90.9% 5.7 2.0 0.2 0.3 Wu Chi-Ying 21 14:59 4.1 38.5% 28.3% 100.0% 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 Daniel Orton‡ 5 32:36 8.8 44.1% 15.0% 45.5% 14.8 3.6 1.2 2.8 Liu Hung-Po Did not play Huang Yi-Sheng 16 8:23 1.4 75.0% 22.7% 50.0% 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 ‡ Left during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
Play-in Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG Caelan Tiongson Did not play Cheng Wei 1 29:33 5.0 0.0% 50.0% 100.0% 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 Elijah Thomas Did not play Yu Meng-Yun Did not play Deyonta Davis 1 34:21 26.0 70.0% 36.4% 0.0% 7.0 4.0 2.0 1.0 Troy Williams 1 43:12 47.0 56.0% 28.6% 41.2% 9.0 6.0 3.0 0.0 Xie Yu-Zheng 1 5:59 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lu Chieh-Min 1 43:09 5.0 25.0% 50.0% 0.0% 4.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 Tsai Yang-Ming 1 8:36 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 Chang Shun-Cheng Did not play Lo Chen-Feng 1 36:57 7.0 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 2.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 Du Yu-Cheng Did not play Chang Chih-Feng Did not play John Gillon 1 18:27 9.0 100.0% 25.0% 100.0% 3.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 Wu Chi-Ying 1 19:46 11.0 100.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 Liu Hung-Po Did not play Huang Yi-Sheng Did not play Reference:
Transactions
Overview Players added Via draft Chang Shun-Cheng Huang Yi-Sheng Lo Chen-Feng Via free agency Chang Chih-Feng Cheng Wei Deyonta Davis Du Yu-Cheng John Gillon Liu Ching Liu Hung-Po Lu Chieh-Min Aleksandar Mitrović Daniel Orton Elijah Thomas Caelan Tiongson Tsai Yang-Ming Troy Williams Wu Chi-Ying Xie Yu-Zheng Yu Meng-YunPlayers lost Waived Liu Ching Aleksandar Mitrović Daniel Orton
Free agency Additions