The 2021–22 P. League+ season is the inaugural season of the P. League+ (PLG). The league launched with 4 teams playing a 24-game schedule. The regular season began on December 19, 2020, and was scheduled to end on April 10, 2021. The playoffs began on April 23 and was early ended on May 15 due to the Taiwanese pandemic restrictions after Game 4 of the 2021 P. League+ finals. The Taipei Fubon Braves, leading 3–1 in the finals, was declared the champion after the remaining finals games were cancelled.
Transactions
Retirement On February 19, 2021, Chi Sung-Yu announced his retirement from professional basketball.
Coaching changes
Off-season On August 3, 2020, the Hsinchu JKO Lioneers hired Lin Kuan-Lun as their head coach. On October 13, 2020, the Taoyuan hired Liu I-Hsiang as their head coach.
In-season On December 22, 2020, the Taoyuan and head coach Liu I-Hsiang mutually agreed to part ways before playing any games with the team.
Imports / foreign student / heritage player Club Imports Foreign students Heritage players Formosa Taishin Dreamers Stephan Hicks Anthony Tucker Jerran Young Randall Walko Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Julian Wright Branden Dawson LaDontae Henton Hasheem Thabeet Iong Ngai-San Taipei Fubon Braves Charles Garcia Mike Singletary Ihor Zaytsev Brendon Smart Taoyuan Pilots Willie Warren Jordan Chatman Kadeem Jack Davon Reed Note 1: Heritage player refers to player of Taiwanese descent but does not have a ROC passport.
Note 2: Team can either register 1 heritage players or 1 foreign student.
Preseason The preseason began on October 17, and ended on November 22.
Regular season The regular season began on December 19, 2020, and ended on April 10, 2021.
Notes z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs x – Clinched playoff spot
Playoffs
Bracket
Bold: series winner Italic: team with home-court advantage
Statistics
Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team(s) Statistic Points per game Anthony Tucker Formosa Taishin Dreamers 27.88 Rebounds per game Hasheem Thabeet Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 14.26 Assists per game Anthony Tucker Formosa Taishin Dreamers 5.59 Steals per game Jerran Young Formosa Taishin Dreamers 3.32 Blocks per game Hasheem Thabeet Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 3.26 2P% Hasheem Thabeet Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 61% 3P% Tsai Wen-Cheng Taipei Fubon Braves 50% FT% Lin Ming-Yi Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 88%
Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic Points Davon Reed Taoyuan Pilots 43 Rebounds Ihor Zaytsev Taipei Fubon Braves 24 Assists Anthony Tucker Formosa Taishin Dreamers 12Steals Jerran Young Formosa Taishin Dreamers 8 Hasheem Thabeet Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Blocks Hasheem Thabeet Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 7 Turnovers Ihor Zaytsev Taipei Fubon Braves 9
Team statistic leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game Taipei Fubon Braves 101.75 Rebounds per game Taipei Fubon Braves 53.63 Assists per game Taipei Fubon Braves 22.67 Steals per game Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 10.79 Blocks per game Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 4.63 Turnovers per game Taoyuan Pilots 18.58 Fouls per game Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 21.96 2P% Taipei Fubon Braves 50.22% 3P% Taoyuan Pilots 32.25% FT% Formosa Taishin Dreamers 72.02%
Awards Yearly awards + 2020–21 P. League+ awards Award Recipient(s) ref Most Valuable Player Chang Tsung-Hsien (Taipei Fubon Braves) Import of the Year Ihor Zaytsev (Taipei Fubon Braves) 6th Man of the Year Randall Walko (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) Rookie of the Year Kao Kuo-Hao (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) Defensive Player of the Year Hasheem Thabeet (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) GM of the Year Tsai Cheng-Ju (Taipei Fubon Braves) Coach of the Year Hsu Chin-Che (Taipei Fubon Braves) Media Darling Tien Lei (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) Best Home Court Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Mr. Popular Lin Chih-Chieh (Taipei Fubon Braves)
All-PLG Team: Chang Tsung-Hsien, Taipei Fubon Braves Chieng Li-Huan, Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Shih Chin-Yao, Taoyuan Pilots Yang Chin-Min, Formosa Taishin Dreamers Ihor Zaytsev, Taipei Fubon Braves
All-Defensive Team: Chieng Li-Huan, Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Kao Kuo-Hao, Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Chang Tsung-Hsien, Taipei Fubon Braves Lee Te-Wei, Formosa Taishin Dreamers Hasheem Thabeet, Hsinchu JKO Lioneers
Statistical awards + 2020–21 P. League+ statistical awards Award Recipient(s) ref Points Leader Anthony Tucker(Formosa Taishin Dreamers) Rebounds Leader Hasheem Thabeet(Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) Assists Leader Anthony Tucker(Formosa Taishin Dreamers) Blocks Leader Hasheem Thabeet(Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) Steals Leader Jerran Young(Formosa Taishin Dreamers)
Finals + 2021 P. League+ finals awards Award Recipient(s) ref Champion Taipei Fubon Braves Finals Mike Singletary(Taipei Fubon Braves)
Players of the Week Preseason Braves Dreamers Lioneers PilotsRef Chang Tsung-HsienLin Chih-Chieh Lee Te-WeiYang Chin-Min Chieng Li-HuanKao Kuo-Hao Lin Yao-TsungShih Chin-Yao Regular season WeekLocal playersImport playersRef Braves Dreamers Lioneers Pilots1 Chang Tsung-Hsien (1/5) Yang Chin-Min (1/4) Shih Chin-Yao (1/6) Davon Reed (Pilots) (1/2)2 Chang Tsung-Hsien (2/5) Chieng Li-Huan (1/4) Quincy Davis (1/3) Charles Garcia (Braves) (1/1)3 Lin Chih-Chieh (1/4) Yang Chin-Min (2/4) Kao Kuo-Hao (1/5) Shih Chin-Yao (2/6) Anthony Tucker (Dreamers) (1/4)4 Lin Chih-Chieh (2/4) Yang Chin-Min (3/4) Kao Kuo-Hao (2/5) Anthony Tucker (Dreamers) (2/4)5 Chang Tsung-Hsien (3/5) Lee Te-Wei (1/3) Elliot Tan (1/1) Shih Chin-Yao (3/6) Julian Wright (Lioneers) (1/1)6 Tseng Hsiang-Chun (1/1) Lee Te-Wei (2/3) Tien Hao (1/3) Quincy Davis (2/3) Davon Reed (Pilots) (2/2)7 Joseph Lin (1/3) Yang Chin-Min (4/4) Chieng Li-Huan (2/4) Quincy Davis (3/3) Anthony Tucker (Dreamers) (3/4)8 Chang Tsung-Hsien (4/5) Lee Te-Wei (3/3) Cheng Wei (1/1) Chang Keng-Yu (1/1) Jerran Young (Dreamers) (1/2)9 Chang Tsung-Hsien (5/5) Lin Chun-Chi (1/2) Kao Kuo-Hao (3/5) Kuan Ta-Tou (1/2) Anthony Tucker (Dreamers) (4/4)10 Lin Chih-Chieh (3/4) Lin Chun-Chi (2/3) Kao Kuo-Hao (4/5) Kuan Ta-Tou (2/2) Jerran Young (Dreamers) (2/2)11 Lin Chih-Chieh (4/4) Chen Jen-Jei (1/1) Kao Kuo-Hao (5/5) Mike Singletary (Braves) (1/1)12 Tsai Wen-Cheng (1/1) Randall Walko (1/2) Chieng Li-Huan (3/4) Lin Yao-Tsung (1/1) Hasheem Thabeet (Lioneers) (1/2)13 Randall Walko (2/2) Chieng Li-Huan (4/4) Shih Chin-Yao (4/6) Branden Dawson (Lioneers) (1/2)14 Joseph Lin (2/3) Lin Chun-Chi (3/3) Tien Hao (2/3) Shih Chin-Yao (5/6) Branden Dawson (Lioneers) (2/2)15 Joseph Lin (3/3) Tien Lei (1/1) Tien Hao (3/3) Shih Chin-Yao (6/6) Hasheem Thabeet (Lioneers) (2/2)
Players of the Month Month RecipientRefDecember Chang Tsung-Hsien (Taipei Fubon Braves) (1/1)January Anthony Tucker (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/1)February Lin Chun-Chi (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/1)March Hasheem Thabeet (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (1/1)April Shih Chin-Yao (Taoyuan Pilots) (1/1)
Arenas The Hsinchu Lioneers announced on September 8, 2020, that they would play their home games at Hsinchu County Stadium. The Taoyuan announced on November 14, 2020, that they would play their home games at Taoyuan Arena. The Formosa Dreamers scheduled last four of their home games at National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium. On March 15, the Dreamers resumed their last two home games back to Changhua County Stadium for Tien Lei's retiring weekend.
Media The games will be aired on television via FTV One and MOMOTV, and will be broadcast online on YouTube Official Channel and 4gTV. References
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