The 2022–23 Hsinchu JKO Lioneers season was the franchise's 3rd season, its third season in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG), its 3rd in Hsinchu County. The Lioneers are coached by Lin Kuan-Lun in his third year as head coach. On July 26, 2022, the Lioneers announced that Kenny Kao has resigned from general manager and named president Hu Lung-Chih as the new general manager.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Status School/club team 1 5 Ifeanyi Eboka F Foreign student SHU 2 10 Tseng Po-Yu G Local MDU
Standings
Roster
Game log
Interleague play
Quarterfinals
Preseason
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 || October 8 || Dreamers || L 100–115 || Will Artino (20) || Anthony Bennett (10) || Kao Kuo-Hao (7) || Fengshan Arena4,205 || 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 || October 10 || @Steelers || W 111–102 || Will Artino (24) || Anthony Bennett (13) || Kao Kuo-Hao (6) || Fengshan Arena3,306 || 1–1
Regular season
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 || November 5 || @Braves || L 94–102 || Sim Bhullar (28) || Sim Bhullar (17) || Tien Hao (7) || Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium7,000 || 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc" | 2 || November 13 || @Kings || L 78–113 || Terrico White (22) || Sim Bhullar (14) || Terrico White (4) || Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,163 || 0–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 3 || November 19 || Steelers || W 89–83 || Terrico White (24) || Will Artino (16) || Terrico White (7) || Hsinchu County Stadium5,238 || 1–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 4 || November 20 || Braves || W 108–104 (2OT) || Sim Bhullar (22) || Sim Bhullar (18) || Kao Kuo-Hao (6) || Hsinchu County Stadium5,612 || 2–2 |-style="background:#cfc" | 5 || November 29 || @Steelers || W 102–101 || Sim Bhullar (29) || Sim Bhullar (15) || Tien Hao (11) || Fengshan Arena2,505 || 3–2
|-style="background:#cfc" | 6 || December 3 || Dreamers || W 82–77 || Will Artino (18) || Will Artino (17) || Will Artino (5) || Hsinchu County Stadium4,748 || 4–2 |-style="background:#fcc" | 7 || December 4 || Pilots || L 80–94 || Terrico White (22) || Sim Bhullar (14) || Terrico White (4) || Hsinchu County Stadium4,062 || 4–3 |-style="background:#fcc" | 8 || December 10 || @Pilots || L 79–102 || Tien Hao (24) || Sim Bhullar (12) || Tien Hao (6) || Taoyuan Arena3,286 || 4–4 |-style="background:#fcc" | 9 || December 18 || @Braves || L 98–114 || Terrico White (34) || Will Artino (15) || Lee, Tien, Tseng (4) || Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,568 || 4–5 |-style="background:#fcc" | 10 || December 24 || @Pilots || L 60–103 || Will Artino (20) || Will Artino (10) || Kao Kuo-Hao (3) || Taoyuan Arena2,658 || 4–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 11 || December 27 || Steelers || W 109–85 || Terrico White (28) || Will Artino (22) || Kao Kuo-Hao (5) || Hsinchu County Stadium3,517 || 5–6 |-style="background:#cfc" | 12 || December 31 || Dreamers || W 102–97 || Kao Kuo-Hao (34) || Will Artino (16) || Will Artino (7) || Hsinchu County Stadium5,247 || 6–6
|-style="background:#fcc" | 13 || January 1 || Pilots || L 90–105 || Anthony Bennett (24) || Anthony Bennett (11) || Tien Hao (8) || Hsinchu County Stadium4,574 || 6–7 |-style="background:#fcc" | 14 || January 7 || Kings || L 85–101 || Terrico White (16) || Will Artino (20) || Kao Kuo-Hao (4) || Hsinchu County Stadium4,177 || 6–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 15 || January 8 || Braves || W 94–92 || Anthony Bennett (27) || Anthony Bennett (17) || Bennett, Kao (6) || Hsinchu County Stadium5,389 || 7–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 16 || January 13 || Dreamers || W 87–80 || Anthony Bennett (28) || Artino, Bennett (15) || Kao Kuo-Hao (10) || Hsinchu County Stadium3,914 || 8–8 |-style="background:#cfc" | 17 || January 14 || Kings || W 107–106 || Anthony Bennett (35) || Anthony Bennett (12) || Lee Chia-Jui (5) || Hsinchu County Stadium4,694 || 9–8 |-style="background:#fcc" | 18 || January 28 || @Dreamers || L 99–123 || Will Artino (19) || Will Artino (10) || Bennett, Tseng (4) || Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 || 9–9 |-style="background:#fcc" | 19 || January 31 || @Pilots || L 70–88 || Anthony Bennett (30) || Anthony Bennett (17) || Tseng Po-Yu (6) || Taoyuan Arena2,688 || 9–10
|-style="background:#cfc" | 20 || February 5 || Steelers || W 89–86 || Anthony Bennett (33) || Anthony Bennett (13) || Will Artino (7) || Hsinchu County Stadium5,582 || 10–10 |-style="background:#fcc" | 21 || February 7 || Pilots || L 92–106 || Anthony Bennett (22) || Anthony Bennett (9) || Bennett, Hsiao, White (3) || Hsinchu County Stadium3,560 || 10–11 |-style="background:#fcc" | 22 || February 12 || @Pilots || L 81–95 || Anthony Bennett (26) || Anthony Bennett (15) || Ifeanyi Eboka (3) || Taoyuan Arena2,367 || 10–12 |-style="background:#fcc" | 23 || February 19 || Kings || L 85–102 || Anthony Bennett (33) || Anthony Bennett (23) || Anthony Bennett (5) || Hsinchu County Stadium5,597 || 10–13 |-style="background:#fcc" | 24 || February 21 || @Braves || L 101–131 || Terrico White (25) || Anthony Bennett (8) || Terrico White (8) || Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium4,965 || 10–14 |-style="background:#fcc" | 25 || February 25 || Steelers || L 82–95 || Terrico White (25) || Will Artino (15) || Artino, Hsiao (4) || Hsinchu County Stadium8,000 || 10–15 |-style="background:#fcc" | 26 || February 26 || Dreamers || L 94–100 || Terrico White (28) || Will Artino (14) || Will Artino (5) || Hsinchu County Stadium4,527 || 10–16
|-style="background:#fcc" | 27 || March 5 || @Dreamers || L 93–111 || Anthony Bennett (23) || Will Artino (17) || Tien Hao (6) || Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000 || 10–17 |-style="background:#cfc" | 28 || March 11 || @Steelers || W 85–76 || Will Artino (22) || Will Artino (28) || Jeremy Tyler (3) || Fengshan Arena5,127 || 11–17 |-style="background:#fcc" | 29 || March 19 || @Braves || L 99–112 || Will Artino (42) || Will Artino (17) || Kao Kuo-Hao (6) || Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6,088 || 11–18 |-style="background:#fcc" | 30 || March 26 || @Dreamers || L 103–116 || Jeremy Tyler (32) || Jeremy Tyler (16) || Kao Kuo-Hao (6) || Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,526 || 11–19
|-style="background:#cfc" | 31 || April 2 || @Kings || W 98–73 || Jeremy Tyler (40) || Lee Chia-Jui (15) || Kao Kuo-Hao (7) || Xinzhuang Gymnasium2,875 || 12–19 |-style="background:#fcc" | 32 || April 8 || @Steelers || L 103–112 || Kao Kuo-Hao (29) || Will Artino (19) || Tien Hao (5) || Fengshan Arena4,321 || 12–20 |-style="background:#fcc" | 33 || April 15 || @Dreamers || L 85–89 || Will Artino (24) || Will Artino (15) || Will Artino (5) || Intercontinental Basketball Stadium2,659 || 12–21 |-style="background:#fcc" | 34 || April 22 || @Steelers || L 88–113 || Sung Yu-Hsuan (20) || Kao Kuo-Hao (12) || Kao Kuo-Hao (11) || Fengshan Arena4,892 || 12–22 |-style="background:#fcc" | 35 || April 29 || @Kings || L 91–103 || Anthony Bennett (27) || Will Artino (17) || Kao Kuo-Hao (7) || Xinzhuang Gymnasium3,544 || 12–23
|-style="background:#fcc" | 36 || May 1 || Braves || L 87–114 || Bennett, Kao (20) || Will Artino (21) || Anthony Bennett (4) || Hsinchu County Stadium5,006 || 12–24 |-style="background:#fcc" | 37 || May 5 || Pilots || L 78–89 || Kuo Shao-Chieh (14) || Will Artino (15) || Chiang, Lu (4) || Hsinchu County Stadium4,010 || 12–25 |-style="background:#ccc" | PPD || May 7 || @Kings || colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed |-style="background:#fcc" | 38 || May 9 || @Kings || L 95–104 || Kao Kuo-Hao (22) || Anthony Bennett (11) || Anthony Bennett (5) || Xinzhuang Gymnasium2,962 || 12–26 |-style="background:#cfc" | 39 || May 13 || Kings || W 110–95 || Jeremy Tyler (28) || Jeremy Tyler (26) || Kao Kuo-Hao (10) || Hsinchu County Stadium6,023 || 13–26 |-style="background:#fcc" | 40 || May 14 || Braves || L 88–94 || Artino, Kao (18) || Will Artino (17) || Kao Kuo-Hao (5) || Hsinchu County Stadium5,376 || 13–27
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 BPGWill Artino2837:1919.5748.31%20.69%46.59%15.003.321.790.86Anthony Bennett1739:4222.5951.06%33.14%75.82%12.242.883.290.65Sim Bhullar634:3118.3363.38%0.00%38.46%15.001.000.501.50Chen Tse-Yu405:202.2540.00%33.33%50.00%0.250.500.000.00Chiang Kuang-Chien1909:441.8440.00%17.65%66.67%0.470.420.160.16Chu Yun-Hao2727:218.0748.65%34.40%58.62%2.041.560.850.11Ifeanyi Eboka3615:545.2843.82%18.18%46.67%4.500.580.670.58Hsiao Shun-Yi3025:539.1351.58%29.63%62.79%4.631.431.200.37Kao Kuo-Hao3037:1314.9341.04%36.67%79.75%4.234.331.600.07Kuo Shao-Chieh3714:003.9746.94%26.32%74.29%1.380.590.460.00Lee Chia-Jui3715:114.8635.51%31.18%56.67%2.841.050.380.27Lin Ming-Yi911:121.4450.00%11.11%50.00%0.891.000.780.11Lin Yi-Huei716:203.4325.00%31.25%33.33%1.001.710.290.14Lu Chi-Min3009:171.2025.00%13.64%42.86%1.030.670.270.03Sung Yu-Hsuan2309:533.7455.71%0.00%88.89%1.090.740.130.00Tien Hao2824:186.0747.73%32.35%74.07%2.043.501.040.11Tseng Po-Yu3821:245.4241.09%25.68%69.35%1.661.530.580.00Jeremy Tyler1131:3417.5542.77%22.45%64.86%10.731.551.180.27Terrico White1841:0120.3948.98%29.17%66.04%7.003.671.560.33
Transactions
Free agency
Re-signed DatePlayerContract termsRef. August 5, 2022 Sim Bhullar September 14, 2022 Iong Ngai-San development player contract
Additions DatePlayerContract termsFormer teamRef. August 5, 2022 Will Artino Tainan TSG GhostHawks August 9, 2022 Chiang Kuang-Chien Taoyuan Pauian Archiland August 10, 2022 Lu Chi-Min Taiwan Beer August 16, 2022 Tseng Po-Yu Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology August 19, 2022 Anthony Bennett Kaohsiung Steelers September 16, 2022 Ifeanyi Eboka SHU Tigers October 21, 2022 Terrico White Brujos de Guayama February 2, 2023 Chen Tse-Yu New Taipei Yulon Luxgen Dinos March 3, 2023 Jeremy Tyler Piratas de Quebradillas
Subtractions DatePlayerReasonNew TeamRef. June 27, 2022 Elliot Tan retirement July 19, 2022 Mike Bruesewitz Mineros de Zacatecas July 22, 2022 Wu Tai-Hao contract expired Tainan TSG GhostHawks August 1, 2022 Nick Faust Al-Ahli December 15, 2022 Lin Yi-Huei contract terminated Taoyuan Leopards December 16, 2022 Sim Bhullar contract terminated Tainan TSG GhostHawks January 24, 2023 Lin Ming-Yi mutually agreed to part ways Taichung Suns March 17, 2023 Terrico White waived Al-Najma
Awards
End-of-season awards Recipient Award Ref. Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Best Home Court Hsiao Shun-Yi All-Defensive Team Kao Kuo-Hao All-Defensive Team All-PLG Second Team
Players of the Week Week Recipient Date awarded Ref. Week 3 Kao Kuo-Hao November 19 - November 20 Week 9 Kao Kuo-Hao December 31 - January 1 Week 11 Anthony Bennett January 13 - January 15
References