The 2023–24 Taipei Fubon Braves season was the franchise's 26th league season, the franchise's fourth season in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG), its 5th in Taipei City. The Braves are coached by Hsu Chin-Che in his seventh year as head coach. The Braves also participated in 2023–24 East Asia Super League as the 2023 PLG champion.
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Status School/club team 1 6 Tsai Chen-Yueh F Local NKNU
Standings
Roster
Game log East Asia Super League Group stage
B.League preseason
The Interleague Basketball Games
Preseason
|-style="background:#fcc" | 1 || October 7 || @Steelers || L 84–103 || Sedrick Barefield (23) || Hsieh Zong-Rong (13) || Sedrick Barefield (4) || Keelung Municipal Stadium3,286 || 0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" | 2 || October 9 || @Pilots || W 102–96 || Mike Singletary (18) || Mike Singletary (9) || Lin C., Tsai W. (5) || Keelung Municipal Stadium4,597 || 1–1
Regular season
|-style="background:#fcc" |1||November 11||Kings||L 89–96||Ihor Zaytsev (20)||Ihor Zaytsev (10)||Chang, Zaytsev (4)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium7,000||0–1 |-style="background:#cfc" |2||November 12||Steelers||W 115–94||Ihor Zaytsev (17)||Singletary, Zimmerman (11)||Mike Singletary (7)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium4,920||1–1 |-style="background:#fcc" |3||November 19||@Dreamers||L 86–89||Ihor Zaytsev (26)||Ihor Zaytsev (12)||Lin Chih-Chieh (5)||Changhua County Stadium3,639||1–2 |-style="background:#cfc" |4||November 26||@Lioneers||W 99–84||Mike Singletary (25)||Ihor Zaytsev (10)||Mike Singletary (8)||Hsinchu County Stadium4,577||2–2
|-style="background:#fcc" |5||December 2||@Dreamers||L 76–90||Chen Fan Po-Yen (18)||Chris Johnson (13)||Barefield, Johnson (4)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000||2–3 |-style="background:#cfc" |6||December 9||@Steelers||W 93–80||Mike Singletary (34)||Mike Singletary (12)||Chou Kuei-Yu (7)||Fengshan Arena2,795||3–3 |-style="background:#cfc" |7||December 16||Steelers||W 111–104||Chris Johnson (25)||Stephen Zimmerman (15)||Chris Johnson (7)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,215||4–3 |-style="background:#fcc" |8||December 17||Lioneers||L 102–103||Mike Singletary (25)||Mike Singletary (10)||Mike Singletary (10)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,360||4–4 |-style="background:#fcc" |9||December 23||@Kings||L 106–111||Mike Singletary (29)||Mike Singletary (14)||Mike Singletary (5)||Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,540||4–5 |-style="background:#cfc" |10||December 31||@Kings||W 104–96||Mike Singletary (29)||Tseng Hsiang-Chun (12)||Ihor Zaytsev (6)||Xinzhuang Gymnasium6,540||5–5
|-style="background:#fcc" |11||January 7||@Pilots||L 71–100||Ihor Zaytsev (18)||Stephen Zimmerman (11)||Ihor Zaytsev (4)||Taoyuan Arena2,046||5–6 |-style="background:#fcc" |12||January 9||@Pilots||L 87–96||Mike Singletary (25)||Chris Johnson (10)||Hung, Lin C. (3)||Taoyuan Arena1,297||5–7 |-style="background:#cfc" |13||January 14||@Dreamers||W 94–84||Chris Johnson (22)||Chris Johnson (16)||Mike Singletary (5)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000||6–7 |-style="background:#fcc" |14||January 20||@Lioneers||L 72–77||Mike Singletary (28)||Mike Singletary (16)||Ihor Zaytsev (6)||Hsinchu County Stadium5,002||6–8 |-style="background:#cfc" |15||January 27||Dreamers||W 103–98||Mike Singletary (26)||Mike Singletary (17)||Chou, Lai (5)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,815||7–8 |-style="background:#cfc" |16||January 28||Pilots||W 106–83||Justin Patton (16)||Tsai Wen-Cheng (12)||Tsai Wen-Cheng (6)|||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,015||8–8 |-style="background:#cfc" |17||January 31||Dreamers||W 111–104(OT)||Chris Johnson (37)||Lin Chih-Chieh (12)||Lin C., Johnson (5)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6,258||9–8
|-style="background:#fcc" |18||February 3||Steelers||L 89–90||Chris Johnson (27)||Chris Johnson (23)||Ihor Zaytsev (6)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5.236||9–9 |-style="background:#cfc" |19||February 4||Lioneers||W 109–103||Chou Kuei-Yu (19)||Chris Johnson (16)||Jian Ting-Jhao (4)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6,055||10–9 |-style="background:#fcc" |20||February 17||Dreamers||L 73–96||Jian Ting-Jhao (17)||Chris Johnson (17)||Jian Ting-Jhao (5)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,188||10–10 |-style="background:#cfc" |21||February 18||Lioneers||W 102–97||Ihor Zaytsev (17)||Chris Johnson (9)||Ihor Zaytsev (5)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,550||11–10 |-style="background:#ccc" |PPD||February 24||@Pilots||colspan = 6 style="text-align:center"|Postponed |-style="background:#fcc" |22||February 27||@Steelers||L 91–99||Wayne Selden Jr. (27)||Chris Johnson (18)||Johnson, Lai (5)||Fengshan Arena2,835||11–11
|-style="background:#fcc" |23||March 3||@Pilots||L 92–94||Ihor Zaytsev (27)||Ihor Zaytsev (16)||Ihor Zaytsev (5)||Taoyuan Arena2,159||11–12 |-style="background:#fcc" |24||March 16||Pilots||L 92–113||Wayne Selden Jr. (21)||Ihor Zaytsev (15)||Wayne Selden Jr. (7)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,590||11–13 |-style="background:#fcc" |25||March 17||Kings||L 104–129||Ihor Zaytsev (29)||Chris Johnson (15)||Lin Chih-Chieh (5)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium7,000||11–14 |-style="background:#fcc" |26||March 24||@Pilots||L 76–98||Lin Chih-Chieh (19)||Ihor Zaytsev (11)||Chang, Lai (3)||Taoyuan Arena2,885||11–15 |-style="background:#cfc" |27||March 30||@Kings||W 102–77||Chris Johnson (27)||Chris Johnson (11)||Johnson, Lin C., Lai (4)||Xinzhuang Gymnasium4,840||12–15
|-style="background:#fcc" |28||April 2||Lioneers||L 101–120||Chris Johnson (24)||Chris Johnson (11)||Lin Chih-Chieh (4)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,266||12–16 |-style="background:#cfc" |29||April 6||Kings||W 122–96||Johnson, Zaytsev (24)||Chris Johnson (13)||Lai Ting-En (8)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6,627||13–16 |-style="background:#fcc" |30||April 7||Pilots||L 97–101||Chou Kuei-Yu (32)||Chris Johnson (14)||Lai Ting-En (9)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,175||13–17 |-style="background:#cfc" |31||April 14||@Steelers||W 98–69||Chris Johnson (18)||Chris Johnson (10)||Chou Kuei-Yu (6)||Fengshan Arena2,034||14–17 |-style="background:#fcc" |32||April 20||@Steelers||L 98–107||Tyler Bey (33)||Tyler Bey (22)||Chou, Johnson (6)||Fengshan Arena1,788||14–18 |-style="background:#cfc" |33||April 27||@Kings||W 102–74||Chris Johnson (24)||Chris Johnson (24)||Lai Ting-En (11)||Xinzhuang Gymnasium5,122||15–18 |-style="background:#fcc" |34||April 30||@Lioneers||L 89–95||Lin Chih-Chieh (22)||Lin Chih-Chieh (16)||Chris Johnson (6)||Hsinchu County Stadium4,432||15–19
|-style="background:#cfc" |35||May 4||Steelers||W 106–95||Tyler Bey (32)||Ihor Zaytsev (11)||Jian Ting-Jhao (5)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,065||16–19 |-style="background:#cfc" |36||May 5||Dreamers||W 79–74||Tyler Bey (22)||Bey, Johnson, Lai (9)||Lai Ting-En (11)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium5,824||17–19 |-style="background:#fcc" |37||May 7||Kings||L 95–101||Chris Johnson (19)||Chris Johnson (14)||Hung Kai-Chieh (4)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6,375||17–20 |-style="background:#fcc" |38||May 11||@Dreamers||L 81–85||Chris Johnson (30)||Chris Johnson (21)||Chang, Johnson, Lin C. (3)||Intercontinental Basketball Stadium3,000||17–21 |-style="background:#cfc" |39||May 17||Pilots||W 92–89 (OT)||Jian Ting-Jhao (21)||Ihor Zaytsev (9)||Chou Kuei-Yu (7)||Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium6,275||18–21 |-style="background:#fcc" |40||May 19||@Lioneers||L 109–128||Chris Johnson (22)||Hung, Hsieh (7)||Tyler Bey (5)||Hsinchu County Stadium5,188||18–22
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 BPGSedrick Barefield‡132:596.0033.33%0.00%0.00%2.004.001.000.00Tyler Bey≠932:1318.7854.55%23.26%68.89%9.111.781.670.11Taylor Braun≠‡122:399.000.00%100.00%0.00%7.002.000.000.00Chang Tsung-Hsien1614:023.6340.00%21.43%55.56%1.311.810.630.06Chen Fan Po-Yen2409:494.1334.04%34.48%70.00%1.290.330.170.00Chou Kuei-Yu4025:267.5840.49%31.58%69.23%2.382.701.080.08Ifeanyi Eboka‡1212:274.0843.90%0.00%68.42%3.001.000.750.25Steven Guinchard2009:132.6544.44%25.53%33.33%0.700.800.200.05Hsieh Zong-Rong1606:543.0660.00%14.29%58.82%2.000.130.060.13Hung Kai-Chieh3216:345.5043.48%35.05%73.68%2.031.780.970.13Prince Ibeh≠922:086.6755.10%0.00%40.00%5.330.781.221.78Jian Ting-Jhao3819:546.6148.91%28.97%88.89%1.891.840.370.03Chris Johnson3333:1319.1251.59%35.23%80.47%11.122.880.970.97Lai Ting-En3519:295.5143.37%32.43%65.00%2.173.231.540.00Lin Chih-Chieh3622:209.9453.79%29.28%71.25%4.672.691.030.03Lin Meng-Hsueh505:242.60100.00%25.00%66.67%1.600.400.200.00Matur Maker≠‡119:529.0020.00%50.00%66.67%12.000.000.001.00Justin Patton≠‡723:168.4355.00%9.09%54.55%6.431.000.710.71Wayne Selden Jr.≠‡431:1615.2542.31%31.82%85.71%3.003.251.000.25Mike Singletary‡1335:4921.1546.15%37.84%82.81%9.854.541.380.77Brendon Smart1211:184.2533.33%36.36%100.00%2.170.420.750.25Tsai Wen-Cheng3212:383.9747.12%26.32%56.00%3.341.560.310.03Tsai Zhen-YuehDid not playTseng Hsiang-Chun2715:195.1541.18%33.33%59.52%4.070.780.300.30Wu Yung-Sheng2510:062.9235.90%30.95%54.55%0.920.920.320.00Ihor Zaytsev3532:1614.3457.14%36.75%64.71%7.372.430.910.91Stephen Zimmerman‡628:388.5046.81%0.00%58.33%10.001.831.170.67 ‡ Waived during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
Transactions Free Agency Re-signed DatePlayerContract termsRef. August 22, 2023 Mike Singletary August 23, 2023 Ihor Zaytsev August 24, 2023 Chris Johnson
Additions DatePlayerContract termsFormer TeamRef. July 8, 2023 Sedrick Barefield SLAC August 1, 2023 Wu Yung-Sheng multi-year contract, worth unknown Formosa Taishin Dreamers August 18, 2023 Tsai Zhen-Yueh(Tsai Chen-Yueh) 2+1-year contract, worth unknown NKNU August 31, 2023 Stephen Zimmerman Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka November 7, 2023 Ifeanyi Eboka Hsinchu JKO Lioneers December 15, 2023 Taylor Braun Hsinchu Lioneers January 12, 2024 Justin Patton Shanxi Loongs February 16, 2024 Wayne Selden Jr. Hong Kong Bulls February 27, 2024 Matur Maker Nelson Giants March 15, 2024 Prince Ibeh Peñarol March 22, 2024 Tyler Bey Magnolia Hotshots
Subtractions DatePlayerReasonNew TeamRef. June 30, 2023 Chang Keng-Yu contract expired Taipei Taishin October 2, 2023 Lu Zong-Lin mutual agreement to part ways Taiwan Beer January 4, 2024 Sedrick Barefield mutual agreement to part ways Blackwater Bossing January 4, 2024 Taylor Braun injury January 24, 2024 Stephen Zimmerman contract terminated NS Matrix Deers January 31, 2024 Ifeanyi Eboka mutual agreement to part ways Yulon Luxgen Dinos March 15, 2024 Matur Maker waived Rockhampton Rockets March 15, 2024 Justin Patton waived Indios de San Francisco de Macorís March 22, 2024 Wayne Selden Jr. waived Chorale Roanne April 2, 2024 Mike Singletary injury
Awards End-of-season awards Recipient Award Ref.Lin Chih-Chieh Mr. Popular All-PLG 2nd Team Fubon Angels PLG Cheerleader Squad of the Year Lee Ho-Zeong PLG Cheerleader Rookie of the Year Chou Kuei-Yu All-PLG Team
Players of the Week Week Recipient Date awarded Ref. Week 12 Lin Chih-Chieh January 27 - January 31
Players of the Month Recipient Month awarded Ref. Lin Chih-Chieh January
References