2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves season

The 2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves season was the franchise's 22nd league season, the first season of the franchise in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), its 1st in the Taipei City and playing home games at Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium. They are coached by Hsu Chin-Che in his third year as head coach.[1]

Taipei Fubon Braves
2019-20 season
PresidentTsai Ming-Chung
General ManagerTsai Cherng-Ru
Head CoachHsu Chin-Che
ArenaTaipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
ABL9-8(.529)
Biggest winBraves 100-85 Black Bears
(January 10, 2020)
Braves 104-89 Wolf Warriors
(January 12, 2020)
Biggest defeatBraves 60-92 Dragons
(February 12, 2020)

Standings

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Team GP W L PCT
 Mono Vampire 16 12 4 .750
 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas 16 10 6 .625
 Kuala Lumpur Dragons 17 10 7 .588
 Formosa Dreamers 14 8 6 .571
 Taipei Fubon Braves 17 9 8 .529
 Macau Black Bears 14 7 7 .500
 Singapore Slingers 17 7 10 .412
 Macau Wolf Warriors 13 5 8 .385
 Hong Kong Eastern 10 3 7 .300
 Saigon Heat 14 3 11 .214

Roster

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2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
G 0   Lai Ting-En 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 28 – (1996-07-22)22 July 1996 Fu Jen
G 1     Joseph Lin 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 32 – (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 Hamilton
G 6     Oscar Lin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 29 – (1995-08-21)21 August 1995 Chien Hsin Tech
F 7   Chang Po-Wei 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 34 – (1990-07-22)22 July 1990 NTUA
F 9   Kuo Shao-Chieh 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 34 – (1990-04-09)9 April 1990 TNU
F 11   Hsiao Shun-Yi 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 32 – (1992-10-23)23 October 1992 NTUA
F 12   Lin Chih-Chieh 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 42 – (1982-06-11)11 June 1982 Chinese Culture
F 13   Lin Meng-Hsueh 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 32 – (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 NTSU
F 14   Tsai Wen-Cheng 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 39 – (1985-05-31)31 May 1985 NCUE
C 15   Lin Chih-Wei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1992-07-10)10 July 1992 Chinese Culture
C 16   Wu Hung-Hsing 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 36 – (1988-10-21)21 October 1988 SRSH
G 24   Hung Chih-Shan 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 39 – (1985-07-05)5 July 1985 NTUT
F 28   Yang Hsing-Chih 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1993-11-09)9 November 1993 NTNU
F 30   Liu Weir-Chern 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 35 – (1988-11-27)27 November 1988 MingDao
G 32   O. J. Mayo (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 37 – (1987-11-05)5 November 1987 USC
F 36     Charles García (I) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 36 – (1988-10-13)13 October 1988 Seattle
C 76   Tseng Wen-Ting 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 40 – (1984-07-06)6 July 1984 TPEC
F 91   Tsai Yang-Ming 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1995-01-08)8 January 1995 Fu Jen
G 00   Li Ping-Hung 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 35 – (1989-11-03)3 November 1989 NTNU
C -     Samuel Deguara (I) 2.30 m (7 ft 7 in) 131 kg (289 lb) 33 – (1991-06-21)21 June 1991 Malta
Head coach
  •   Hsu Chin-Che
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Wu Yung-Jen
  •   Lin Wei-Hao
  •   Chiang Chih-Chen
  •   Wei Wei
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  •   Jheng Wei-Syuan
Athletic trainer(s)
  •   Lin Wu-Chang

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  •   Injured

Game log

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East Asia Qualifiers

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August 13
Fubon Braves  100–56  Punjab Police
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 28–7, 25–11, 20–22
Pts: Liu Weir-Chern 18
Rebs: Charles García 11
Asts: Lai Ting-En 6
Pts: Rajvir Singh 23
Rebs: Nitish Kumar Sharma 13
Asts: Rajvir Singh 3
Bangkok Thai-Japan Youth Arena I, Bangkok
Referees: Harja Jaladri, Leong Chuen Wing, Nattapong Jontapa
August 14
Fubon Braves  100–46  SAFSA
Scoring by quarter: 26–7, 23–11, 27–18, 24–10
Pts: Chang Po-Wei 20
Rebs: Wu Hung-Hsing 8
Asts: Lai, Liu 5 each
Pts: Leon Kwek 20
Rebs: Naqib Borhan 7
Asts: Leon Kwek 3
Bangkok Thai-Japan Youth Arena I, Bangkok
Referees: Ricor Buaron, Preeda Muongmee, Prem Kumar Kanneboina
August 15
HiTech Bangkok City  76–77  Fubon Braves
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 29–21, 15–15, 17–29
Pts: Xavier Alexander 29
Rebs: John Fields 15
Asts: Alexander, Muangboon 6 each
Pts: Charles García 20
Rebs: Charles García 12
Asts: JeQuan Lewis 5
Bangkok Thai-Japan Youth Arena I, Bangkok
Referees: Harja Jaladri, Leong Chuen Wing, Imran Ali Baig

Group Phase

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September 24
HiTech Bangkok City  69–88  Fubon Braves
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 26–18, 12–30, 17–21
Pts: Nino Johnson 18
Rebs: Nino Johnson 14
Asts: Nattakarn Muangboon 3
Pts: Sim Bhullar 23
Rebs: Bhullar, García 14 each
Asts: Tsai Wen-Cheng 6
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
September 25
Fubon Braves  66–68  Naft Abadan
Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 11–11, 12–21, 20–7
Pts: Kuo Shao-Chieh 19
Rebs: Sim Bhullar 18
Asts: Tsai Wen-Cheng 5
Pts: Hamed Haddadi 18
Rebs: Hamed Haddadi 18
Asts: Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 6
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
September 26
Fubon Braves  81–85  Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 14–20, 23–13, 24–33
Pts: Bhullar, García 22 each
Rebs: Sim Bhullar 15
Asts: Tsai Wen-Cheng 5
Pts: Kevin Murphy 33
Rebs: Kevin Murphy 11
Asts: Mohamed Buallay 7
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Regular season

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2019–20 regular season game log
Total: 9-8 (Home: 6-2, Road: 3-6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location attendance Record
1 November 16 Macau Black Bears W 95-91 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 1-0
2 November 17 Kuala Lumpur Dragons L 90-91 O. J. Mayo (23) Charles García (9) Lin Chih-Chieh (4) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 1-1
3 November 29 Macau Black Bears W 106-93 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 2-1
4 November 30 Hong Kong Eastern W 102-89 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 3-1
5 December 7 @Formosa Dreamers W 90-81 Changhua County Stadium 4-1
6 December 12 @Macau Wolf Warriors L 83-88 Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium 4-2
7 December 21 @Formosa Dreamers L 80-88 Changhua County Stadium 4-3
8 January 3 Formosa Dreamers W 83-76 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5-3
9 January 4 Singapore Slingers W 83-77 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6-3
10 January 7 @San Miguel Alab Pilipinas L 96-101 O. J. Mayo (35) Maxie Esho (6)
O. J. Mayo (6)
Charles García (6)
O. J. Mayo (9) Filoil Flying V Centre 6-4
11 January 10 @Macau Black Bears W 100-85 The Venetian Macao 7-4
12 January 12 @Macau Wolf Warriors W 104-89 O. J. Mayo (22) Maxie Esho (10) O. J. Mayo (10) Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium 8-4
13 January 17 Mono Vampire W 98-97 Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 9-4
14 January 18 Hong Kong Eastern L 78-105 O. J. Mayo (23)
Charles García (23)
Charles García (5) Joseph Lin (4) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 9-5
15 February 9 @Singapore Slingers L 99-106(OT) Maxie Esho (25)
Charles García (25)
Charles García (10) Maxie Esho (5) OCBC Arena 9-6
16 February 12 @Kuala Lumpur Dragons L 60-92 Maxie Esho (17) Maxie Esho (9) Tsai Wen-Cheng (2)
O. J. Mayo (2)
MABA Stadium 9-7
17 February 15 @Mono Vampire L 86-90 (OT) Charles García (22) Charles García (9) O. J. Mayo (9) Stadium 29 9-8

Player statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  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

Regular season

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Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Lai Ting-En 10 7.1 2.1 52% 75% 0% 0.6 1.4 0.7 0.0
Joseph Lin 13 24.7 8.4 49% 29% 50% 2.8 3.2 1.5 0.0
Oscar Lin 7 8.7 2.4 63% 33% 100% 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.2
Chang Po-Wei 13 7.8 2.3 27% 16% 57% 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0
Sim Bhullar
Kuo Shao-Chieh 16 6.7 3.0 42% 31% 100% 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.0
Hsiao Shun-Yi 2 2.6 0.0 0% 0% 0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lin Chih-Chieh 6 23.0 10.8 47% 39% 66% 3.5 4.0 0.6 0.0
Lin Meng-Hsueh 13 10.5 2.0 41% 11% 62% 2.0 0.6 0.0 0.0
Tsai Wen-Cheng 14 24.6 9.0 46% 45% 66% 4.1 2.0 0.9 0.0
Lin Chih-Wei 3 1.5 0.0 0% 0% 0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wu Hung-Hsing 6 4.7 0.8 40% 0% 50% 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Maxie Esho 10 34.1 18.1 45% 34% 75% 6.4 1.5 1.1 1.1
Hung Chih-Shan 17 11.8 2.5 45% 39% 0% 1.0 1.4 0.1 0.0
Yang Hsing-Chih
Liu Weir-Chern 4 3.5 0.0 0% 0% 0% 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0
O. J. Mayo 17 33.9 22.0 49% 44% 69% 4.7 4.4 1.7 0.2
Charles García 17 31.0 19.8 54% 21% 79% 9.1 2.4 1.0 1.0
Tseng Wen-Ting 17 16.6 3.1 38% 26% 0% 2.6 2.1 0.5 0.5
Tsai Yang-Ming
Li Ping-Hung

Transactions

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Free Agency

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Re-signed

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Date Player Contract terms Ref.
August 29, 2019 Hung Chih-Shan [2]
October 17, 2019 Charles García [3]

Additions

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Date Player Contract terms Former teams Ref.
August 11, 2019 Lin Bing-Sheng PCCU [4]
August 11, 2019 JeQuan Lewis Kymis
August 15, 2019 Lin Chih-Chieh Zhejiang Guangsha Lions [5]
August 28, 2019 Oscar Lin UCH [6]
September 22, 2019 Sim Bhullar Dacin Tigers [7]
October 18, 2019 O. J. Mayo Hunan Jinjian Miye [8]
October 19, 2019 Tseng Wen-Ting Sichuan Jinqiang Blue Whales [8]
December 24, 2019 Maxie Esho CLS Knights Indonesia [9]
March 2, 2020 Samuel Deguara San Miguel Alab Pilipinas [10]

Subtractions

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Date Player Reason New team Ref.
April 23, 2019 Tony Mitchell contract expired NLEX Road Warriors [11]
August 28, 2019 JeQuan Lewis P.A.O.K. [12]
September 5, 2019 Chang Tsung-Hsien contract expired Formosa Dreamers [13]
September 23, 2019 Lin Bing-Sheng Shaanxi Xinda Wolves [14]
September 29, 2019 Lee Ying-Feng contract expired Jeoutai Technology [15]
January 2, 2020 Sim Bhullar injury
replaced by Maxie Esho
Yulon Luxgen Dinos [16]
March 2, 2020 Maxie Esho injury
replaced by Samuel Deguara
Hebraica Macabi [17][18]

Awards

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Players of the Month

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Recipient Month awarded Ref.
O. J. Mayo January

Players of the Week

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Week Recipient Ref.
Week 3 O. J. Mayo [19]
Week 7 O. J. Mayo

References

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