2021 P. League+ Finals

The 2021 P. League+ Finals was the championship series of the P. League+'s (PLG) 2020–21 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Finals began on May 7 and was early ended on May 15 due to the Taiwanese pandemic restrictions after Game 4.[1] The Taipei Fubon Braves, leading 3–1 in the Finals, was declared the champion after the remaining Finals games were cancelled.[2]

2021 P. League+ Finals
TeamCoachWins
Taipei Fubon Braves Hsu Chin-Che 3
Formosa Taishin Dreamers Kyle Julius 1
DatesMay 7–15
MVPMike Singletary
(Taipei Fubon Braves)
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Background edit

Taipei Fubon Braves edit

Formosa Taishin Dreamers edit

Road to the Finals edit

Regular season series edit

The Braves won the regular season series 6–2.

December 19, 2020
Taipei Fubon Braves 89, Formosa Taishin Dreamers 86
Changhua County Stadium, Changhua County
January 31, 2021
Taipei Fubon Braves 111, Formosa Taishin Dreamers 84
Changhua County Stadium, Changhua County
February 6, 2021
Taipei Fubon Braves 91, Formosa Taishin Dreamers 100
Changhua County Stadium, Changhua County
February 27, 2021
Taipei Fubon Braves 89, Formosa Taishin Dreamers 101
Changhua County Stadium, Changhua County

Series summary edit

Game Date Away Team Result Home Team
Game 1 Friday, May 7 Formosa Taishin Dreamers 114–109 (1–0) Taipei Fubon Braves
Game 2 Sunday, May 9 Formosa Taishin Dreamers 82–106 (1–1) Taipei Fubon Braves
Game 3 Thursday, May 13 Taipei Fubon Braves 114–110 (OT) (2–1) Formosa Taishin Dreamers
Game 4 Saturday, May 15 Taipei Fubon Braves 115–90 (3–1) Formosa Taishin Dreamers

Game summaries edit

Game 1 edit

May 7
7:00pm
Formosa Taishin Dreamers 114, Taipei Fubon Braves 109
Scoring by quarter: 31–28, 27–25, 25–30, 31–26
Pts: Stephan Hicks 42
Rebs: Stephan Hicks 17
Asts: Yang Chin-Min 10
Pts: Singletary, Zaytsev 23 each
Rebs: Ihor Zaytsev 15
Asts: Lin C., Singletary 8 each
Dreamers leads series, 1–0
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei City
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Lai Jian-Zhong, Yang He-Ping, Chen Chao-Ying

Game 2 edit

May 9
5:00pm
Formosa Taishin Dreamers 82, Taipei Fubon Braves 106
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 21–28, 22–29, 21–22
Pts: Stephan Hicks 19
Rebs: Anthony Tucker 13
Asts: Anthony Tucker 10
Pts: Mike Singletary 29
Rebs: Mike Singletary 12
Asts: Mike Singletary 8
Series tied, 1–1
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei City
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Hsieh Wen-Wei, Huang Chen-Feng, Lin Ying-Feng

Game 3 edit

May 13
7:00pm
Taipei Fubon Braves 114, Formosa Taishin Dreamers 110 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 28–32, 35–31, 14–23Overtime: 13–9
Pts: Chang Tsung-Hsien 25
Rebs: Mike Singletary 16
Asts: Mike Singletary 12
Pts: Stephan Hicks 31
Rebs: Stephan Hicks 18
Asts: Lee Te-Wei 6
Braves leads series, 2–1
Changhua County Stadium, Changhua County
Attendance: 0
Referees: Hung Yung-Yu, Wang Li-Chang, Yu Hao-Ping

Game 4 edit

May 15
7:00pm
Taipei Fubon Braves 115, Formosa Taishin Dreamers 90
Scoring by quarter: 33–23, 27–15, 31–20, 24–32
Pts: Ihor Zaytsev 25
Rebs: Ihor Zaytsev 17
Asts: J. Lin, Singletary 9 each
Pts: Stephan Hicks 33
Rebs: Stephan Hicks 17
Asts: Kenneth Chien 8
Braves leads series, 3–1
Changhua County Stadium, Changhua County
Attendance: 0
Referees: Hsieh Wen-Wei, Yeh Chun-Hung, Luo Kuo-Hsi

Rosters edit

Taipei Fubon Braves edit

2020–21 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) 27 – (1996-07-22)22 July 1996 FJU
G 1     Joseph Lin 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 31 – (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 Hamilton
G 2   Chien Wei-Ju 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 32 – (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 NTNU
G 3   Chang Tsung-Hsien 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 35 – (1988-12-27)27 December 1988 BYU-Hawaii
G 6     Oscar Lin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1995-08-21)21 August 1995 UCH
F 7   Chang Po-Wei 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 33 – (1990-07-22)22 July 1990 NTUA
F 8   Chou Kuei-Yu 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1998-07-19)19 July 1998 NTNU
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 12   Lin Chih-Chieh 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 41 – (1982-06-11)11 June 1982 PCCU
F 13   Lin Meng-Hsueh 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 NTSU
F 14   Tsai Wen-Cheng (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 38 – (1985-05-31)31 May 1985 NCUE
F 17   Mike Singletary (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 35 – (1988-09-19)19 September 1988 Texas Tech
C 21   Tseng Hsiang-Chun 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1998-08-08)8 August 1998 FJU
C 23   Brendon Smart 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1995-10-05)5 October 1995 UCH
C 32   Ihor Zaytsev (I) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 35 – (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 Ukraine
F 36     Charles García (I) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 35 – (1988-10-13)13 October 1988 Seattle
C 76   Tseng Wen-Ting 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 39 – (1984-07-06)6 July 1984 TPEC
Head coach
  •   Hsu Chin-Che
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Wu Yung-Jen
  •   Lin Wei-Hao
  •   Chiang Chih-Cheng
  •   Wei Wei
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  •   Jheng Wei-Syuan
Athletic trainer(s)
  •   Lin Wu-Chang

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

Formosa Taishin Dreamers edit

2020–21 Formosa Taishin Dreamers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
G 0   Chen Jen-Jei 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 26 – (1997-09-16)16 September 1997 Grand View
F/C 1   Tien Lei 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 40 – (1983-06-01)1 June 1983 NTNU
G 2   Anthony Tucker (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 34 – (1989-09-02)2 September 1989 Minnesota
G/F 6   Yang Chin-Min 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 40 – (1984-01-22)22 January 1984 FJU
C 10   Wang Po-Chih 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 130 kg (287 lb) 27 – (1996-10-29)29 October 1996 NTSU
G 11   Lin Chun-Chi 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 26 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998 UCH
F 12   Jerran Young (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 32 – (1991-12-25)25 December 1991 Wright State
F/C 13     Jonah Morrison 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 23 – (2000-06-02)2 June 2000 UBC
F/C 17   Stephan Hicks (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1992-04-02)2 April 1992 Cal State Northridge
G 18   Yang Shen-Yen 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – (1997-01-18)18 January 1997 NTSU
F 20     Derek King 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1991-09-13)13 September 1991 UC Berkeley
G/F 23     Kenneth Chien 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 29 – (1995-02-06)6 February 1995 Broward
F 24     Randall Walko 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1998-09-21)21 September 1998 TCNJ
C 26   Lee Te-Wei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 32 – (1991-10-15)15 October 1991 NRVS
G 30   Wu Sung-Wei 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 30 – (1993-05-21)21 May 1993 ISU
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Liu Wen-He
  •   Lai Po-Lin
Athletic trainer(s)
  •   Wang Yu-Chih
  •   Hou Yao-Hsin
Team manager
  •   Lin Wu Cheng-Lin

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

Player statistics edit

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
Taipei Fubon Braves
Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Chang Tsung-Hsien 4 33:23 19.00 50.00% 29.63% 66.67% 3.00 3.75 2.00 0.25
Chien Wei-Ju 4 15:38 4.75 33.33% 23.81% 0.00% 2.25 1.50 1.25 0.00
Chou Kuei-Yu 2 09:10 1.00 0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.00
Lai Ting-En 3 08:47 3.00 42.86% 16.67% 0.00% 1.33 0.67 1.00 0.00
Lin Chih-Chieh 4 23:43 8.25 46.15% 21.43% 75.00% 4.25 4.25 0.25 0.00
Joseph Lin 4 17:24 4.75 50.00% 16.67% 66.67% 2.50 4.25 0.25 0.25
Lin Meng-Hsueh 4 21:56 6.00 47.06% 33.33% 100.00% 4.25 1.00 0.75 0.50
Mike Singletary 4 37:44 23.25 59.46% 34.21% 76.92% 12.25 9.25 1.25 0.00
Brendon Smart 2 14:02 6.00 37.50% 66.67% 0.00% 4.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
Tsai Wen-Cheng 4 14:22 8.00 52.38% 22.22% 100.00% 3.75 0.75 1.00 0.00
Tseng Hsiang-Chun 3 18:27 4.67 33.33% 0.00% 100.00% 4.67 0.33 0.67 0.00
Tseng Wen-Ting 4 14:51 3.75 54.55% 16.67% 0.00% 3.25 1.75 0.25 0.00
Ihor Zaytsev 4 35:09 24.00 67.35% 71.43% 83.33% 13.75 2.50 0.75 0.50
Formosa Taishin Dreamers
Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Chen Jen-Jei 4 19:44 9.75 38.46% 34.62% 100.00% 3.00 0.50 0.25 0.00
Kenneth Chien 4 35:47 9.25 41.94% 23.08% 25.00% 1.75 3.25 1.00 0.50
Stephan Hicks 4 40:46 31.25 62.00% 29.27% 71.05% 14.25 1.75 1.25 0.75
Lee Te-Wei 4 35:30 10.00 42.86% 36.36% 57.14% 8.50 3.25 1.50 1.75
Lin Chun-Chi 4 14:18 3.75 50.00% 23.08% 100.00% 1.75 1.00 0.50 0.00
Anthony Tucker 1 38:08 17.00 66.67% 60.00% 0.00% 13.00 10.00 2.00 1.00
Randall Walko 4 24:22 8.00 30.00% 28.57% 72.73% 3.25 1.25 0.50 0.75
Wang Po-Chih 4 13:26 5.00 60.00% 0.00% 100.00% 3.50 0.50 0.25 0.00
Wu Sung-Wei 3 06:36 1.00 0.00% 14.29% 0.00% 0.00 0.00 0.33 0.00
Yang Chin-Min 4 35:22 12.25 70.00% 35.71% 83.33% 5.75 5.00 1.50 0.25
Yang Shen-Yen 1 11:50 3.00 0.00% 25.00% 0.00% 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.00
Jerran Young 2 19:02 8.00 71.43% 50.00% 0.00% 2.00 2.00 1.00 0.00

References edit

  1. ^ "2020–21 Finals Schedule". P. League+. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "疫情影響復賽機會低 聯盟裁定臺北富邦勇士為2020-21賽季總冠軍". P. League+. May 18, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2022.