2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves season

Taipei Fubon Braves

2019-20 season
President	Tsai Ming-Chung
General Manager	Tsai Cherng-Ru
Head Coach	Hsu Chin-Che
Arena	Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
ABL	9-8(.529)
Biggest win	Braves 100-85 Black Bears (January 10, 2020) Braves 104-89 Wolf Warriors (January 12, 2020)
Biggest defeat	Braves 60-92 Dragons (February 12, 2020)

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]

Standings

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

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

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) 36 – (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) 30 – (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

FIBA Asia Champions Cup

East Asia Qualifiers

August 13

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

September 24

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

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

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

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

Free Agency

Re-signed

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

Additions

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

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

Players of the Month

Recipient	Month awarded	Ref.
O. J. Mayo	January

Players of the Week

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

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