2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves season explained

Club:Taipei Fubon Braves
Season:2019-20
Chrtitle:General Manager
Chairman:Tsai Cherng-Ru
Ownertitle:President
Owner:Tsai Ming-Chung
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Manager:Hsu Chin-Che
Stdtitle:Arena
Stadium:Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
League:ABL
League Result:9-8(.529)
Largest Win:Braves 100-85 Black Bears
(January 10, 2020)
Braves 104-89 Wolf Warriors
(January 12, 2020)
Largest Loss:Braves 60-92 Dragons
(February 12, 2020)
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21

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
16 12 4
16 10 6
17 10 7
14 8 6
Taipei Fubon Braves 17 9 8
14 7 7
17 7 10
13 5 8
10 3 7
14 3 11

Game log

Group Phase

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 W 95-91 1-0
2 November 17 L 90-91 O. J. Mayo (23) Charles García (9) Lin Chih-Chieh (4) 1-1
3 November 29 W 106-93 2-1
4 November 30 W 102-89 3-1
5 December 7 W 90-81 Changhua County Stadium 4-1
6 December 12 L 83-88 Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium 4-2
7 December 21 L 80-88 Changhua County Stadium 4-3
8 January 3 W 83-76 5-3
9 January 4 W 83-77 6-3
10 January 7 L 96-101 O. J. Mayo (35) Maxie Esho (6)
O. J. Mayo (6)
Charles García (6)
O. J. Mayo (9) 6-4
11 January 10 W 100-85 7-4
12 January 12 W 104-89 O. J. Mayo (22) Maxie Esho (10) O. J. Mayo (10) Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium 8-4
13 January 17 W 98-97 9-4
14 January 18 L 78-105 O. J. Mayo (23)
Charles García (23)
Charles García (5) Joseph Lin (4) 9-5
15 February 9 L 99-106(OT) Maxie Esho (25)
Charles García (25)
Charles García (10) Maxie Esho (5) 9-6
16 February 12 L 60-92 Maxie Esho (17) Maxie Esho (9) Tsai Wen-Cheng (2)
O. J. Mayo (2)
MABA Stadium 9-7
17 February 15 L 86-90 (OT) Charles García (22) Charles García (9) O. J. Mayo (9) Stadium 29 9-8

Player statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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
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
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
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
17 33.9 22.0 49% 44% 69% 4.7 4.4 1.7 0.2
17 31.0 19.8 54% 21% 79% 9.1 2.4 1.0 1.0
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 [3]

Additions

Date Player Contract terms Former teams Ref.
August 11, 2019 Lin Bing-Sheng [4]
August 11, 2019 Kymis
August 15, 2019 [5]
August 28, 2019 Oscar Lin [6]
September 22, 2019 [7]
October 18, 2019 Hunan Jinjian Miye [8]
October 19, 2019
December 24, 2019 Maxie Esho [9]
March 2, 2020 [10]

Subtractions

Date Player Reason New team Ref.
April 23, 2019 contract expired [11]
August 28, 2019 [12]
September 5, 2019 contract expired [13]
September 23, 2019 Lin Bing-Sheng [14]
September 29, 2019 Lee Ying-Feng contract expired [15]
January 2, 2020 injury
replaced by Maxie Esho
[16]
March 2, 2020 Maxie Esho [17] [18]

Awards

Players of the Week

Week Recipient Ref.
Week 3 [19]
Week 7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taiwan’s Fubon Braves Announce Entry into the ABL. ASEAN Sports. August 6, 2019.
  2. Web site: Facebook Posts. Meta. August 29, 2019.
  3. Web site: Facebook Posts. Meta. October 17, 2019.
  4. Web site: Facebook Posts. Meta. August 11, 2019.
  5. Web site: Facebook Posts. Meta. August 15, 2019.
  6. Web site: Facebook Posts. Meta. August 28, 2019.
  7. Web site: Facebook Posts. Meta. September 22, 2019.
  8. Web site: Tseng, Mayo Officially Signed by the Fubon Braves. ASEAN Sports. October 18, 2019.
  9. Web site: Maxie Esho Inks With Taipei Fubon Braves. ASEAN Sports. December 18, 2019.
  10. Web site: ABL/富邦勇士艾索因傷離隊 簽「馬爾他巨獸」、加國悍將測試. ETtoday. March 2, 2020.
  11. Web site: NLEX Road Warriors bringing in Tony Mitchell for Commissioner’s Cup. Sports Interactive Network Philippines. April 23, 2019.
  12. Web site: JeQuan Lewis joins PAOK. Eurohoops. August 28, 2019.
  13. Web site: 張宗憲換跑道 改飛夢想家. TSNA. September 5, 2019.
  14. Web site: 林秉聖旅外續追籃球夢 加盟NBL陝西信達. ETtoday. September 23, 2019.
  15. Web site: 觀護盃/轉戰九太再出發 李盈鋒盼變身洋將防守大鎖. ETtoday. September 29, 2019.
  16. Web site: Facebook Posts. Meta. January 2, 2020.
  17. Web site: Facebook Posts. Meta. March 2, 2020.
  18. Web site: LUB 2021: todo lo que hay que saber. Tenfield S.A.. March 10, 2021. June 29, 2022.
  19. Web site: O.J. Mayo Takes Player of the Week Honors. ASEAN Basketball League. December 2, 2019.