2020–21 Hsinchu JKO Lioneers season explained

Club:Hsinchu JKO Lioneers
Season:2020-21
Chrtitle:General Manager
Chairman:Kenny Kao
Ownertitle:President
Owner:Hu Lung-Chih
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Manager:Lin Kuan-Lun
Stdtitle:Arena
Stadium:Hsinchu County Stadium
League:P. League+
League Result:9-15(.375)
Playoffs Result:Did not qualify
Top Scorer:LaDontae Henton(26.30)
Rebounds Leader:Hasheem Thabeet(14.26)
Assists Leader:Kao Kuo-Hao(4.36)
Highest Attendance:8,168
(January 23, 2021)
Lowest Attendance:5,103
(February 27, 2021)
Average Attendance:6,317(regular season)
Largest Win:Lioneers 132-88 Pilots
(March 28, 2021)
Largest Loss:Lioneers 82-111 Pilots
(February 6, 2021)
Updated:November 8, 2021
Nextseason:2021–22

The 2020–21 Hsinchu JKO Lioneers season was the first season of the franchise in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG), its 1st in the Hsinchu County and playing home games at Hsinchu County Stadium. The Lioneers are coached by Lin Kuan-Lun in his first year as head coach[1]

Preseason

On September 9, 2020, former Taiwanese professional basketball player Blackie Chen announcing the establishment of P. LEAGUE+ (PLG). The first game of PLG was started on December 19, 2020.[2]

Draft

The P. LEAGUE+ (PLG) did not hold a draft in its first season.

Game log

Preseason

2020 preseason game log
Total:3-3 (Home:3-0, Road:0-3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location attendance Record
1 October 17 W 87-80 Kao Kuo-Hao (30) Chieng Li-Huan (16) Chieng Li-Huan (4) 1-0
2 October 18 L 81-93 Kao Kuo-Hao (16)
Chieng Li-Huan (16)
Lee Chia-Jui (7) Lee Chia-Jui (2)
Chieng Li-Huan (4)
Pan Kuan-Han (4)
1-1
3 November 7 L 104-122 Chieng Li-Huan (17) Kao Kuo-Hao (7) Chieng Li-Huan (3)
Elliot Tan (3)
1-2
4 November 8 W 92-87 Chieng Li-Huan (23) Lee Chia-Jui (6) Tien Hao (5)
Kao Kuo-Hao (5)
2-2
5 November 21 L 71-107 Chieng Li-Huan (11) Lee Chia-Jui (5) Kao Kuo-Hao (3) National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 2-3
6 November 22 W 96-87 Chieng Li-Huan (26) Lee Chia-Jui (15) Kao Kuo-Hao (9) National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 3-3

Regular season

2020–21 regular season game log
Total: 9-15 (Home: 5-7, Road: 4-8)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location attendance Record
1 December 26 W 97-91 Chieng Li-Huan (24) Lee Chia-Jui (11) Kao Kuo-Hao (5) Hsinchu County Stadium
6,688
1-0
2 December 27 L 87-96 LaDontae Henton (23) Julian Wright (12) Kao Kuo-Hao (7) Hsinchu County Stadium
7,236
1-1
3 January 3 L 86-96 Kao Kuo-Hao (19) Julian Wright (13) Kao Kuo-Hao (5) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
7,000
1-2
4 January 9 L 87-95 LaDontae Henton (35) LaDontae Henton (12) Kao Kuo-Hao (9) Hsinchu County Stadium
5,798
1-3
5 January 10 L 98-105 LaDontae Henton (27) Hasheem Thabeet (9) Kao Kuo-Hao (7) Hsinchu County Stadium
6,377
1-4
6 January 16 L 91-106 LaDontae Henton (23) Julian Wright (7) Tien Hao (5) Taoyuan Arena
0
1-5
7 January 17 W 111-102 LaDontae Henton (24) Julian Wright (13) Julian Wright (10) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
6,968
2-5
8 January 23 L 67-87 Hasheem Thabeet (15) Julian Wright (17) Julian Wright (4)
Chieng Li-Huan (4)
Hsinchu County Stadium
8,168
2-6
9 January 24 L 81-92 Chieng Li-Huan (17) Julian Wright (12) Julian Wright (4)
Lee Chia-Jui (4)
Hsinchu County Stadium
5,967
2-7
10 January 30 L 92-103 Hasheem Thabeet (28) Hasheem Thabeet (16) Julian Wright (6) Changhua County Stadium
4,521
2-8
11 January 31 W 84-72 Julian Wright (26) Hasheem Thabeet (15) Lin Ming-Yi (4)
Tien Hao (4)
Taoyuan Arena
0
3-8
12 February 6 L 82-111 Hasheem Thabeet (17) Julian Wright (10) Cheng Wei (6) Taoyuan Arena
0
3-9
13 February 7 L 85-96 Hasheem Thabeet (16) Hasheem Thabeet (15) Julian Wright (7) Changhua County Stadium
3,886
3-10
14 February 20 L 102-108 LaDontae Henton (30) Hasheem Thabeet (12) Kao Kuo-Hao (6) Taoyuan Arena
2,000
3-11
15 February 21 L 97-106 Branden Dawson (21) Hasheem Thabeet (20) Kao Kuo-Hao (5) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
7,000
3-12
16 February 27 L 98-106 LaDontae Henton (40) Hasheem Thabeet (18) Lin Ming-Yi (9) Hsinchu County Stadium
5,103
3-13
17 March 1 W 83-76 Kao Kuo-Hao (18) Hasheem Thabeet (12) Kao Kuo-Hao (4)
Lin Ming-Yi (4)
Hsinchu County Stadium
6,331
4-13
18 March 7 L 105-109 Hasheem Thabeet (27) Hasheem Thabeet (17) Kao Kuo-Hao (7) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
7,000
4-14
19 March 13 W 105-88 LaDontae Henton (29) Hasheem Thabeet (15) LaDontae Henton (7) Hsinchu County Stadium
5,188
5-14
20 March 14 W 112-105 Hasheem Thabeet (27) Hasheem Thabeet (17) Lin Ming-Yi (6)
Kao Kuo-Hao (6)
Hsinchu County Stadium
5,893
6-14
21 March 20 W 99-87 Branden Dawson (23) Hasheem Thabeet (19) Lin Ming-Yi (5) National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium
4,000
7-14
22 March 27 L 91-99 Hasheem Thabeet (18) Hasheem Thabeet (21) Tien Hao (8) Hsinchu County Stadium
7,078
7-15
23 March 28 W 132-82 Branden Dawson (32) Branden Dawson (17) Branden Dawson (10) Hsinchu County Stadium
5,978
8-15
24 April 4 W 108-100 Hasheem Thabeet (37) Hasheem Thabeet (16) Chieng Li-Huan (9) Changhua County Stadium
6,000
9-15

Regular season note

Player statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

Regular season

Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Hsiao Hsun-Yi 21 13:00 4.33 47.27% 29.41% 61.54% 1.71 0.81 0.38 0.05
Cheng Wei 15 13:26 3.73 48.00% 23.33% 68.75% 0.73 1.40 1.13 0.00
Lin Ming-Yi 17 17:40 3.94 22.58% 23.26% 88.46% 2.71 2.88 0.94 0.00
Kao Kuo-Hao 22 30:13 12.41 39.90% 28.40% 76.67% 4.95 4.36 2.55 0.05
Sung Yu-Hsuan 10 09:47 5.20 48.65% 40.00% 76.92% 0.80 1.00 0.30 0.10
Elliot Tan 17 19:47 7.82 42.86% 36.36% 70.00% 2.88 1.53 0.71 0.00
Lin Li-Jen 7 07:13 1.57 0.00% 18.75% 100.00% 0.57 0.29 0.00 0.00
Pan Kuan-Han 13 13:22 2.46 20.00% 23.81% 50.00% 2.00 0.62 0.62 0.15
Lee Chia-Jui 24 20:50 5.96 32.99% 26.09% 54.35% 3.92 1.63 0.33 0.38
Tsai Chien-Yu 2 02:51 3.50 50.00% 100.00% 50.00% 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tien Hao 19 17:35 4.84 42.00% 31.82% 40.00% 2.74 3.16 1.11 0.00
Lu Che-Yi 1 00:51 0.00 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Chieng Li-Huan 24 29:48 13.25 49.48% 28.74% 77.94% 4.13 2.29 0.79 1.29
7 33:49 21.14 55.36% 23.53% 54.55% 11.43 4.14 2.00 1.29
10 37:40 26.30 45.79% 40.79% 81.82% 8.20 2.40 1.40 0.30
11 33:29 14.55 43.75% 28.07% 58.33% 11.45 4.09 2.09 0.55
19 39:15 18.21 60.85% 0.00% 56.05% 14.26 1.42 1.47 3.26
Iong Ngai-San 22 06:56 1.82 30.77% 20.00% 50.00% 1.59 0.18 0.32 0.36
18 12:26 2.67 53.33% 20.00% 66.67% 1.89 1.17 0.28 0.39

Transactions

Free Agency

Additions

Date Player Contract terms Former teams Ref.
August 3, 2020 Hsiao Shun-Yi [4]
August 3, 2020 Cheng Wei Formosa Dreamers
August 3, 2020 Sung Yu-Hsuan Henan Golden Elephants
August 3, 2020 Elliot Tan Taoyuan Pauian Archiland
August 3, 2020 Lin Li-Jen Yulon Luxgen Dinos
August 3, 2020 Pan Kuan-Han Yulon Luxgen Dinos
August 3, 2020 Lee Chia-Jui Jeoutai Technology
August 3, 2020 Chieng Li-Huan 1+1-year contract, worth unknown Taiwan Beer
August 3, 2020 Iong Ngai-San NTNU Master
August 3, 2020 Taoyuan Pauian Archiland
September 1, 2020 Tien Hao [5]
September 1, 2020 Lu Che-Yi [6]
September 1, 2020 Tsai Chien-Yu CKIMH
September 9, 2020 Kao Kuo-Hao 3-year contract, worth unknown [7]
September 26, 2020 [8]
November 26, 2020 [9]
November 29, 2020 [10]
January 21, 2021 Lin Ming-Yi Hunan Jinjian Rice Industry [11]
February 15, 2021 [12]

Subtractions

Awards

End-of-Season Awards

Recipient Award Ref.
Kao Kuo-Hao Rookie of the Year [16]
All-Defensive Team
Chieng Li-Huan All-PLG Team [17]
All-Defensive Team
Defensive Player of the Year
All-Defensive Team
Rebounds Leader [18]
Blocks Leader
Best Home Court [19]

Players of the Week

Week Recipient Date awarded Ref.
Preseason Chieng Li-Huan
Kao Kuo-Hao
October 7 - November 22 [21]
Week 2 Chieng Li-Huan December 26 - December 27 [22]
Week 3 Kao Kuo-Hao January 2 - January 3 [23]
Week 4 Kao Kuo-Hao January 9 - January 10 [24]
Week 5 January 16 - January 17 [25]
Week 6 Tien Hao January 23 - January 24 [26]
Week 7 Chieng Li-Huan January 30 - January 31 [27]
Week 8 Cheng Wei February 6 - February 7 [28]
Week 9 Kao Kuo-Hao February 20 - February 21 [29]
Week 10 Kao Kuo-Hao February 27 - March 1 [30]
Week 11 Kao Kuo-Hao March 6 - March 7 [31]
Week 12 March 13 - March 14 [32]
Week 13 March 20 - March 21 [33]
Week 14 March 27 - March 28 [34]
Week 15 April 3 - April 5 [35]

Notes and References

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  3. Web site: 2021-22 球員數據 | P. League+ .
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  5. Web site: UBA明星控衛休學挑戰 田浩正式加盟新竹攻城獅. Liberty Times Net. September 1, 2020. November 9, 2021.
  6. News: 田浩、盧哲毅加盟攻城獅 熱身賽10月中新竹開打 . November 9, 2021 . United Daily News . September 1, 2020 . April 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417121229/https://udn.com/news/story/7003/4826508.
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  8. 前NBA榜眼Hasheem Thabeet正式加盟 巨獅誓言守護新竹攻城獅禁區 . 新竹街口攻城獅 . November 9, 2021 . September 26, 2020 . April 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417121037/https://www.lioneers.tw/pages/announcement-thabeet.
  9. 新竹攻城獅再添一位左手怪傑 洋將拉東特・狠投正式抵台 . 新竹街口攻城獅 . November 9, 2021 . November 26, 2020 . July 25, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210725101234/https://www.lioneers.tw/pages/announcement-henton.
  10. 新竹攻城獅禁區再升級 洋將朱利安・雷特正式抵台 . 新竹街口攻城獅 . November 9, 2021 . November 29, 2020 . April 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417121233/https://www.lioneers.tw/pages/announcement-wright.
  11. 林明毅正式加盟新竹街口攻城獅 披3號戰袍征戰新賽季 . 新竹街口攻城獅 . November 9, 2021 . January 21, 2021 . April 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417121243/https://www.lioneers.tw/pages/announcement-mingyi.
  12. 布蘭登・大勝加盟新竹街口攻城獅 披22號戰袍征戰PLG下半季 . 新竹街口攻城獅 . November 9, 2021 . February 15, 2021 . April 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417121224/https://www.lioneers.tw/pages/announcement-dawson.
  13. Web site: 「最強洋將」掰掰!墊底的攻城獅與雷特解約. Liberty Times Net. February 14, 2020. November 9, 2021.
  14. Rosters Finalized as July 10 looms . BIG3 . November 9, 2021 . June 15, 2021.
  15. Web site: T1聯盟/萊特回鍋台灣籃壇 改披台中葳格太陽戰袍. United Daily News. December 21, 2021. December 21, 2021.
  16. Web site: 高國豪獲選年度新人王 沃克獲選年度第六人. P. LEAGUE+. April 19, 2021. November 10, 2021.
  17. 年度第一隊 四隊皆有球員入選 . November 10, 2021 . P. LEAGUE+ . May 3, 2021 . May 3, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210503071754/https://pleagueofficial.com/news-detail/72 .
  18. Web site: 聯盟公布年度數據獎項得主. P. LEAGUE+. April 12, 2021. November 10, 2021.
  19. 林志傑獲年度人氣王殊榮 攻城獅獲選年度主場 少俠田壘獲選年度受訪 . November 10, 2021 . P. LEAGUE+ . April 16, 2021 . April 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210422044033/https://pleagueofficial.com/news-detail/65 .
  20. 得分籃板阻攻樣樣表現出色 新竹街口攻城獅塔壁 獲選單月最有價值球員 . November 10, 2021 . P. LEAGUE+ . April 2, 2021 . April 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417121352/https://pleagueofficial.com/news-detail/60 .
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