2020–21 Taoyuan Pilots season explained

Club:	Taoyuan Pilots
Season:	2020-21
Chrtitle:	General Manager
Chairman:	Chen Hsin-An
Ownertitle:	President
Owner:	Li Chung-Shu
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Manager:	Liu I-Hsiang (resigned) Yang I-Feng (interim)
Stdtitle:	Arena
Stadium:	Taoyuan Arena
League:	P. League+
League Result:	10-14(.417)
Playoffs Result:	P. League+ Playoffs (lost to Dreamers 2-3)
Top Scorer:	Davon Reed(25.67)
Rebounds Leader:	Kadeem Jack(13.17)
Assists Leader:	Davon Reed(4.80)
Highest Attendance:	4,537 (April 5, 2021)
Lowest Attendance:	0 (January 16, 2021 to February 7, 2021)
Average Attendance:	992(regular season)
Largest Win:	Pilots 111-82 Lioneers (February 6, 2021)
Largest Loss:	Pilots 82-132 Lioneers (March 28, 2021)
Updated:	November 7, 2021
Nextseason:	2021–22

The 2020–21 Taoyuan Pilots season was the first season of the franchise in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG), first season overall, and its first in the Taoyuan City and playing home games at Taoyuan Arena. The Pilots were originally coached by Liu Yi-Hsiang, Liu resigned as head coach on December 22, 2020, due to personal matters.^[1] Yang I-Feng is currently acting as head coach temporarily.

Preseason

On September 9, 2020, former Taiwanese professional basketball player Blackie Chen announcing the establishment of P. LEAGUE+ (PLG). The first game of PLG regular season 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: 0-6 (home:0-2, Road:0-4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location attendance	Record
1	October 17		L 67-75	Shih Chin-Yao (23)	Shih Yen-Tsung (10)	Wu Jia-Jun (5)	Hsinchu County Stadium 8,068	0-1
2	October 18		L 77-84	Lin Yao-Tsung (19)	Sun Szu-Yao (14)	Wu Jia-Jun (4)	Hsinchu County Stadium 7,888	0-2
3	November 7		L 71-109	Shih Chin-Yao (20)	Lin Yao-Tsung (8)	Chen Ching-Huan (4) Shih Yen-Tsung (4)	Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,459	0-3
4	November 8		L 87-92	Shih Chin-Yao (21)	Shih Yen-Tsung (10) Chen Kuan-Chuan (10)	Chen Kuan-Chuan (4) Chen Ching-Huan (4) Chin-Yao Shih (4)	Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,606	0-4
5	November 21		L 86-93	Shih Chin-Yao (23)	Shih Chin-Yao (13)	Shih Chin-Yao (9)	National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 4,500	0-5
6	November 22		L 87-96	Lin Yao-Tsung (23)	Lin Yao-Tsung(17)	Shih Chin-Yao (5)	National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 4,700	0-6

Regular season

2020–21 regular season game log
Total:10-14 (home: 3–9, Road:7-5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location attendance	Record
1	December 20		W 103-83	Kadeem Jack (22)	Quincy Davis (14) Kadeem Jack (14)	Davon Reed (10)	Changhua County Stadium 3,689	1-0
2	December 26		L 91-97	Davon Reed (39)	Quincy Davis (15)	Peng Chun-Yen (4) Davon Reed (4)	Hsinchu County Stadium 6,688	1-1
3	January 2		L 83-93	Davon Reed (31)	Davon Reed (12)	Davon Reed (6)	Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 7,000	1-2
4	January 3		W 104-100	Kadeem Jack (27)	Kadeem Jack (12)	Willie Warren (11)	Taoyuan Arena 3,862	2-2
5	January 16		W 106-91	Davon Reed (31)	Davon Reed (12) Chen Kuan-Chuan (12)	Willie Warren (7)	Taoyuan Arena 0	3-2
6	January 17		W 90-86	Davon Reed (27)	Kadeem Jack (18)	Davon Reed (5)	Taoyuan Arena 0	4-2
7	January 23		W 89-84	Kadeem Jack (31)	Kadeem Jack (19)	Davon Reed (6)	Taoyuan Arena 0	5-2
8	January 24		L 79-102	Davon Reed (26) Quincy Davis (26)	Quincy Davis (17)	Willie Warren (6)	Taoyuan Arena 0	5-3
9	January 30		L 97-110	Davon Reed (31)	Davon Reed (14) Kadeem Jack (14)	Shih Chin-Yao (7)	Taoyuan Arena 0	5-4
10	January 31		L 72-84	Davon Reed (20)	Kadeem Jack (15)	Peng Chun-Yen (5)	Taoyuan Arena 0	5-5
11	February 6		W 111-82	Chang Keng-Yu (27)	Davon Reed (13)	Peng Chun-Yen (9)	Taoyuan Arena 0	6-5
12	February 7		W 97-82	Davon Reed (27)	Davon Reed (12) Kadeem Jack (12)	Shih Chin-Yao (6)	Taoyuan Arena 0	7-5
13	February 20		W 108-102	Kadeem Jack (32)	Kadeem Jack (16)	Peng Chun-Yen (7)	Taoyuan Arena 2,000	8-5
14	February 21		L 99-102	Davon Reed (20)	Kadeem Jack (15)	Kuan Ta-You (8)	Taoyuan Arena 1,500	8-6
15	February 27		W 106-98	Davon Reed (43)	Kadeem Jack (12) Quincy Davis (12)	Kuan Ta-You (9)	Hsinchu County Stadium 5,103	9-6
16	February 28		L 90-98	Kadeem Jack (23)	Kadeem Jack (18)	Shih Chin-Yao (5)	Changhua County Stadium 3,876	9-7
17	March 13		L 88-105	Kadeem Jack (38)	Kadeem Jack (11)	Peng Chun-Yen (7)	Hsinchu County Stadium 5,188	9-8
18	March 14		L 94-124	Jordan Chatman (21)	Lin Cheng (9)	Peng Chun-Yen (7)	Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 5,993	9-9
19	March 21		L 100-107	Kadeem Jack (37)	Kadeem Jack (18)	Shih Chin-Yao (7) Peng Chun-Yen (7)	National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium 3,976	9-10
20	March 27		L 93-109	Jordan Chatman (21)	Kadeem Jack (13)	Shih Chin-Yao (6)	Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,238	9-11
21	March 28		L 82-132	Jordan Chatman (15)	Kadeem Jack (10)	Peng Chun-Yen (6) Kuan Ta-You (6)	Hsinchu County Stadium 5,978	9-12
22	April 3		W 106-95	Jordan Chatman (34)	Lin Yao-Tsung (19)	Peng Chun-Yen (6)	Changhua County Stadium 5,100	10-12
23	April 5		L 100-110	Shih Chin-Yao (31)	Lin Cheng (12)	Chen Kuan-Chuan (5)	Taoyuan Arena 4,537	10-13
24	April 10		L 101-117	Jordan Chatman (27)	Lin Cheng (11)	Kuan Ta-You (7)	Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,482	10-14

Regular season note

• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Taoyuan City Government and Taoyuan Pilots declared that the games in Taoyuan Arena would be played behind closed doors from January 16, 2021, to February 7, 2021.

Playoffs

2020–21 playoffs game log
Total: 2-3 (home: 1–2; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 23		L 63-102	Jordan Chatman (13)	Lin Yao-Tsung (9)	Kuan Ta-You (5)	Taoyuan Arena 2,977	0-1
2	April 25		W 91-86	Jordan Chatman (21)	Quincy Davis (16)	Quincy Davis (5) Jordan Chatman (5)	Taoyuan Arena 4,758	1-1
3	April 28		W 82-79	Jordan Chatman (23)	Quincy Davis (12)	Lin Yao-Tsung (5) Jordan Chatman (5)	Changhua County Stadium 3,612	2-1
4	April 30		L 74-103	Jordan Chatman (26)	Lin Yao-Tsung (9)	Kuan Ta-You (4)	Changhua County Stadium 4,015	2-2
5	May 2		L 91-93	Jordan Chatman (21)	Quincy Davis (11)	Lin Yao-Tsung (9)	Changhua County Stadium^[3] 3,003	2-3

Playoffs note

• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league officials declared to change the location of Game 5 from Taoyuan Arena to Changhua County Stadium.
• The Pilots lost the Dreamers with 2–3 in the 2021 P. League+ Playoffs.

Player statistics

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		Led the league

Regular season

Player	GP	MPG	PPG	2P%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Ting Sheng-Ju	Did not play
	15	39:55	25.67	48.81%	37.50%	74.73%	9.67	4.80	1.93	1.00
Kuan Ta-You	21	22:35	7.33	43.16%	25.37%	55.26%	2.86	3.14	1.14	0.05
Lin Yao-Tsung	22	17:02	5.14	49.43%	19.35%	34.62%	4.45	0.91	0.73	0.05
Chen Shih-Chieh	Did not play
	8	33:30	18.75	47.92%	40.00%	100.00%	5.13	2.50	1.00	0.88
	4	36:46	12.75	44.83%	15.38%	100.00%	6.75	7.00	1.50	0.00
Sun Szu-Yao	9	09:23	1.56	50.00%	0.00%	0.00%	2.56	0.11	0.22	0.11
Lai Kuo-Wei	14	06:06	1.64	25.00%	31.58%	50.00%	0.64	1.00	0.29	0.00
Chen Ching-Huan	23	15:36	4.30	53.13%	30.51%	73.33%	1.61	1.43	0.48	0.17
Lin Cheng	12	15:29	3.92	44.44%	25.00%	52.94%	5.00	0.75	0.33	0.25
Shih Chin-Yao	24	32:39	14.17	48.91%	37.25%	57.38%	3.25	3.63	1.29	0.17
Chang Keng-Yu	23	14:24	6.48	40.86%	30.91%	75.86%	1.70	0.78	0.43	0.13
Chen Kuan-Chuan	24	26:54	5.92	41.35%	27.27%	84.62%	4.67	1.38	0.71	0.25
	18	34:24	20.39	54.33%	26.67%	57.89%	13.17	2.00	1.00	1.28
	16	29:27	13.00	60.58%	36.17%	67.39%	10.13	1.88	1.00	2.44
Peng Chun-Yen	16	20:38	2.94	17.86%	20.59%	66.67%	2.50	4.63	1.19	0.06

Playoffs

Player	GP	MPG	PPG	2P%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Ting Sheng-Ju	Did not play
	Did not play
Kuan Ta-You	5	20:56	5.00	39.13%	7.14%	66.67%	4.40	2.40	0.60	0.00
Lin Yao-Tsung	5	34:00	7.40	40.48%	0.00%	21.43%	8.40	4.00	2.60	0.00
Chen Shih-Chien	Did not play
	5	41:15	20.8	35.48%	40.00%	84.21%	6.20	3.20	1.80	0.40
Sun Szu-Yao	Did not play
Lai Kuo-Wei	1	05:26	0.00	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	1.00	3.00	1.00	0.00
Chen Ching-Huan	5	09:12	1.20	0.00%	25.00%	0.00%	2.00	0.40	0.00	0.00
Lin Cheng	5	13:22	2.00	35.71%	0.00%	0.00%	3.60	0.80	0.00	0.60
Shih Chin-Yao	5	37:20	12.20	32.50%	25.71%	57.14%	4.60	2.60	2.40	0.40
Chang Keng-Yu	5	26:45	11.8	37.50%	44.44%	78.57%	3.80	1.20	0.80	0.00
Chen Kuan-Chuan	5	27:21	7.20	42.31%	28.57%	80.00%	3.60	1.20	0.20	0.40
	Did not play
	5	20:33	10.60	50.00%	15.38%	45.45%	10.20	1.60	0.20	1.80
Peng Chun-Yen	4	10:09	2.50	28.57%	20.00%	0.00%	0.25	1.00	1.50	0.00

• Reference：^[4]

Transactions

Player	Ref.
Kuan Ta-You	^[5]
Lin Yao-Tsung	^[6]
Shih Chin-Yao	^[7]
Chen Kuan-Chuan	^[8]
Peng Chun-Yen	^[9]

Free Agency

Additions

Date	Player	Contract terms	Former teams	Ref.
October 15, 2020	Sun Szu-Yao			^[10]
October 20, 2020				^[11]
November 1, 2020	Lin Cheng			^[12]
November 11, 2020	Chen Ching-Huan			^[13]
November 11, 2020	Chen Shih-Chieh		Taoyuan Pauian Archiland
November 11, 2020	Chang Keng-Yu		Formosa Dreamers
November 19, 2020				^[14]
November 19, 2020			Oklahoma City Blue
November 24, 2020				^[15]
December 20, 2020	Lai Kuo-Wei			^[16]
March 1, 2021	Ting Sheng-Ju			^[17]
March 1, 2021			CSU Sibiu

Subtractions

Awards

Players of the Week

Week	Recipient	Date awarded	Ref.
Preseason	Lin Yao-Tsung Shih Chin-Yao	October 7 - November 22	^[21]
Week 1		December 19 - December 20	^[22]
Week 2		December 26 - December 27	^[23]
Week 3	Shih Chin-Yao	January 2 - January 3	^[24]
Week 5	Shih Chin-Yao	January 16 - January 17	^[25]
Week 6		January 23 - January 24	^[26]
Week 7		January 30 - January 31	^[27]
Week 8	Chang Keng-Yu	February 6 - February 7	^[28]
Week 9	Kuan Ta-You	February 20 - February 21	^[29]
Week 10	Kuan Ta-You	February 27 - March 1	^[30]
Week 12	Lin Yao-Tsung	March 13 - March 14	^[31]
Week 13	Shih Chin-Yao	March 20 - March 21	^[32]
Week 14	Shih Chin-Yao	March 27 - March 28	^[33]
Week 15	Shih Chin-Yao	April 3 - April 5	^[34]

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