2021–22 New Taipei Kings season explained

Club:	New Taipei Kings
Season:	2021–22
Chrtitle:	General Manager
Chairman:	James Mao
Ownertitle:	President
Owner:	Walter Wang
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Manager:	Ryan Marchand
Stdtitle:	Arena
Stadium:	Xinzhuang Gymnasium
League:	P. League+
League Result:	16-14(.533)
Playoffs Result:	Playoffs (lost to Lioneers 2–3)
Top Scorer:	Yang Chin-Min(21.21)
Rebounds Leader:	Thomas Welsh(17.90)
Assists Leader:	Lee Kai-Yan(5.96)
Highest Attendance:	6,220 (March 26, 2022)
Lowest Attendance:	1,505 (May 28, 2022)
Average Attendance:	3,841
Largest Win:	Kings 100-70 Steelers (February 20, 2022) Kings 106-76 Steelers (May 14, 2022)
Largest Loss:	Kings 87-126 Pilots (April 16, 2022)
Updated:	June 14, 2022
Nextseason:	2022–23

The 2021–22 New Taipei Kings season was the franchise's 1st season, its first season in the P. LEAGUE+ (PLG), its 1st in New Taipei City. The Kings are coached by Ryan Marchand in his first year as head coach.^[1]

Draft

See main article: article and 2021 P. League+ draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Status	School/club team
1	3	Hung Kai-Chieh	G	Local	NCCU
1	4	Chen Chun-Nan	G	Local	NTSU
1	7	Omar Niang	C	Foreign Student	NCCU
2	10	Tseng Yu-Hao	F	Local	NCCU
3	12	Lin Shih-Hsuan	G	Local	NTNU

The Kings acquired 2021 first-round draft pick from Taoyuan Pilots in exchange for 2022 first-round draft pick.^[2]

Game log

Preseason

2021 preseason game log
Total: 1-3 (home: 1–2; road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 6		L 87-96	Yang Hsing-Chih (17)	Yang Hsing-Chih (6) Lee Kai-Yan (6) Yang Chin-Min (6)	Lee Kai-Yan (6)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,075	0-1
2	November 7		L 93-106	Chien You-Che (21)	Omar Niang (8)	Lin Shih-Hsuan (8)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5,977	0-2
3	November 20		L 87-89	Hung Kai-Chieh (17)	Yang Chin-Min (11) Steven Guinchard (11)	Yang Chin-Min (6)	National Taiwan University Sports Center 2,955	0-3
4	November 21		W 100-82	Yang Chin-Min (16)	Lee Kai-Yan (11)	Yang Chin-Min (8)	National Taiwan University Sports Center 3,087	1-3

Regular season

2021–22 regular season game log
Total: 16-14 (home: 7–8; road: 9–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	December 11		W 84-64	Yang Chin-Min (28)	Thomas Welsh (28)	Lee Kai-Yan (4)	Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000	1-0
2	December 18		W 109-102	Lee Kai-Yan (27)	Thomas Welsh (15)	Lee Kai-Yan (8)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 6,032	2-0
3	December 19		W 94-89	Thomas Welsh (28)	Thomas Welsh (17)	Yang Chin-Min (7)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,328	3-0
4	December 24		L 94-109	Yang Chin-Min (29)	Yang Chin-Min (11)	Lee Kai-Yan (13)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5,516	3-1
5	December 26		L 80-101	Yang Chin-Min (23)	Chen Chun-Nan (5) Yang Chin-Min (5)	Lin Shih-Hsuan (4)	Hsinchu County Stadium 4,055	3-2
6	January 2		L 115-120(OT)	Thomas Welsh (24)	Thomas Welsh (17)	Lee Kai-Yan (9)	Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,849	3-3
7	January 8		W 101-90	Chris McCullough (25)	Thomas Welsh (15)	Lee Kai-Yan (11)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 5,061	4-3
8	January 9		L 91-95	Yang Chin-Min (23)	Thomas Welsh (29)	Yang Chin-Min (7)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 6,058	4-4
9	January 15		W 102-75	Chris McCullough (27)	Thomas Welsh (16)	Lee Kai-Yan (8)	Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 6,876	5-4
PPD	February 11		Postponed^[3]
10	February 13		W 97-92	Chris McCullough (20) Lee Kai-Yan (20)	Thomas Welsh (22)	Lee Kai-Yan (5)	Hsinchu County Stadium 5,027	6-4
11	February 18		L 99-115	Chris McCullough (33)	Chris McCullough (11)	Lin Shih-Hsuan (2) Chris McCullough (2) Hung Chih-Shan (2)	Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000	6-5
12	February 20		W 100-70	DeAndre Liggins (17) Quincy Davis (17)	Thomas Welsh (19)	DeAndre Liggins (5) Quincy Davis (5)	Fengshan Arena 4,018	7-5
PPD	February 27		Postponed
PPD	February 28		Postponed
13	March 6		W 111-96	Thomas Welsh (25)	Thomas Welsh (11)	Lee Kai-Yan (6)	Hsinchu County Stadium 5,572	8-5
14	March 8		L 95-97	DeAndre Liggins (18)	Quincy Davis (16)	DeAndre Liggins (7)	Taoyuan Arena 2,569	8-6
15	March 13		W 98-93	Yang Chin-Min (39)	Thomas Welsh (17)	Lee Kai-Yan (3)	Fengshan Arena 4,123	9-6
16	March 19		W 102-92	Yang Chin-Min (23)	Thomas Welsh (23)	Hung Chih-Shan (6)	Taoyuan Arena 2,511	10-6
17	March 26		W 107-99	Thomas Welsh (24)	Thomas Welsh (15)	Lee Kai-Yan (8)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 6,220	11-6
18	March 27		W 111-104	Yang Chin-Min (26)	Thomas Welsh (16)	Lee Kai-Yan (8)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,171	12-6
19	April 2		W 105-94	DeAndre Liggins (22)	Thomas Welsh (16)	Lee Kai-Yan (9)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,333	13-6
20	April 4		W 93-91	Yang Chin-Min (34)	Thomas Welsh (18)	DeAndre Liggins (5)	Intercontinental Basketball Stadium 3,000	14-6
21	April 9		W 95-85	Yang Chin-Min (16) Lee Kai-Yan (16)	Thomas Welsh (19)	Lee Kai-Yan (5)	Taoyuan Arena 2,791	15-6
22	April 16		L 87-126	Quincy Davis (18)	Quincy Davis (7)	Lee Kai-Yan (6)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,106	15-7
23	April 17		L 116-123(OT)	Yang Chin-Min (35)	Quincy Davis (11)	DeAndre Liggins (11)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,158	15-8
24	April 23		L 92-110	Yang Chin-Min (28)	Quincy Davis (13)	DeAndre Liggins (5)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 3,071	15-9
25	April 24		L 92-101	DeAndre Liggins (28)	DeAndre Liggins (18)	DeAndre Liggins (6)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 2,012	15-10
26	April 30		L 80-100	Yang Chin-Min (24)	DeAndre Liggins (12)	Lin Shih-Hsuan (4) Lee Kai-Yan (4)	Fengshan Arena 3,215	15-11
PPD	May 6		Postponed^[4]
PPD	May 8		Postponed
27	May 14		W 106-76	DeAndre Liggins (21)	Byron Mullens (17)	Lee Kai-Yan (9)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 2,194	16-11
28	May 15		L 113-122(OT)	Yang Chin-Min (32)	Thomas Welsh (20)	Lee Kai-Yan (11)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 2,852	16-12
29	May 18		L 98-103	Thomas Welsh (21)	Thomas Welsh (15)	DeAndre Liggins (8)	Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium 4,662	16-13
PPD	May 19		Postponed^[5]
30	May 28		L 85-100	Byron Mullens (26)	Byron Mullens (18)	Chen Chun-Nan (4) Hung Chih-Shan (4) Byron Mullens (4)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 1,505	16-14

Playoffs

2022 playoffs game log
Total: 2-3 (home: 2–0; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	June 3		L 86-97	Thomas Welsh (24)	Thomas Welsh (15)	Lee Kai-Yan (7)	Hsinchu County Stadium 6,400	0-1
2	June 5		L 91-99	Byron Mullens (22) Thomas Welsh (22)	Thomas Welsh (27)	Lee Kai-Yan (6)	Hsinchu County Stadium 6,002	0-2
3	June 9		W 111-93	Thomas Welsh (34)	Thomas Welsh (17)	Yang Chin-Min (12)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 4,577	1-2
4	June 11		W 97-77	Yang Chin-Min (32)	Byron Mullens (16)	Lee Kai-Yan (9)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium 6,540	2-2
5	June 14		L 93-98	Quincy Davis (24)	Quincy Davis (16)	DeAndre Liggins (5)	Hsinchu County Stadium 6,400	2-3

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
Lee Ying-Feng	22	12:37	4.09	34.69%	25.00%	76.92%	2.27	0.55	0.41	0.14
Lin Shih-Hsuan	19	13:26	2.68	41.67%	20.69%	54.17%	1.58	1.84	0.79	0.00
Chen Chun-Nan	20	14:03	4.15	36.54%	37.50%	52.94%	1.60	0.85	0.50	0.15
Chris McCullough	7	32:19	20.86	35.53%	42.11%	58.82%	8.57	1.71	0.86	1.14
Yang Chin-Min	29	34:15	21.21	44.53%	32.50%	84.29%	4.86	3.21	1.28	0.10
Lin Li-Jen	16	09:27	3.31	21.05%	27.66%	75.00%	0.94	0.19	0.25	0.06
Lee Kai-Yan	27	32:15	12.70	47.12%	30.77%	71.28%	5.78	5.96	2.19	0.33
Chien You-Che	28	18:17	6.86	51.67%	35.71%	76.92%	1.36	0.54	0.50	0.11
Hung Kai-Chieh	27	22:55	7.07	42.42%	30.47%	81.82%	1.96	1.70	1.04	0.04
Tseng Yu-Hao	4	06:28	1.50	28.57%	0.00%	100.00%	0.75	0.00	0.50	0.50
Hung Chih-Shan	18	18:01	3.78	46.67%	25.93%	85.71%	1.89	2.50	0.28	0.06
Omar Niang	13	10:14	1.15	31.82%	0.00%	33.33%	2.85	0.46	0.46	0.15
Steven Guinchard	25	14:20	4.36	29.41%	25.00%	77.27%	2.36	0.72	0.52	0.16
Byron Mullens	3	32:44	17.33	51.52%	20.83%	37.50%	16.00	2.67	0.67	3.00
Yang Hsing-Chih	24	15:26	3.38	45.95%	0.00%	50.00%	2.00	0.58	0.50	0.17
DeAndre Liggins	16	36:50	16.38	47.42%	40.00%	66.67%	8.31	5.06	1.81	0.56
Thomas Welsh	20	37:10	17.65	66.10%	28.89%	66.13%	17.90	1.90	0.95	1.40
Quincy Davis	19	23:22	12.74	63.73%	42.59%	65.15%	8.74	1.63	1.05	1.63

Playoffs

Player	GP	MPG	PPG	2P%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Lee Ying-Feng	3	01:16	0.67	100.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
Lin Shih-Hsuan	4	01:19	0.00	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00	0.50	0.00	0.00
Chen Chun-Nan	4	06:04	1.00	33.33%	0.00%	0.00%	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00
Yang Chin-Min	5	37:36	18.60	37.88%	23.81%	80.00%	3.20	4.20	0.40	0.00
Lin Li-Jen	1	00:10	0.00	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Lee Kai-Yan	5	33:30	7.20	34.78%	26.67%	57.14%	4.40	6.00	3.00	0.20
Chien You-Che	5	06:56	2.20	40.00%	33.33%	33.33%	0.20	0.00	0.20	0.00
Hung Kai-Chieh	4	22:06	8.00	40.00%	32.14%	100.00%	1.75	1.25	1.75	0.00
Tseng Yu-Hao	Did not play
Hung Chih-Shan	5	20:42	3.60	37.50%	27.27%	60.00%	2.00	3.40	0.40	0.00
Omar Niang	Did not play
Steven Guinchard	5	13:55	3.60	66.67%	25.00%	50.00%	0.60	0.40	1.20	0.00
Byron Mullens	4	30:02	18.25	42.2%	34.78%	61.11%	11.50	3.00	0.75	2.50
Yang Hsing-Chih	3	03:14	1.00	100.00%	0.00%	50.00%	1.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
DeAndre Liggins	2	37:50	15.00	46.15%	30.00%	69.23%	8.50	5.50	2.00	0.50
Thomas Welsh	4	37:59	23.25	59.62%	35.00%	83.33%	17.25	2.00	1.00	0.25
Quincy Davis	5	31:26	13.00	46.67%	33.33%	76.47%	9.40	1.80	1.20	2.40

• Reference：^[6]

Transactions

Free Agency

Additions

Date	Player	Contract terms	Former Team	Ref.
June 10, 2021	Lin Li-Jen			^[7]
June 19, 2021	Chien You-Che			^[8]
June 25, 2021	Lee Ying-Feng			^[9]
July 1, 2021	Lee Kai-Yan			^[10]
August 13, 2021	Yang Hsing-Chih			^[11]
August 20, 2021	Hung Kai-Chieh			^[12]
August 31, 2021	Chen Chun-Nan			^[13]
August 31, 2021	Omar Niang
August 31, 2021	Tseng Yu-Hao
August 31, 2021	Lin Shih-Hsuan
September 10, 2021		3-year contract, worth unknown		^[14]
September 17, 2021	Jerran Young			^[15]
September 24, 2021				^[16]
October 13, 2021				^[17]
October 15, 2021	Steven Guinchard			^[18]
October 16, 2021	Hung Chih-Shan			^[19]
November 17, 2021				^[20]
December 3, 2021				^[21]
March 30, 2022				^[22]

Subtractions

Awards

End-of-Season Awards

Recipient	Award	Ref.
Lee Kai-Yan	Assists Leader	^[24]
	PLG All-Defensive Team	^[25]
	All-PLG Team	^[26]
	Defensive Player of the Year	^[27]
	PLG All-Defensive Team
	All-PLG 2nd Team	^[28]
	Most Valuable Player Award	^[29]
	All-PLG Team

Players of the Month

Recipient	Award	Month awarded	Ref.
	December Most Valuable Player	December	^[30]
	March Most Valuable Player	March	^[31]

Players of the Week

Week	Recipient	Date awarded	Ref.
Week 3	Lee Kai-Yan	December 18 - December 19	^[32]
Week 15		March 25 - March 27	^[33]

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