2020–21 Taoyuan Pilots season

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.

Taoyuan Pilots
2020-21 season
PresidentLi Chung-Shu
General ManagerChen Hsin-An
Head CoachLiu I-Hsiang (resigned)
Yang I-Feng (interim)
ArenaTaoyuan Arena
P. League 10-14(.417)
0Playoffs0P. League Playoffs
(lost to Dreamers 2-3)
Scoring leaderDavon Reed(25.67)
Rebounding leaderKadeem Jack(13.17)
Assists leaderDavon Reed(4.80)
Highest home attendance4,537
(April 5, 2021)
Lowest home attendance0
(January 16, 2021 to February 7, 2021)
Average home attendance992(regular season)
Biggest winPilots 111-82 Lioneers
(February 6, 2021)
Biggest defeatPilots 82-132 Lioneers
(March 28, 2021)
All statistics correct as of November 7, 2021.

Preseason

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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

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

Standings

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Team GP W L PCT
zTaipei Fubon Braves 24 19 5 .792
xTaoyuan Pilots 24 10 14 .417
xFormosa Taishin Dreamers 24 10 14 .417
Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 24 9 15 .375

Roster

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2020–21 Taoyuan Pilots roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From
G 3   Ting Sheng-Ju 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 26 – (1998-08-22)22 August 1998 St. Francis
F 5   Davon Reed (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1995-06-11)11 June 1995 Miami (FL)
G 6   Kuan Ta-You 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 27 – (1997-09-15)15 September 1997 NTSU
F 7   Lin Yao-Tsung 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 34 – (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 MingDao
G 8   Chen Shih-Chieh   1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 40 – (1984-09-24)24 September 1984 THSH
F 12   Jordan Chatman (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1993-05-21)21 May 1993 Boston College
C 15   Sun Szu-Yao 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 29 – (1995-07-01)1 July 1995 NYIT
G 18   Lai Kuo-Wei 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 34 – (1990-03-02)2 March 1990 NTUA
F 23   Chen Ching-Huan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 38 – (1986-02-03)3 February 1986 THSH
C 25   Lin Cheng 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 24 – (2000-07-25)25 July 2000 NTSU
F 28   Shih Chin-Yao 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 34 – (1990-10-28)28 October 1990 Chinese Culture
F 29   Chang Keng-Yu 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 29 – (1995-10-16)16 October 1995 NTUS
C 30   Chen Kuan-Chuan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 30 – (1993-12-30)30 December 1993 NTSU
C 40     Kadeem Jack (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 32 – (1992-10-27)27 October 1992 Rutgers
C 50   Quincy Davis 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 41 – (1983-02-16)16 February 1983 Tulane
G 63   Peng Chun-Yen 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 34 – (1989-12-05)5 December 1989 MingDao
Head coach
  •   Yang I-Feng (Interim)
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Yang I-Feng
  •   Huang Chi-Feng
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  •   Mu Chien-Hung
Athletic trainer(s)
  •   Peng Li-Chen
Team manager
  •   Chen Wei-Lun

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  •   Injured

Game log

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Preseason

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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 Taipei Fubon Braves 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 @Formosa Dreamers 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 @Taipei Fubon Braves 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 @Hsinchu Lioneers 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 Formosa Taishin Dreamers 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 @Hsinchu Lioneers 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

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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 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers 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 @Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 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 @Taipei Fubon Braves L 83-93 Davon Reed (31) Davon Reed (12) Davon Reed (6) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
7,000
1-2
4 January 3 Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 104-100 Kadeem Jack (27) Kadeem Jack (12) Willie Warren (11) Taoyuan Arena
3,862
2-2
5 January 16 Hsinchu JKO Lioneers W 106-91 Davon Reed (31) Davon Reed (12)
Chen Kuan-Chuan (12)
Willie Warren (7) Taoyuan Arena
0
3-2
6 January 17 Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 90-86 Davon Reed (27) Kadeem Jack (18) Davon Reed (5) Taoyuan Arena
0
4-2
7 January 23 Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 89-84 Kadeem Jack (31) Kadeem Jack (19) Davon Reed (6) Taoyuan Arena
0
5-2
8 January 24 Taipei Fubon Braves L 79-102 Davon Reed (26)
Quincy Davis (26)
Quincy Davis (17) Willie Warren (6) Taoyuan Arena
0
5-3
9 January 30 Taipei Fubon Braves L 97-110 Davon Reed (31) Davon Reed (14)
Kadeem Jack (14)
Shih Chin-Yao (7) Taoyuan Arena
0
5-4
10 January 31 Hsinchu JKO Lioneers L 72-84 Davon Reed (20) Kadeem Jack (15) Peng Chun-Yen (5) Taoyuan Arena
0
5-5
11 February 6 Hsinchu JKO Lioneers W 111-82 Chang Keng-Yu (27) Davon Reed (13) Peng Chun-Yen (9) Taoyuan Arena
0
6-5
12 February 7 Taipei Fubon Braves W 97-82 Davon Reed (27) Davon Reed (12)
Kadeem Jack (12)
Shih Chin-Yao (6) Taoyuan Arena
0
7-5
13 February 20 Hsinchu JKO Lioneers W 108-102 Kadeem Jack (32) Kadeem Jack (16) Peng Chun-Yen (7) Taoyuan Arena
2,000
8-5
14 February 21 Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 99-102 Davon Reed (20) Kadeem Jack (15) Kuan Ta-You (8) Taoyuan Arena
1,500
8-6
15 February 27 @Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 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 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 90-98 Kadeem Jack (23) Kadeem Jack (18) Shih Chin-Yao (5) Changhua County Stadium
3,876
9-7
17 March 13 @Hsinchu JKO Lioneers L 88-105 Kadeem Jack (38) Kadeem Jack (11) Peng Chun-Yen (7) Hsinchu County Stadium
5,188
9-8
18 March 14 @Taipei Fubon Braves L 94-124 Jordan Chatman (21) Lin Cheng (9) Peng Chun-Yen (7) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
5,993
9-9
19 March 21 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers 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 @Taipei Fubon Braves L 93-109 Jordan Chatman (21) Kadeem Jack (13) Shih Chin-Yao (6) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
6,238
9-11
21 March 28 @Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 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 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 106-95 Jordan Chatman (34) Lin Yao-Tsung (19) Peng Chun-Yen (6) Changhua County Stadium
5,100
10-12
23 April 5 Taipei Fubon Braves L 100-110 Shih Chin-Yao (31) Lin Cheng (12) Chen Kuan-Chuan (5) Taoyuan Arena
4,537
10-13
24 April 10 @Taipei Fubon Braves L 101-117 Jordan Chatman (27) Lin Cheng (11) Kuan Ta-You (7) Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
6,482
10-14

Regular season note

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Playoffs

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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 Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 63-102 Jordan Chatman (13) Lin Yao-Tsung (9) Kuan Ta-You (5) Taoyuan Arena
2,977
0-1
2 April 25 Formosa Taishin Dreamers W 91-86 Jordan Chatman (21) Quincy Davis (16) Quincy Davis (5)
Jordan Chatman (5)
Taoyuan Arena
4,758
1-1
3 April 28 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers 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 @Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 74-103 Jordan Chatman (26) Lin Yao-Tsung (9) Kuan Ta-You (4) Changhua County Stadium
4,015
2-2
5 May 2 Formosa Taishin Dreamers L 91-93 Jordan Chatman (21) Quincy Davis (11) Lin Yao-Tsung (9) Changhua County Stadium[3]
3,003
2-3

Playoffs note

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Player statistics

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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

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Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Ting Sheng-Ju Did not play
Davon Reed 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
Jordan Chatman 8 33:30 18.75 47.92% 40.00% 100.00% 5.13 2.50 1.00 0.88
Willie Warren 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
Kadeem Jack 18 34:24 20.39 54.33% 26.67% 57.89% 13.17 2.00 1.00 1.28
Quincy Davis 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

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Player GP MPG PPG 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Ting Sheng-Ju Did not play
Davon Reed 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
Jordan Chatman 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
Kadeem Jack Did not play
Quincy Davis 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
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Transactions

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

Free Agency

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Additions

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Date Player Contract terms Former teams Ref.
October 15, 2020 Sun Szu-Yao  NYIT Bears [10]
October 20, 2020 Quincy Davis Taoyuan Pauian Archiland [11]
November 1, 2020 Lin Cheng NTSU [12]
November 11, 2020 Chen Ching-Huan Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology [13]
November 11, 2020 Chen Shih-Chieh Taoyuan Pauian Archiland
November 11, 2020 Chang Keng-Yu Formosa Dreamers
November 19, 2020 Davon Reed  Sioux Falls Skyforce [14]
November 19, 2020 Kadeem Jack  Oklahoma City Blue
November 24, 2020 Willie Warren  Mineros de Zacatecas [15]
December 20, 2020 Lai Kuo-Wei Taiwan Beer [16]
March 1, 2021 Ting Sheng-Ju  USF Fighting Saints [17]
March 1, 2021 Jordan Chatman  CSU Sibiu

Subtractions

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Date Player Reason New Team Ref.
January 29, 2021 Willie Warren contract terminated  Al Shamal [18]

Awards

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End-of-Season Awards

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Recipient Award Ref.
Shih Chin-Yao All-PLG Team [19]

Players of the Month

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Recipient Award Month awarded Ref.
Shih Chin-Yao April Most Valuable Player April [20]

Players of the Week

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Week Recipient Date awarded Ref.
Preseason Lin Yao-Tsung
Shih Chin-Yao
October 7 - November 22 [21]
Week 1 Shih Chin-Yao
Davon Reed
December 19 - December 20 [22]
Week 2 Quincy Davis 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 Quincy Davis
Davon Reed
January 23 - January 24 [26]
Week 7 Quincy Davis 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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