2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves season
# 2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves season

The 2019–20 Taipei Fubon Braves season was the first season of the franchise in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), its 6th 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.

## Standings

| Team | GP | W | L | PCT |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Mono Vampire | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 |
| San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 |
| Kuala Lumpur Dragons | 17 | 10 | 7 | .588 |
| Formosa Dreamers | 14 | 8 | 6 | .571 |
| Taipei Fubon Braves | 17 | 9 | 8 | .529 |
| Macau Black Bears | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 |
| Singapore Slingers | 17 | 7 | 10 | .412 |
| Macau Wolf Warriors | 13 | 5 | 8 | .385 |
| Hong Kong Eastern | 10 | 3 | 7 | .300 |
| Saigon Heat | 14 | 3 | 11 | .214 |

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

## Game log

### FIBA Asia Champions Cup

**East Asia Qualifiers**

* August 13
* Boxscore

| Fubon Braves | 100–56 | Punjab Police |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 28–7, 25–11, 20–22 |||
| Pts: Liu Weir-Chern 18 Rebs: Charles García 11 Asts: Lai Ting-En 6 | | Pts: Rajvir Singh 23 Rebs: Nitish Kumar Sharma 13 Asts: Rajvir Singh 3 |

* Bangkok Thai-Japan Youth Arena I, Bangkok Referees: Harja Jaladri, Leong Chuen Wing, Nattapong Jontapa
* August 14
* Boxscore

| Fubon Braves | 100–46 | SAFSA |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–7, 23–11, 27–18, 24–10 |||
| Pts: Chang Po-Wei 20 Rebs: Wu Hung-Hsing 8 Asts: Lai, Liu 5 each | | Pts: Leon Kwek 20 Rebs: Naqib Borhan 7 Asts: Leon Kwek 3 |

* Bangkok Thai-Japan Youth Arena I, Bangkok Referees: Ricor Buaron, Preeda Muongmee, Prem Kumar Kanneboina
* August 15
* Boxscore

| HiTech Bangkok City | 76–77 | Fubon Braves |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 29–21, 15–15, 17–29 |||
| Pts: Xavier Alexander 29 Rebs: John Fields 15 Asts: Alexander, Muangboon 6 each | | Pts: Charles García 20 Rebs: Charles García 12 Asts: JeQuan Lewis 5 |

* Bangkok Thai-Japan Youth Arena I, Bangkok Referees: Harja Jaladri, Leong Chuen Wing, Imran Ali Baig

**Group Phase**

* September 24
* Boxscore

| HiTech Bangkok City | 69–88 | Fubon Braves |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 26–18, 12–30, 17–21 |||
| Pts: Nino Johnson 18 Rebs: Nino Johnson 14 Asts: Nattakarn Muangboon 3 | | Pts: Sim Bhullar 23 Rebs: Bhullar, García 14 each Asts: Tsai Wen-Cheng 6 |

* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
* September 25
* Boxscore

| Fubon Braves | 66–68 | Naft Abadan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 11–11, 12–21, 20–7 |||
| Pts: Kuo Shao-Chieh 19 Rebs: Sim Bhullar 18 Asts: Tsai Wen-Cheng 5 | | Pts: Hamed Haddadi 18 Rebs: Hamed Haddadi 18 Asts: Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 6 |

* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
* September 26
* Boxscore

| Fubon Braves | 81–85 | Muharraq |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 14–20, 23–13, 24–33 |||
| Pts: Bhullar, García 22 each Rebs: Sim Bhullar 15 Asts: Tsai Wen-Cheng 5 | | Pts: Kevin Murphy 33 Rebs: Kevin Murphy 11 Asts: Mohamed Buallay 7 |

* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

### 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 | Macau Black Bears | W 95-91 | | | | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 1-0 |
| 2 | November 17 | Kuala Lumpur Dragons | L 90-91 | O. J. Mayo (23) | Charles García (9) | Lin Chih-Chieh (4) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 1-1 |
| 3 | November 29 | Macau Black Bears | W 106-93 | | | | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 2-1 |
| 4 | November 30 | Hong Kong Eastern | W 102-89 | | | | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 3-1 |
| 5 | December 7 | @Formosa Dreamers | W 90-81 | | | | Changhua County Stadium | 4-1 |
| 6 | December 12 | @Macau Wolf Warriors | L 83-88 | | | | Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium | 4-2 |
| 7 | December 21 | @Formosa Dreamers | L 80-88 | | | | Changhua County Stadium | 4-3 |
| 8 | January 3 | Formosa Dreamers | W 83-76 | | | | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 5-3 |
| 9 | January 4 | Singapore Slingers | W 83-77 | | | | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 6-3 |
| 10 | January 7 | @San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | L 96-101 | O. J. Mayo (35) | Maxie Esho (6) O. J. Mayo (6) Charles García (6) | O. J. Mayo (9) | Filoil Flying V Centre | 6-4 |
| 11 | January 10 | @Macau Black Bears | W 100-85 | | | | The Venetian Macao | 7-4 |
| 12 | January 12 | @Macau Wolf Warriors | W 104-89 | O. J. Mayo (22) | Maxie Esho (10) | O. J. Mayo (10) | Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium | 8-4 |
| 13 | January 17 | Mono Vampire | W 98-97 | | | | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 9-4 |
| 14 | January 18 | Hong Kong Eastern | L 78-105 | O. J. Mayo (23) Charles García (23) | Charles García (5) | Joseph Lin (4) | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 9-5 |
| 15 | February 9 | @Singapore Slingers | L 99-106(OT) | Maxie Esho (25) Charles García (25) | Charles García (10) | Maxie Esho (5) | OCBC Arena | 9-6 |
| 16 | February 12 | @Kuala Lumpur Dragons | L 60-92 | Maxie Esho (17) | Maxie Esho (9) | Tsai Wen-Cheng (2) O. J. Mayo (2) | MABA Stadium | 9-7 |
| 17 | February 15 | @Mono Vampire | L 86-90 (OT) | Charles García (22) | Charles García (9) | O. J. Mayo (9) | Stadium 29 | 9-8 |

## Player Statistics

### 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 |
| Joseph Lin | 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 |
| Sim Bhullar | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 |
| Lin Chih-Chieh | 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 |
| O. J. Mayo | 17 | 33.9 | 22.0 | 49% | 44% | 69% | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
| Charles García | 17 | 31.0 | 19.8 | 54% | 21% | 79% | 9.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Tseng Wen-Ting | 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 | — | |
| October 17, 2019 | Charles García | — | |

**Additions**

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former teams |
| - | - | - | - |
| August 11, 2019 | Lin Bing-Sheng | — | PCCU |
| August 11, 2019 | JeQuan Lewis | — | Kymis |
| August 15, 2019 | Lin Chih-Chieh | — | Zhejiang Guangsha Lions |
| August 28, 2019 | Oscar Lin | — | UCH |
| September 22, 2019 | Sim Bhullar | — | Dacin Tigers |
| October 18, 2019 | O. J. Mayo | — | Hunan Jinjian Miye |
| October 19, 2019 | Tseng Wen-Ting | — | Sichuan Jinqiang Blue Whales |
| December 24, 2019 | Maxie Esho | — | CLS Knights Indonesia |
| March 2, 2020 | Samuel Deguara | — | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |

**Subtractions**

| Date | Player | Reason | New team |
| - | - | - | - |
| April 23, 2019 | Tony Mitchell | contract expired | NLEX Road Warriors |
| August 28, 2019 | JeQuan Lewis | — | P.A.O.K. |
| September 5, 2019 | Chang Tsung-Hsien | contract expired | Formosa Dreamers |
| September 23, 2019 | Lin Bing-Sheng | — | Shaanxi Xinda Wolves |
| September 29, 2019 | Lee Ying-Feng | contract expired | Jeoutai Technology |
| January 2, 2020 | Sim Bhullar | injury replaced by Maxie Esho | Yulon Luxgen Dinos |
| March 2, 2020 | Maxie Esho | injury replaced by Samuel Deguara | Hebraica Macabi |

## Awards

### Players of the Month

| Recipient | Month awarded | Ref. |
| - | - | - |
| O. J. Mayo | January | |

### Players of the Week

| Week | Recipient | Ref. |
| - | - | - |
| Week 3 | O. J. Mayo | |
| Week 7 | O. J. Mayo | |
