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Since 2000 the primer league in Taiwan is
A-League insted of CBA, which folded in Summer 2000, Then in 2003 a new
league was established with a name: SBL
SBL
annual award: Lin Chih-jay named regular season MVP - 2007
Yes, I know it's weird, but
the SBL finally announced its annual award Thursday -- FIVE days after
the champion was determined.
And TB forward
Lin Chi-Jay (192-G-82) came up as the big winner. Lin, who had won
Finals MVP less than a week ago, was named regular season MVP as well,
beating out Videoland import Jonathan Sanders in the media voting with a
close score of 96 to 89.
Personally, I would have voted Sanders for my regular season MVP though.
But I also understand very well the "politics" behind the media voting
because most of them always favored local players over imports. It's sad
and no one could do anything about it. Voting is politics, after all.
Not surprisingly, Lin was also on the list of the Best Five, which
recognized a pair of backcourt players and three frontcourt players.
Dacin guard Wang Chih-chun, Yulon guard Lee Hsueh-lin and Sanders were
all named to the best five for the first time.
Yulon center Tsun Wen-din won the defensive player of the year award for
the second consecutive year, while first-year VL head coach Liu Chih-wei
was named coach of the year after leading Videoland to a 21-9 regular
season.
Tsun beat out import Delvin Thomas, who played for ETSN, 92-62 in the
media voting.
Azio forward Chien Jia-hong was recognized as the most improved player
in a lanslide score of 129-21 over Bank of Taiwan forward Hsu Chih-chan.
VL forward/guard Lee Wei-min, who transferred from TB to Videoland last
summer, won the inaugural sixth man of the year award.
Dacin forward Yao Jun-jay was named rookie of the year. It's true that
this is Yao's first year in the league but he was not really a rookie
because he played for Dacin a couple years back in the A-League.
2006-07 SBL season awards: Asia-Basket.com
Taiwanese SBL MVP:
Lin Chi-Jay (192-G-82) of TTL Taiwan Beer
Asia-Basket.com Taiwanese SBL Defensive Player of the Year:
Tsun Wen-Din (203-C-84) of Yulon Dinos
Asia-Basket.com Taiwanese SBL Most Improved Player:
Chien Jia-Hong (196-F/C-87) of Azio Eagles
Asia-Basket.com Taiwanese SBL Sixth Man of the Year:
Lee Wei Min (185-G-81) of Videoland Hunters
Asia-Basket.com Taiwanese SBL Coach of the Year: Liu Chih-wei of Videoland
Hunters
Asia-Basket.com Taiwanese SBL Rookie of the Year:
Yao Jun Jay (192-F-82) of Dacin Construction
Taiwan
Beer beat Dacin 4-2 to win first SBL title - 2007
A broken play and a lucky
shot gave Taiwan Beer, which almost closed down its basketball team four
years ago, its first champion in team history. You could say, however,
it's destiny.
Chen Shih-nian made a high-arching banked shot as the final buzzer
sounded to help Taiwan Beer upset Dacin 69-68 in Game 6 of the 2007 SBL
Finals Saturday and win the first SBL title in team history, wrapping up
the series 4-2.
Lin Chi-Jay (192-G-82), who had 15 points and 11 rebounds in the
game and averaged for 23.2 points and 8.3 rebounds in the seires, was
named Finals MVP.
Trailing by 11 early in the second half, TB fought back to make it a
tight game before the end of the third quarter, when Dacin led by two,
59-57.
With only 8 seconds to go and TB trailing by one, Taiwan Beer came out
of the final timeout with a play to either let
Lin Chi-Jay operate on his own or pass to Lo Shin-liang, who
stationed at the left baseline. But Lin was never able to find an
opening and Lo couldn't get off a shot with two Dacin defender coming at
his face.
Lo passed the ball to Hsu Hao-cheng, who tried to make a cut. Hsu
fumbled the ball a little bit before passing to Chen Shih-nian at the
top of the key. The rest was history. Chen, who had only 5 points in the
game, made a high-arching banked shot as time expired.
It's been a long way for TB from four years ago, when the state-owned
company considered dropping its basketball team due to the pressure from
the union. The union claimed that the basketball team did not bring any
profit to the company and the company.
And what a change after four years. Last year, TB made it to the Finals
but lost 4-1 to Yulon. Currently, TB is one of the most popular -- if
not the most popular -- teams in the league. And finally, they took home
a championship trophy.
Tien Lei, who has been playing on a broken right thumb since Game 3, was
held to 8 points on 1-of-13 shooting. He also pulled down 11 rebounds.
Dacin, which had a 9-point halftime lead, was led by Chang Chi-feng's 15
points. Lin Yi-huei had 14 while Lee Fong-yong had 12.
Dacin lost for the second time in the SBL Finals. It was swept by Yulon
3-0 in 2005.
Player of the Year -
Tien Lei (202-F-83) of Dacin Construction Coach of the Year -
Wei Chen-Ming Defensive Player of the Year -
Tsun Wen-Din (203-C-84) of Yulon Dinos Most Improved Player -
Hsiao Yuan-Chan (196-F-84) of ETSN Antelopes Rookie of the Year -
Su Yi-Chieh (181-G-87) of Dacin Construction
SBL
Finals - Yulon three-peats on Chou Hong-yu's buzzerbeater Chou
Hong Yu (195-F-76) tipped in
Tsun
Wen-Din (203-C-84)'s missed layup at the buzzer as Yulon Dinos beat Taiwan
Beer 74-73 in Game 5 of the 2006 SBL Finals Sunday and completed an
unprecedented three-peat.
Yulon, which won the series 4-1, was still the only champion the SBL has ever
known. It beat Sina 3-0 in the 2004 SBL Finals and swept Dacin 3-0 in the 2005
SBL Finals. Tsun
Wen-Din (203-C-84), the 6-8 center who averaged 20 points and 9.8 rebounds
in five games, was voted Finals Most Valuable Player for the second straight
year.
Taiwan Beer had trailed for almost the entire game but took the lead in the last
minute after Shan Wei-fan made two free-throws and made the score 73-72. It
looked like Taiwan Beer would extend the series to the next week.
With 6.0 seconds left, Yulon had the final shot.
Tsun
Wen-Din (203-C-84) received the inbound pass at the top of the key and took
the ball to the basket. The ball bounced off the rim but
Chou
Hong Yu (195-F-76), who was left alone under the basket as his defender
switched off to double Tsun, tipped in a bankshot as the final buzzer sounded. Game 5: Yulon 74-73 TB (Half 43-33)
Yulon: Wei Yong-tai 19p, Chou Shih-yuan 16p, Chen Chih-chun 12p,
Tsun
Wen-Din (203-C-84) 11p+5rb+7TO, Lee Hsueh-lin 10p,
Chou
Hong Yu (195-F-76) 6p
TB: Chen Shih-nian 13p, Ho Sho-jen 12p, Hsu Hao-cheng 11p+8rb+5a, Shan Wei-fan
11p, Lin Chi-jay 8p+10rb
Yulon repeats as SBL champion, Tsun
Wen-din wins MVP
(Taipei, Taiwan ¡V May 16) In a hard-fought
series where no victory came easy, Yulon still swept Dacin 3-0 to repeat as
SBL champion. Yulon beat Dacin 92-84 last night in Game 3 of the 2004-05 SBL
Finals to become the first repeat champion in the league's short two-year
history.
Center
Tsun Wen
Din (203-C-84) had 27 points and 8 rebounds and was
named Finals MVP, edging out teammates Chen Chih-chun and Chen Hsin-an. Tsun
averaged 23 points and 11 rebounds in the series and received 41 points in
the voting, including 10 first-place votes.
Chen Chih-chun, who averaged 19
points and 5.3 assists in the series, received 38 points while Chen Hsin-an
only 4 points behind. Chen Hsin-an averaged 20.7 points in three games. *Yulon 92-84 Dacin
(Half 46-43)
Yulon:
Tsun Wen
Din (203-C-84) 27p(13-16 FG)+8rb, Lee Hsueh-lin
19p(7-12 FG, 5-8 3PT), Chen Hsin-an 18p(6-15 FG)+6a, Chen Chih-chun
14p+4a+3s
Dacin: Tien Lei 19p(9-20 FG)+11rb, Chang Chi-feng 13p+6rb+9a, Lee Fong-yong
17p+6rb, Wang Chih-chun 12p, Chen Tse-wei 11p, Lin Yi-huei 10p *SBL Finals scores: Game 1: Yulon 92-88 Dacin
Game 2: Yulon 87-75 Dacin
Game 3: Yulon 92-84 Dacin
Asia-basket.com 2004-05 SBL Regular
Season Awards Most Valuable Player:
Chou Shih Yung (190-G/F-83) (Yulon) SBL First Team
PF: Tien Lei (Dacin)
SF: Lin Chi-jay (TB)
C: Wu Dai-hao (ETSN)
SG:
Chou Shih
Yung (190-G/F-83) (Yulon)
PG: Chen Huei (VL)/Chou Jun-san(Sina) tied SBL Second Team PF: Lee Chi-yi (VL)
SF: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)/Ho Sho-jen(TB) tied
C: Tsun Wen-din (Yulon)
SG: Yang Yu-min (ETSN)
PG: Wang Chih-chun (Dacin) Coach of the Year: Lee
Yun-kwang (Yulon) Most Improved Player:
Chou Shih Yung (190-G/F-83) (Yulon) Defensive Player of the
Year:
Chou Shih
Yung (190-G/F-83) (Yulon) Rookie of the Year:
Lin Yi-huei (Dacin) Most Under-rated Player:
Hsu Chi-chao (Dacin)
2005 SBL All-Star Game
With all five starters scoring in double figures, White Team beat Red Team
96-89 in the annual SBL All-Star Game last night at Taipei Physical
Education College Gymnasium. But Lo Shin-liang, who is on Red Team,
surprisingly got the nod as MVP with his 17 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists
and 3 steals versatile performance.
Lo Shin-liang also won the MVP honor in the All-Star Game last year.
Tien Lei won the Dunk contest with his creativity, taking his jersey and
pant off in successive dunks. Sina's rookie Chang Yu-lin finished second.
Videoland's rookie Wu Cheng-yu surprisingly won the Three-point Shootout.
Before the All-Star Game, Legends beat Rookies 71-64 in an exhibition game
that features old-timers and retired NT players like Cheng Chih-lung, Lee
Yun-kwang and Dong-fan Che-der. Cheng Chih-lung, who a couple years ago was
still regarded as one of Asia's finest players, scored 23 points in the
game. All-Star Game: White 96-89 Red
White: Chou Shi-yuan 17p+10rb+3a, Yang Chin-min 15p+7rb, Lin Chi-jay
13p+7rb, Tsun Wen-din 11p+14rb+4a+4blk, Yang Yu-min 11p
Red: Lee Chi-yi 19p+5rb, Lo Shin-liang 17p+5rb+7a+3s, Chang Chi-feng
16p+5rb+3s, Tien Lei 14p+5rb Red Team G Chang Chi-feng, Dacin
G Lo Shin-liang, Sina
C Lee Fong-yong, Dacin
F Tien Lei, Dacin
F Yang Che-yi, Videoland
G Chen Huei, Videoland
G Lin Jia-huang, Videoland
G Wang Chih-chun, Dacin
F Lee Chi-yi, Videoland
F Hsiung Jen-jen, Videoland
C Lai Kuo-hong, Videoland
C Liu Yi-hsiang, Sina White Team G Chen Shi-nian, Taiwan Beer
GYang Yu-min, ETSN
C Tsun Wen-din, Yulon
F Lin Chi-jay, Taiwan Beer
F Chou Shih-yuan, Yulon G Hsu Hao-cheng, Taiwan Beer
G Chen Chih-chun, Yulon
G Lee sueh-lin, Yulon
F Ho Sho-jen, Taiwan Beer
F Yang Chin-min, Bank of Taiwan
C Ha Hsiao-yuan, Taiwan Beer
C Wu Dai-hao, ETSN
Since 2000 the primer league in Taiwan is
A-League insted of CBA, which folded in Summer 2000, Then in 2003 a new
league was established with a name: SBL
