SBL Standings
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SBL Stats Leaders |
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Points Per Game
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1 Chen (Yulon)
22.3
2 Sanders (dmed) 21.3
3 Ouyang (dmedia) 19.4
4 Chien (PY) 17.4
5 Ho (TB) 16.8 |
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Rebounds Per Game |
1 Sanders
(dmedia) 16.9
2 Hsu (BOT) 8.9
3 Chen (Yulon) 8.7
4 Wu (TB) 7.6
5 Lin (TB) 6.6 |
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Assists Per Game
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1 Sanders
(dmedia) 5.8
2 Chen (Yulon) 3.8
3 Wang (Dacin) 3.7
3 Chen (TM) 3.7
5 Su (Dacin) 3.6 |
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Steals Per Game
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1 Wang (Dacin)
2.7
2 Wu (TM) 1.9
3 Sanders (dmedia) 1.8
4 Hsu (TM) 1.6
5 Chen (PY) 1.5 |
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Blocks Per Game
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1 Wu (TB)
2.73
2 Sanders (dmedia) 1.53
3 Hsu (BOT) 1.15
4 Chen (Yulon) 0.80
5 Hsu (TM) 0.79 |
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2007-08 SBL awards
The SBL kept one of its bizarre
traditions of handing out regular season awards long after the champion has been
determined, announcing the award winners Monday in a gala-like official
ceremony. Don't ask me why because I couldn't figure it out as well. Anyway,
here we go...
MVP for the regular season: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Chen Hsin-an edged out Jon Sanders by three points, 69-66, in a tight race with
each earning nine first-place ballots. Chen won the honor for the first time
while Sanders finished with runner-up for the second straight year. In fact, I
think both players deserved the honor. Chen has transformed himself and turned
in the best all-around performance in his career. Sanders dominated in almost
all statistic categories and once again led his team to the playoffs.
Obviously, Chen was able to pull this off because... well, Sanders is an import.
I'm not sure what it is. Maybe it's national pride or something but a lot of
people tend to think that the MVP award should be handed out to a local.
Personally, I would have voted Chen and Sanders for a co-MVP this year and voted
for Sanders last year, which I have mentioned a couple of times in this blog
earlier.
SBL First Team:
Chen Hsin-an (Yulon)
Jon Sanders (dmedia)
Wu Tai-hao (TB)
Chen Chih-chung (Yulon)
Wu Yung-jen (TM)
This is an interesting one. Guess who was the only repeated winner on this team
from last year's SBL first team? The answer is Jon Sanders. And he played for a
different team -- Videoland -- last season.
Gone were Tien Lei, the three-time SBL MVP who sat out the entire season due to
his knee injury; Yulon starting center Tseng Wen-ting, who missed most of the
season also because of a knee injury and played terribly after his return; and
Lin Chih-chieh, the reigning Finals MVP who seemed a little bit lost during the
regular season.
Chen Chih-chung, Wu Tai-hao and Wu Yung-jen all made the First Team for the
first time.
Defensive Player of the Year: Chen Chih-chung (Yulon)
Chen had 48 points in the media voting and beat Jon Sanders for the award, his
first Defensive Player of the Year award in five years.
The point guard has been known for his intensity, hustle and never-say-die
attitude as well as his cheap shots on the court, somehow making him the
Taiwanese version of Bruce Bowen. However, Chen is coaches' dream in that he
would do anything the coaches asked of him. And he would take on any offensive
player even if the guy is a center.
Most Improved Player: Hsu Chih-chan (BOT)
The quick-jumping forward won the award by an average of 15.6 points and 8.9
rebounds, which almost doubled his stats last year. In a down year for Bank of
Taiwan, Hsu has been the most reliable performer on the court. On second
thought, every year is a down year for BOT.
Actually, dmedia's Ouyang Ching-heng also deserved the recognition after a
breakout season. But he only got 55 points in the voting while Hsu got 72
points.
Sixth Men of the Year: Chen Tzu-wei (Dacin) / Wu Chian-lung
(PY)
For the first time in the short history of this award (the league didn't start
handing out this award until last season), two players shared the honor as Chen
Tzu-wei and Wu Chian-lung both received 40 points.
Chen has been a spark off the bench for Dacin, which played without Tien Lei all
season, and averaged 10.1 points and 4.2 boards. Wu Chian-lung was also solid
coming off the bench for the younf and inexperienced Pure Youth.
Rookie of the Year: Lin Ching-pang (PY)
Lin averaged 8.7 points and 4.6 rebounds and won the award in a weak class.
However, his co
Taiwan Beer repeats as SBL champion
Taiwan
Beer routed Yulon 89-67 in Game 6 of the 2008 SBL Finals to win
its second straight title on April 20, defeating Yulon 4-2 in the best-of-seven
series.
Finals MVP Lin Chih-chieh had 24 points,
14 rebounds and 7 assists in the decisive game, which Taiwan Beer led from start
to finish.
As Yulon players looked like five lost souls on the court and shot only 37.1% as
a team, TB fans could already smelled champagne in the third period, when TB led
by more than fifteen.
Center Wu Tai-hao, who didn't take a potential winning shot he should have taken
in closing seconds of Game 5, added 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting.
Forward Ho Shou-cheng, who took his performance up a notch in the Finals, had 17
points and 8 rebounds.
Yulon's performance in its last game of the season was simply miserable,
evidenced in its 8-of-19 free-throw shooting.
Yang Che-yi led the Dinos with 16 points while Chen Chih-chung added 14 points,
8 rebounds and 6 assists. However, leading scorer Chen Hsin-an turned in just 10
points, missing 10 of 14 shots.
Tseng Wen-ting, who was outplayed by Wu Tai-hao in the entire series, had 13
points and 8 boards in the season finale.
April 19
Game 5: Yulon 87-85 TB
Chen Hsin-an scored 26 of his game-high 39 points in the first period and made 7
threes in the elimination game as Yulon pulled within one game.
Yang Che-yi scored seven points in the 4th period to make the score 81-73 before
TB made the last run. Chen Hsin-an made three of four free-throws in the last
15.2 seconds for the win.
Yulon: Chen Hsin-an 39p(14-26 FG, 7-12 3PT)+12rb, Yang Che-yi 18p, Lee Hsueh-lin
14p
TB: Lin Chih-chieh 24p+10rb+4a, Ho Shou-cheng 16p+10rb, Wu Tai-hao 13p+6rb+5a,
Chen Chih-nian 15p(4-4 3PT)
April 18
Game 4: TB 73-66 Yulon
TB used a 17-7 run in the third quarter to win the most important game of the
series and was one win away from its second title in as many years.
TB: Lin Chih-chieh 26p+11rb+4s, Yang Ching-min 17p, Ho Shou-cheng 9p+11rb, Wu
Tai-hao 10p+6rb+4blk
Yulon: Chen Hsin-an 23p+14rb+4a, Lee Hsueh-lin 17p, Chen Chih-chung 15p+5a,
Tseng Wen-ting 4p
