The 2022–23 P. League+ season was the third season of the P. League+ (PLG). The regular season began on November 5, 2022, and ended on May 14, 2023. The playoffs started on May 19, 2023, and ended on June 14, 2023, after the Taipei Fubon Braves clinched their third consecutive champion.
Transactions
Retirement On April 25, 2022, Elliot Tan announced his retirement from professional basketball. On December 25, 2022, Anthony Tucker announced his retirement from professional basketball. On January 5, 2023, Oscar Lin joined Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers as individual skills coach and interpreter, ending his playing career.
Coaching changes + Coaching changes Team 2021–22 season 2022–23 seasonOff-season Taoyuan Pilots Yen Hsing-Shu (interim) Iurgi Caminos Kaohsiung Steelers Slavoljub Gorunovic (interim) Slavoljub Gorunovic Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers Slavoljub Gorunovic Hung Chi-Chao (interim)In-season Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers Hung Chi-Chao (interim) Dean Murray Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers Dean Murray Hung Chi-Chao (interim) Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers Hung Chi-Chao (interim) Cheng Chih-Lung Formosa Taishin Dreamers Kyle Julius Lai Po-Lin
Off-season On July 1, 2022, the Taoyuan Pilots hired Iurgi Caminos as their new head coach. On July 19, 2022, the Kaohsiung Steelers head assistant coach, Slavoljub Gorunovic was promoted to the head coach. On October 28, 2022, the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers fired head coach Slavoljub Gorunovic and named Hung Chi-Chao as their interim head coach.
In-season On November 10, 2022, the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers hired Dean Murray as their new head coach. On December 29, 2022, the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers fired head coach Dean Murray and named Hung Chi-Chao as their interim head coach. On January 7, 2023, the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers named Cheng Chih-Lung as their new head coach. On January 10, 2023, the Formosa Taishin Dreamers' head coach Kyle Julius resigned, and the team named assistant coach Lai Po-Lin as their new head coach.
Imports, foreign students, and heritage players Club Imports Foreign students Heritage players Formosa Taishin Dreamers Nick Faust Malcolm Miller Sir'Dominic Pointer Brandon Gilbeck İlkan Karaman Chris McCullough Kenneth Chien Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Sim Bhullar Terrico White Will Artino Anthony Bennett Jeremy Tyler Ifeanyi Eboka Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers Andrija Bojić Manny Harris Aaron Harrison Vance Jackson Terrence Jones Viacheslav Kravtsov Wendell Lewis Gokul Natesan Femi Olujobi Jay West Matthew Yang Jeremy Lin New Taipei Kings Jamel Artis Austin Daye DaJuan Summers Kenny Manigault Byron Mullens Omar Niang Joseph Lin Taipei Fubon Braves Perry Jones Chris Johnson Mike Singletary Ihor Zaytsev Brendon Smart Steven Guinchard Taoyuan Pauian Pilots Ricci Rivero Jeff Ayres Sani Sakakini Jason Washburn Amdy Dieng
Note 1: "Heritage player" refers to a player who is of Taiwanese descent but does not meet the FIBA eligibility rules to be local.
Note 2: Team can either register two heritage players, or one foreign student and one heritage player.
Interleague play The interleague play, an interleague tournament which was played by teams from P. League+, T1 League, and Super Basketball League, began on September 17, 2022, and ended on September 27. The Lioneers competed individually, while the other five teams participated as a united team named "PLG Rising Stars".
Preseason The preseason began on October 8, 2022, and ended on October 10.
Regular season The regular season began on November 5, 2022, and ended on May 14, 2023.
Results
Postponed games due to COVID-19 The January 14 game between the Taipei Fubon Braves and the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers was postponed due to the Steelers not having the required minimum players available. The January 17 game between the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers and the New Taipei Kings was postponed due to the Steelers not having the required minimum players available.
Postponed games due to other reasons The May 7 game between the Hsinchu JKO Lioneers and the New Taipei Kings was postponed due to a scheduling issue of the Xinzhuang Gymnasium.
Playoffs
The playoffs were scheduled to begin on May 19 and end on June 16.
Bracket
Bold: Series winner Italic: Team with home-court advantage
Semifinals
The semifinals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary.
Finals
The finals is a best-of-seven series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5 and 7, if necessary.
Statistics
Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team(s) Statistic Points per game Mike Singletary Taipei Fubon Braves 23.29 Rebounds per game Byron Mullens New Taipei Kings 15.76 Assists per game Kenny Manigault New Taipei Kings 6.03 Steals per game Kenny Manigault New Taipei Kings 3.52 Blocks per game Brandon Gilbeck Formosa Taishin Dreamers 2.95 2P% Quincy Davis New Taipei Kings 66% 3P% Ihor Zaytsev Taipei Fubon Braves 43% FT% Jeff Ayres Taoyuan Pauian Pilots 85%
Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic Points Jeremy Lin Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers 50Rebounds Will Artino Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 28 Chris Johnson Taipei Fubon Braves Assists Jeremy Lin Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers 16 Steals Kenny Manigault New Taipei Kings 10Blocks Brandon Gilbeck Formosa Taishin Dreamers 6 Chris Johnson Taipei Fubon BravesTurnovers Terrence Jones Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers 10 Kenny Manigault New Taipei Kings
Team statistic leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game Taipei Fubon Braves 98.58 Rebounds per game New Taipei Kings 54.83 Assists per game New Taipei Kings 23.68 Steals per game New Taipei Kings 11.00 Blocks per game Formosa Taishin Dreamers 5.85 Turnovers per game Hsinchu JKO Lioneers 16.85 Fouls per game Taoyuan Pauian Pilots 21.98 2P% Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers 49.44% 3P% New Taipei Kings 32.81% FT% Taipei Fubon Braves 73.53%
Awards
Yearly awards + 2022–23 PLG awardsAward Recipient(s) refMost Valuable Player Yang Chin-Min (New Taipei Kings) Import of the Year Byron Mullens (New Taipei Kings) 6th Man of the Year Lin Chun-Chi (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) Rookie of the Year Pai Yao-Cheng (Taoyuan Pauian Pilots) Defensive Player of the Year Brandon Gilbeck (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) GM of the Year Chen Hsin-An (Taoyuan Pauian Pilots) Gold Whistle Award Lai Jian-Zhong Coach of the Year Ryan Marchand (New Taipei Kings) Most Improved Player Tseng Hsiang-Chun (Taipei Fubon Braves) Best Home Court Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Best Dressed of the Year Joseph Lin (New Taipei Kings) Mr. Popular Lin Chih-Chieh (Taipei Fubon Braves) PLG Cheerleader Squad of the Year Fubon Angels (Taipei Fubon Braves) Highlight of the Year Best Key Play Lin Chih-Chieh (Taipei Fubon Braves) Best Dunk Chris Johnson (Taipei Fubon Braves) Best Assist Lin Chih-Chieh (Taipei Fubon Braves) Best Circus Shot Chris Johnson (Taipei Fubon Braves) Best Block Lin Chih-Chieh (Taipei Fubon Braves) Best Ball Control Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers)
All-PLG Team: Tseng Hsiang-Chun, Taipei Fubon Braves Yang Chin-Min, New Taipei Kings Byron Mullens, New Taipei Kings Joseph Lin, New Taipei Kings Lu Chun-Hsiang, Taoyuan Pauian Pilots
All-PLG Second Team: Quincy Davis, New Taipei Kings Shih Chin-Yao, Taoyuan Pauian Pilots Kenny Manigault, New Taipei Kings Kao Kuo-Hao, Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Lin Chun-Chi, Formosa Taishin Dreamers
All-Defensive Team: Tseng Hsiang-Chun, Taipei Fubon Braves Hsiao Shun-Yi, Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Brandon Gilbeck, Formosa Taishin Dreamers Lu Chun-Hsiang, Taoyuan Pauian Pilots Kao Kuo-Hao, Hsinchu JKO Lioneers
Statistical awards + 2022–23 PLG statistical awards Award Recipient(s) ref Points Leader Mike Singletary (Taipei Fubon Braves) Rebounds Leader Byron Mullens (New Taipei Kings) Assists Leader Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) Blocks Leader Brandon Gilbeck (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) Steals Leader Kenny Manigault (New Taipei Kings)
Finals + 2023 PLG Finals awards Award Recipient(s) ref Champion Taipei Fubon Braves Finals MVP Chris Johnson
Players of the Week
Week RecipientRef1 Mike Singletary (Taipei Fubon Braves) (1/1)2 Chris Johnson (Taipei Fubon Braves) (1/1)3 Kao Kuo-Hao (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (1/2)4 Huang Hung-Han (Taoyuan Pauian Pilots) (1/1)5 Lu Chun-Hsiang (Taoyuan Pauian Pilots) (1/2)6 Pai Yao-Cheng (Taoyuan Pauian Pilots) (1/1)7 Tseng Hsiang-Chun (Taipei Fubon Braves) (1/1)8 Lin Chun-Chi (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/1)9 Kao Kuo-Hao (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (2/2)10 Joseph Lin (New Taipei Kings) (1/1)11 Anthony Bennett (Hsinchu JKO Lioneers) (1/1)13 Ihor Zaytsev (Taipei Fubon Braves) (1/1)14 Lu Chun-Hsiang (Taoyuan Pauian Pilots) (2/2)15 Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (1/9)16 Wu Yung-Sheng (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/1)17 Lee Te-Wei (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/1)18 Ilkan Karaman (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/1)19 Kenny Manigault (New Taipei Kings) (1/1)20 Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (2/9)21 Brandon Gilbeck (Formosa Taishin Dreamers) (1/1)22 Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (3/9)23 Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (4/9)24 Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (5/9)25 Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (6/9)26 Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (7/9)27 Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (8/9)28 Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (9/9)
Players of the Month Month RecipientRefNovember Byron Mullens (New Taipei Kings) (1/2)December Lu Chun-Hsiang (Taoyuan Pauian Pilots) (1/2)January Lu Chun-Hsiang (Taoyuan Pauian Pilots) (2/2)February Byron Mullens (New Taipei Kings) (2/2)March Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (1/3)April Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (2/3)May Jeremy Lin (Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers) (3/3)
Media The games were aired on television via FTV One and MOMOTV, and broadcast online on the YouTube official channel, 4GTV and Line TV.
Notable occurrences The P. League+ officially introduced "PLG" as its abbreviation. The PLG schedule expanded from 30 games per team to 40. The Taoyuan Pilots was renamed to Taoyuan Pauian Pilots. The Kaohsiung Steelers was renamed to Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers.
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