Worst brawl in SBL history

With less than 2 minutes remaining, Azio forward Chien Jia-hong started a bench-clearing brawl in a game vs. Dacin Construction Jan. 12. The game ended up with 4-on-4 as 16 players from both teams were ejected. Fine and suspensions are pending.

SBL Week 1 MVP: Lin Chih-jay

Taiwan Beer forward Lin Chih-jay was named MVP of the week for the opening week of the 2006-07 SBL season Tuesday. Lin averaged 27.7 points, 7 rebounds and 4.5 assists in two games.

Lin received 33 points to edge out Videoland forward Jonathan Sanders, who had 30 points in the voting. Taiwan Beer guard Lo Shin-liang was third with 28 points.

SBL 06-07 opening week video mix

Bank of Taiwan forward Hsu Chih-chan made a (almost) 94-foot basket in the Bank of Taiwan vs. Taiwan Beer pre-season game of the Super Basketball League (SBL) of Taiwan.



Videoland forward Jonathan Sanders completed a Jordanesque move under the basket in a win over ETSN Antelopes Jan. 7. Sanders had 26 points in the SBL season opener.

Taiwan Young Women won bronze in Asian Championship

This is an old news but...better late than never. Taiwan Young Women NT finished for third-place in the Asian Young Women Championship, which was held in Singapore from Dec. 20-27, 2006.

China and Japan qualified for the FIBA U21 Women's World Championship, which will take place in Moscow, Russia in June.

Game Results:
Preliminary
Taiwan 102-52 India
Taiwan 59-61 Korea
Taiwan 48-57 China
Taiwan 109-37 Thailand
Taiwan 42-61 Japan

Playoffs
Taiwan 57-60 Japan
Taiwan 59-57 Korea

Placing:
Level I
1. China
2. Japan
3. Taiwan
4. Korea
5. India
6. Thailand

Level II
1. Singapore
2. Uzbekistan
3. Sri Lanka
4. Indonesia

Veteran Lo led TB to a 2-0 start

(Photo credit: ESPN Taiwan)

Taiwan Beer shooting guard Lo Shin-liang proved his worth as a veteran. The 35 year-old scored 28 points for his new team in a 101-95 victory over Azio and led TB to a 2-0 start in the opening week of the 2006-07 SBL season.

Bank of Taiwan shocked everyone once again by upsetting Dacin 92-91 and recorded an unthinkable 4-game winning streak in season openers, which means it won every season opener during the past four years.

Yang Chin-min almost let the victory slip away by missing both free-throws with 12.3 seconds to go and BOT leading by one, but Dacin ended its last two possessions with turnovers. Forward Lin Chun-feng, who led BOT with 22 points, was 9-for-13 from the field and 4-for-4 from the charity stripe.

In the first game of the day, Jonathan Sanders had 26 points, 10 boards and 3 assists and led Videoland to a 91-81 win over ETSN. ETSN forward Delvin Thomas had 20 and 10 but injured his knee. His status was unclear.

TB 101-95 Azio
TB - Lo Shin-liang 28p, Lin Chih-jay 21p+7rb, Ho Sho-jen 18p
Azio - Hsu Shi-chin 18p, Chang Yu-lin 18p, Chien Jia-hong 16p+10rb

BOT 92-91 Dacin
BOT - Lin Chun-feng 22p, Yua Yin-li 20p+8rb, Chien Ming-fu 15p, Yang Chin-min 12p
Dacin - Tien Lei 34p+13rb, Chang Chi-feng 20p, Wang Chih-chun 14p

VL 91-81 ETSN
VL - Jonathan Sanders 26p+10rb+3a
ETSN - Delvin Thomas 20p+10rb

Taiwan Beer upset Yulon in opening game

Led by Lin Chih-jay's 33 points and 7 rebounds, Taiwan Beer made three 3-pointers in overtime to upset defending champion Yulon in the opening game of 2006-07 SBL regular season, snapping Yulon's three-game winning streak in season openers.

Lo Shin-liang, a 35 years-old veteran who came to Taiwan Beer from Azio (formerly YMY, ) made a game-deciding three to increase TB's lead to six points with 25.9 seconds remaining in overtime. Lo only scored five in his first game in TB uniform but his big-game experience obviously helped the new team.

Reigning SBL scoring leader Lin Chih-jay outscored his counterpart Chen Hsin-an 33 to 13, making 6 of 13 three-point tries and pulling down 7 boards. TB point guard Chen Shih-nian had 16 points and 8 rebounds while Ho Sho-jen added 12.

Taiwan Beer, which trailed by as many as 12 in the second half, closed the regulation with a 14-4 run to tie the score 70 all.

Yulon, which received their championship rings prior to the game, did not play like the defending champion. The Dinos made 2 of 17 from threes and had many mental lapses in its defense to allow TB come from behind.

Tsun Wen-din led Yulon with 21 points and 6 boards. Lee Hsueh-lin had 17. Chou Hong-yu had 14. Chen Hsin-an turned in 13 points and 8 rebounds in a mediocre game.

2006-07 SBL schedule

Jan. 6
1800 TB-Yulon

Jan. 7
1500 ETSN-VL
1700 Dacin-BOT
1900 Azio-TB

Jan. 12
1830 Azio-Dacin
2030 Yulon-VL

Jan. 13
1500 Dacin-ETSN
1700 VL-TB
1900 BOT-Azio

Jan. 14
1500 TB-ETSN
1700 Yulon-BOT
1900 Azio-VL

Jan. 19
1830 BOT-TB
2030 ETSN-Azio

Jan. 20
1500 Dacin-VL
1700 BOT-ETSN
1900 Azio-Yulon

Jan. 21
1500 TB-Dacin
1700 VL-BOT
1900 ETSN-Yulon

Jan. 26
1830 Yulon-Dacin
2030 BOT-ETSN

Jan. 27
1500 VL-TB
1700 Dacin-Azio
1900 Yulon-BOT

Jan. 28
1500 VL-Dacin
1700 ETSN-Azio
1900 TB-Yulon

Feb. 2
1830 Azio-Yulon
2030 BOT-TB

Feb. 3
1500 Dacin-ETSN
1700 Yulon-VL
1900 TB-Azio

Feb. 4
1500 VL-BOT
1700 ETSN-TB
1900 Dacin-Yulon

Feb. 9
1830 VL-ETSN
2030 TB-Dacin

Feb. 10
1500 Azio-VL
1700 Dacin-BOT
1900 ETSN-Yulon

Feb. 11
1500 BOT-Azio
1700 TB-ETSN
1900 Yulon-Dacin

(Chinese New Year break)

Feb. 23
1830 Yulon-VL
2030 TB-Azio

Feb. 24
1500 ETSN-Dacin
1700 Azio-BOT
1900 VL-TB

Feb. 25
1900 All-Star Game

Mar. 2
1830 BOT-ETSN
2030 Dacin-Azio

Mar. 3
1500 ETSN-VL
1700 Azio-Yulon
1900 TB-BOT

Mar. 4
1500 VL-Azio
1700 Yulon-TB
1900 BOT-Dacin

Mar. 9
1830 ETSN-Yulon
2030 VL-Dacin

Mar. 10
1500 Yulon-BOT
1700 Dacin-TB
1900 Azio-ETSN

Mar. 11
1500 BOT-VL
1700 TB-Azio
1900 Yulon-Dacin

Mar. 16
1830 TB-VL
2030 Yulon-Azio

Mar. 17
1500 ETSN-TB
1700 BOT-Dacin
1900 VL-Yulon

Mar. 18
1500 TB-BOT
1700 Dacin-Azio
1900 ETSN-VL

(A two-week break due to schedule conflict with the university league.)

Apr. 6
1830 Dacin-ETSN
2030 Azio-BOT

Apr. 7
1500 ETSN-Yulon
1700 BOT-VL
1900 TB-Dacin

Apr. 8
1500 VL-Azio
1700 BOT-ETSN
1900 Yulon-TB

Apr. 13
1830 Dacin-VL
2030 TB-BOT

Apr. 14
1500 ETSN-Azio
1700 BOT-Yulon
1900 VL-TB

Apr. 15
1500 BOT-ETSN
1700 Azio-VL
1900 Yulon-Dacin

Apr. 20
1830 Azio-Yulon
2030 ETSN-TB

Apr. 21
1500 BOT-Azio
1700 Dacin-VL
1900 Yulon-ETSN

Apr. 22
1500 VL-BOT
1700 ETSN-Azio
1900 TB-Dacin

(Another bye week.)

May 4
1830 Dacin-ETSN
2030 Yulon-BOT

May 5
1500 Azio-Dacin
1700 Yulon-TB
1900 ETSN-VL

May 6
1500 Dacin-BOT
1700 TB-Azio
1900 VL-Yulon

End of regular season.
Playoffs: May 11 - June 3.

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Notes:

-- Games from Jan. 6 - Mar. 18 will be played at the Taipei Physical Education College (TPEC) Gymnasium. (5 Dunhwa North Rd., Taipei City)
-- Games from Apr. 6 - Apr. 15 will be played at the Sinjhuang Gymnasium. (75, Chunghwa Rd., -- Sinjhuang City, Taipei County)
-- Games from Apr. 20 - Apr. 22 will be played at the Miaoli Arena. (1121 Kuohwa Rd., Miaoli City)
-- Games from May 4 - May 6 will be played at the National Cheng-kung University Gymnasium. (1 University Rd., Tainan City)
-- All Playoff games will be played at the TPEC Gym.
-- Ticket information: http://www.ticket.com.tw/

Second-year forward Cheng shot down Yulon in last exhibition game

ETSN's second-year forward Cheng Jen-wei scored game-high 23 points, shooting 6 of 10 from the three-point line, and helped ETSN to a 81-75 victory in the last SBL exhibition game Tuesday. ETSN won both of its warmup games.

ETSN import Delvin Thomas had another brilliant game, tallying 11 points and 15 boards in just 21 minutes. Center-forward Hsiao Yuan-chan had 13 and 5.

Defending champ Yulon was led by Chou Shih-yuan and Chiu Chi-yi, who scored 15 respectively. Center Tsun Wen-din had 13 points and 11 rebounds while Chen Hsin-an turned in 11 points and pulled down 7 boards.

The 2006-07 SBL season, which was pushed back due to the Doha Asian Games, will tip-off on Saturday with a rematch of last season's Finals as Yulon meets Taiwan Beer in the opening game.

Sanders led VL to another exhibition win

Jonathan Sanders had 16 points and 11 rebounds in Videoland's 89-75 win over Taiwan Beer Monday night. Sanders' consecutive double-double performances helped VL to a pair of exhibition victories and gave the 6-th place team a promising outlook of the upcoming regular season.

Newcomers Wu Yong-jen (from BOT) and Deng An-cheng (from Dacin) each had 11 for VL. Reigning SBL scoring leader Lin Chih-jay had 19 points and 19 rebounds for Taiwan Beer, which also received 12 points and 8 boards from veteran Lo Shing-liang, who left Azio (former YMY) after last season.

Chen Hsin-an had 15 points and 6 rebounds as defending beat Bank of Taiwan 93-87. Chou Shih-yuan had 14 points, Tsun Wen-din 12 points and Chang Yi-wen had 11 points and 10 rebounds for th winner.

BOT was led by Yang Chin-min's 18 points. Yua Ying-li and Chuan Hsiao-wen scored 17 apiece.

The 2006-07 SBL regular season will tip off Jan. 6 in Taipei.

Thomas, Sanders shine in SBL exhibition games

Dec. 30
Dacin 94-84 Azio (Tien Lei 20p, Wang Chih-chun 19p ; Chien Jia-hong 31p, Chang Yu-lin 15p)
TB 93-88 BOT (Lin Chih-jay 30p+10rb, Wu Chih-yuan 15p+14rb ; Chang Bo-shen 21p, Yang Chin-min 20p)

Dec. 31
VL 85-72 Azio (Lee Wei-min 16p, Jonathan Sanders 14p+13rb in 22 min, Lai Kuo-hong 12p ; Chien Jia-hong 17p, Wu Jian-long 12p)
ETSN 92-81 Dacin (Delvin Thomas 23p+8rb+3s+3blk, Wu Jia-long 19p, Yang Yu-min 17p ; Wang Chih-chun 27p, Chang Chi-feng 12p, Tien Lei 11p)