2023 T1 League playoffs
Taiwanese basketball tournament
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The 2023 T1 League playoffs was the postseason tournament of the T1 League's 2022–23 season. The play-in series started on April 25 and ended on April 27.[1][2] The semifinals series started on April 28 and ended on May 8.[1][3] The finals series started on May 13 and ended on May 21.[4][5] On May 21, the New Taipei CTBC DEA defeated the Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 4–0, winning the 2022–23 season championship.[5]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | April 25 – May 21, 2023 |
| Season | 2022–23 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | New Taipei CTBC DEA (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| Semifinalists | |
Format
Five teams participated in the playoffs. The top three teams, based on winning percentage of regular season, directly qualified for the semifinals. The fourth and fifth seeds played the best-of-three play-in series, which was in a 1-1 format. The fourth seed was awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the play-in series and the top three seeds played the best-of-five semifinals series, which was in a 2-2-1 format. The winners of the semifinals series played the best-of-seven finals series, which was in a 2-2-1-1-1 format.[6] Due to the schedule of the Xinzhuang Gymnasium, the semifinals series between the New Taipei CTBC DEA and the winner of play-in series changed to a 1-1-1-1-1 format.[1]
Playoff qualifying
On March 19, 2023, the New Taipei CTBC DEA became the first team to clinch the semifinals series.[7] On April 3, the New Taipei CTBC DEA clinched the regular season title.[8] On April 9, the Taichung Suns became the first team to qualify the play-in series.[9] On April 16, the Kaohsiung Aquas became the final team to secure a direct berth in the semifinals bracket, qualifying as the third seed and relegating the TaiwanBeer HeroBears to the play-in series.[10] On April 27, the Taichung Suns won the play-in series and advanced to the semifinals bracket.[2]
| Seed | Team | Record | Clinched | ||
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| Play-in berth | Semifinals berth | Best record in T1 | |||
| 1 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 25–5 | — | March 19[7] | April 3[8] |
| 2 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 19–11 | — | April 1[11] | — |
| 3 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 16–14 | — | April 16[10] | — |
| 4 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 16–14 | April 16[10] | — | — |
| 5 | Taichung Suns | 8–22 | April 9[9] | April 27[2] | — |
Bracket
| Play-in | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Taichung Suns | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Taichung Suns | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 2 | ||||||||||||
Bold: Series winner
Italic: Team with home-court advantage
Play-in: (4) TaiwanBeer HeroBears vs. (5) Taichung Suns
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
April 25, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 130–138 (2OT) | Taichung Suns |
| Scoring by quarter: 36–24, 35–27, 18–37, 26–27, Overtime: 15–23 | ||
| Pts: Qualls 37 Rebs: Thabeet 25 Asts: Chiang Yu-An 14 |
Pts: Rice 44 Rebs: Rice 12 Asts: Rice 11 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 [12] | ||
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City Attendance: 847 Referees: Lai Chien-Hao, Glenn Cornelio, Chan Owe Shiong |
VL Sports ELTA TV |
April 27, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Taichung Suns | 120–118 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–29, 28–26, 29–36, 31–27 | ||
| Pts: Rice 46 Rebs: Moultrie 15 Asts: Ting Sheng-Ju 8 |
Pts: Jones 33 Rebs: Jones 13 Asts: Jones, Chiang Yu-An 8 | |
| Suns wins series, 2–1 [2] | ||
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City Attendance: 991 Referees: Ho Chang-Jen, Chan Owe Shiong, Hsieh Shang-Chien |
| The HeroBears won 5–1 in the regular-season series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Semifinals
(1) New Taipei CTBC DEA vs. (5) Taichung Suns
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
May 1, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Taichung Suns | 78–126 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–37, 20–31, 16–30, 23–28 | ||
| Pts: Rice 13 Rebs: Moultrie 17 Asts: Lin Ming-Yi 4 |
Pts: King 27 Rebs: Želionis 14 Asts: Lin Wei-Han 13 | |
| DEA leads series, 1–0 [13] | ||
Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City Attendance: 3,253 Referees: Yu Jung, Chan Owe Shiong, Glenn Cornelio |
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
May 4, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 110–83 | Taichung Suns |
| Scoring by quarter: 37–14, 28–33, 21–17, 24–19 | ||
| Pts: King 18 Rebs: Krajina 8 Asts: Hsieh Ya-Hsuan, Lin Ping-Sheng 6 |
Pts: Rice 21 Rebs: Moultrie, Benson 10 Asts: Ting Sheng-Ju 11 | |
| DEA leads series, 2–0 [14] | ||
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City Attendance: 1,333 Referees: Glenn Cornelio, Chan Owe Shiong, Chen Chien-Lin |
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
May 7, 2023 14:00 (UTC+8) |
| Taichung Suns | 86–130 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–25, 25–30, 17–36, 16–39 | ||
| Pts: Rice 20 Rebs: Benson 12 Asts: Ting Sheng-Ju 8 |
Pts: Bachir 27 Rebs: Krajina, King 12 Asts: Lin Wei-Han 5 | |
| DEA wins series, 3–0 [15] | ||
Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City Attendance: 3,345 Referees: Lin Chien-Hung, Glenn Cornelio, Lan Wei-Hsiung |
| The DEA won 5–1 in the regular-season series | ||||||||||||||||||
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This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, and the first since the Taichung Wagor Suns renamed to the Taichung Suns in 2022, with the Suns winning the first meeting.
| Suns leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series |
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(2) Tainan TSG GhostHawks vs. (3) Kaohsiung Aquas
VL Sports ELTA TV |
April 28, 2023 18:30 (UTC+8) |
| Kaohsiung Aquas | 103–117 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–26, 20–26, 22–35, 33–30 | ||
| Pts: Hu Long-Mao 27 Rebs: Bohannon 10 Asts: Brickman, Alexander 7 |
Pts: Upshaw 28 Rebs: Upshaw 11 Asts: Li Han-Sheng 8 | |
| GhostHawks leads series, 1–0 [16] | ||
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City Attendance: 1,004 Referees: Lan Wei-Hsiung, Glenn Cornelio, Chan Owe Shiong |
VL Sports ELTA TV |
April 30, 2023 14:00 (UTC+8) |
| Kaohsiung Aquas | 124–103 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–28, 39–22, 21–34, 33–19 | ||
| Pts: Brickman 34 Rebs: Bohannon 17 Asts: Brickman 12 |
Pts: Ku Mao Wei-Chia 24 Rebs: Deguara, Bhullar 11 Asts: Li Han-Sheng, Ku Mao Wei-Chia 4 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 [17] | ||
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City Attendance: 1,507 Referees: Ho Chang-Jen, Glenn Cornelio, Chan Owe Shiong |
VL Sports ELTA TV |
May 3, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 97–88 | Kaohsiung Aquas |
| Scoring by quarter: 35–20, 17–22, 18–28, 27–18 | ||
| Pts: Deguara 28 Rebs: Deguara 17 Asts: Ku Mao Wei-Chia 6 |
Pts: Brickman 24 Rebs: Bohannon 14 Asts: Brickman 8 | |
| GhostHawks leads series, 2–1 [18] | ||
Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City Attendance: 4,838 Referees: Lin Chien-Hung, Glenn Cornelio, Chan Owe Shiong |
VL Sports ELTA TV |
May 5, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 98–99 | Kaohsiung Aquas |
| Scoring by quarter: 36–19, 27–26, 17–30, 18–24 | ||
| Pts: Upshaw 27 Rebs: Upshaw 17 Asts: Hu Kai-Hsiang 7 |
Pts: Yu Huan-Ya 22 Rebs: Bohannon 10 Asts: Brickman 11 | |
| Series tied, 2–2 [19] | ||
Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City Attendance: 6,166 Referees: Glenn Cornelio, Lan Wei-Hsiung, Lai Chien-Hao |
VL Sports ELTA TV |
May 8, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Kaohsiung Aquas | 99–105 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 19–24, 26–39, 26–24 | ||
| Pts: Bohannon 23 Rebs: Hu Long-Mao 10 Asts: Brickman 9 |
Pts: Upshaw 27 Rebs: Bhullar 21 Asts: Ku Mao Wei-Chia 8 | |
| GhostHawks wins series, 3–2 [3] | ||
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City Attendance: 2,064 Referees: Wu Chien-Wu, Glenn Cornelio, Su Yu-Yen |
| The GhostHawks won 5–1 in the regular-season series | ||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
T1 League Finals: (1) New Taipei CTBC DEA vs. (2) Tainan TSG GhostHawks
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
May 13, 2023 14:00 (UTC+8) |
| Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 110–117 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 25–30, 28–29, 32–28 | ||
| Pts: Upshaw 23 Rebs: Upshaw 17 Asts: Ku Mao Wei-Chia 9 |
Pts: Krajina 25 Rebs: Krajina 14 Asts: Lin Wei-Han 12 | |
| DEA leads series, 1–0 [20] | ||
Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City Attendance: 4,059 Referees: Yu Jung, Glenn Cornelio, Hsieh Shang-Chien |
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
May 15, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 98–108 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–23, 30–34, 27–23, 13–28 | ||
| Pts: Bhullar 22 Rebs: Bhullar 18 Asts: Hu Kai-Hsiang 5 |
Pts: Krajina 24 Rebs: King 12 Asts: Lin Wei-Han 11 | |
| DEA leads series, 2–0 [21] | ||
Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City Attendance: 3,622 Referees: Lin Chien-Hung, Lan Wei-Hsiung, Lai Chien-Hao |
VL Sports ELTA TV |
May 19, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 112–96 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| Scoring by quarter: 38–29, 28–23, 29–18, 17–26 | ||
| Pts: King 26 Rebs: Želionis 13 Asts: Lin Wei-Han 7 |
Pts: Upshaw, Weathers 18 Rebs: Weathers 14 Asts: Upshaw 5 | |
| DEA leads series, 3–0 [22] | ||
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City Attendance: 2,065 Referees: Yu Jung, Chan Owe Shiong, Chen Chien-Lin |
VL Sports ELTA TV |
May 21, 2023 14:00 (UTC+8) |
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 120–93 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–26, 29–32, 36–15, 24–20 | ||
| Pts: Želionis 35 Rebs: Želionis 9 Asts: Lin Wei-Han 12 |
Pts: Upshaw 20 Rebs: Bhullar 14 Asts: Ku Mao Wei-Chia 9 | |
| DEA wins series, 4–0 [5] | ||
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City Attendance: 2,065 Referees: Chan Owe Shiong, Lin Chien-Hung, Joenard Garcia |
| The DEA won 6–0 in the regular-season series | ||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Statistical leaders
| Category | Game high | Average | |||||
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| Player | Team | High | Player | Team | Avg. | GP | |
| Points | Rayvonte Rice | Taichung Suns | 46 | Rayvonte Rice | Taichung Suns | 28.8 | 5 |
| Rebounds | Hasheem Thabeet | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 25 | Hasheem Thabeet | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 17.5 | 2 |
| Assists | Chiang Yu-An | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 14 | Chiang Yu-An | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 11.0 | 2 |
| Steals | Rayvonte Rice | Taichung Suns | 6 | Rayvonte Rice | Taichung Suns | 3.4 | 5 |
| Blocks | Hasheem Thabeet Sim Bhullar | TaiwanBeer HeroBears Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 4 | Hasheem Thabeet | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 2.5 | 2 |