# 2023 T1 League Finals

The 2023 T1 League Finals was the championship series of the T1 League's 2022–23 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. The best-of-seven final series was played by the winners of the semifinals series. The finals series started on May 13 and ended on May 21. The series was matched by New Taipei CTBC DEA and Tainan TSG GhostHawks. On May 21, the New Taipei CTBC DEA defeated the Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 4–0, winning the 2022–23 season championship. Lin Wei-Han of the New Taipei CTBC DEA was named the Finals MVP.

## Bracket

| Play-in | Play-in | Play-in | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 1 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Taichung Suns | 0 | | | |
| 4 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 1 | 5 | Taichung Suns | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Taichung Suns | 2 | | | | | | |
| 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

## Background
### Road to the Finals

| New Taipei CTBC DEA (1st seed) | New Taipei CTBC DEA (1st seed) | | Tainan TSG GhostHawks (2nd seed) |
| TeamGPWLPCTGB New Taipei CTBC DEA30255.833— Tainan TSG GhostHawks301911.6336 Kaohsiung Aquas301614.5339 TaiwanBeer HeroBears301614.5339 Taichung Suns30822.26717 Taoyuan Leopards30624.20019 | Regular season | Regular season | TeamGPWLPCTGB New Taipei CTBC DEA30255.833— Tainan TSG GhostHawks301911.6336 Kaohsiung Aquas301614.5339 TaiwanBeer HeroBears301614.5339 Taichung Suns30822.26717 Taoyuan Leopards30624.20019 |
| No need to play play-in series | Play-in | Play-in | No need to play play-in series |
| Defeated the 5th seed Taichung Suns, 3–0 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Defeated the 3rd seed Kaohsiung Aquas, 3–2 |

### Regular season series

The DEA won 6–0 in the regular-season series.
* October 30, 2022
* boxscore
| Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 98–101 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
* Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
* November 12, 2022
* boxscore
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 107–104 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
* Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City
* December 18, 2022
* boxscore
| Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 93–101 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
* Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
* January 14, 2023
* boxscore
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 116–111 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
* Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City
* April 16, 2023
* boxscore
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 114–105 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
* Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City
* April 22, 2023
* boxscore
| Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 102–114 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
* Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City

## Series summary

| Game | Date | Away Team | Result | Home Team |
| Game 1 | May 13 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 110–117 (0–1) | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
| Game 2 | May 15 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 98–108 (0–2) | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
| Game 3 | May 19 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 112–96 (3–0) | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| Game 4 | May 21 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 120–93 (4–0) | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |

## Game summaries
### Game 1

* Eleven Sports ELTA TV
* May 13, 2023 14:00 (UTC+8)
* boxscore
| Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 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 |||
* Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City Attendance: 4,059 Referees: Yu Jung, Glenn Cornelio, Hsieh Shang-Chien

### Game 2

* Eleven Sports ELTA TV
* May 15, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8)
* boxscore
| Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 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 |||
* Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City Attendance: 3,622 Referees: Lin Chien-Hung, Lan Wei-Hsiung, Lai Chien-Hao

### Game 3

* VL Sports ELTA TV
* May 19, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8)
* boxscore
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 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 |||
* Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City Attendance: 2,065 Referees: Yu Jung, Chan Owe Shiong, Chen Chien-Lin

### Game 4

* VL Sports ELTA TV
* May 21, 2023 14:00 (UTC+8)
* boxscore
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 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 T1 League Finals, 4–0 |||
* Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City Attendance: 2,065 Referees: Chan Owe Shiong, Lin Chien-Hung, Joenard Garcia

## Player statistics
### New Taipei CTBC DEA

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga | 4 | 38:12 | 18.8 | 50.8% | 38.5% | 75.0% | 7.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| Edgaras Želionis | 4 | 30:43 | 24.0 | 60.7% | 57.1% | 80.0% | 9.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| Liu Jen-Hao | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Lin Ping-Sheng | 4 | 20:02 | 9.0 | 52.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Liu Min-Yan | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Lee Hsueh-Lin | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Wei Chia-Hao | 3 | 12:06 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Tung Fang Yi-Kang | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Kristijan Krajina | 4 | 33:09 | 18.5 | 63.5% | 45.5% | 60.0% | 7.8 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Hsieh Ya-Hsuan | 4 | 21:39 | 6.0 | 47.4% | 27.3% | 60.0% | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Zhou Cheng-Rui | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Jonah Morrison | 2 | 1:33 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chen Yu-An | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Kaspars Bērziņš | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Lin Wei-Han | 4 | 31:12 | 14.0 | 48.6% | 50.0% | 87.5% | 4.0 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Liu Weir-Chern | 1 | 4:24 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nick King | 4 | 29:23 | 17.0 | 41.4% | 20.0% | 36.8% | 8.0 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
| Tseng Wen-Ting | 4 | 24:39 | 7.0 | 52.6% | 46.2% | 100.0% | 2.0 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 |

### Tainan TSG GhostHawks

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Chang Wei-Hsiang | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Chien Wei-Ju | 4 | 27:58 | 9.0 | 34.1% | 30.4% | 50.0% | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Ku Mao Wei-Chia | 4 | 27:43 | 12.3 | 36.2% | 28.6% | 69.2% | 3.3 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Li Han-Sheng | 4 | 18:58 | 4.0 | 31.6% | 25.0% | 0.0% | 2.3 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Liu Chun-Ting | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Wu Yen-Lun | 1 | 5:32 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tsai Chien-Yu | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Hu Kai-Hsiang | 4 | 25:25 | 9.5 | 38.5% | 32.0% | 0.0% | 2.0 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Samuel Deguara | 3 | 29:46 | 18.3 | 66.7% | 0.0% | 78.6% | 11.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Lin Tzu-Feng | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| Wu Hung-Hsing | 3 | 2:52 | 2.7 | 66.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lu Kuan-Ting | 2 | 6:45 | 3.0 | 40.0% | 40.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chen Ching-Huan | 4 | 13:46 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Han Chieh-Yu | 4 | 17:58 | 7.3 | 34.4% | 25.0% | 100.0% | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Sim Bhullar | 3 | 34:47 | 16.0 | 66.7% | 0.0% | 54.1% | 13.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Marcus Weathers | 3 | 25:30 | 16.3 | 42.5% | 10.0% | 77.8% | 7.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Wu Tai-Hao | 3 | 7:41 | 0.7 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Robert Upshaw | 3 | 37:15 | 20.3 | 38.8% | 35.7% | 72.2% | 11.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
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