# 2024 T1 League finals

The 2024 T1 League finals was the championship series of the T1 League's 2023–24 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 24 and ended on June 7. The series was matched by Taipei Mars and Taiwan Beer Leopards. On June 1, the Taiwan Beer Leopards defeated the Taipei Mars, 4–0, winning the 2023–24 season championship. DeMarcus Cousins of the Taiwan Beer Leopards was named the Finals MVP.

## Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Taipei Mars | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Taipei Mars | 3 | 4 | Taipei Mars | 0 |
| | | | 2 | Taiwan Beer Leopards | 4 |
| 2 | Taiwan Beer Leopards | 3 | 2 | Taiwan Beer Leopards | 4 |
| 3 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 0 | | | |
Bold: series winner Italic: team with home-court advantage

## Background
### Road to the finals

| Taipei Mars (4th seed) | Taipei Mars (4th seed) | | Taiwan Beer Leopards (2nd seed) | Taiwan Beer Leopards (2nd seed) |
| TeamGPWLPCTGB New Taipei CTBC DEA28199.679— Taiwan Beer Leopards281810.6431 Kaohsiung Aquas281513.5364 Taipei Mars281117.3938 Tainan TSG GhostHawks28721.25012 | Regular season | Regular season | TeamGPWLPCTGB New Taipei CTBC DEA28199.679— Taiwan Beer Leopards281810.6431 Kaohsiung Aquas281513.5364 Taipei Mars281117.3938 Tainan TSG GhostHawks28721.25012 |
| Defeated the 1st seed New Taipei CTBC DEA, 3–2 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Defeated the 3rd seed Kaohsiung Aquas, 3–0 |

### Regular season series

The Leopards won 4–3 in the regular-season series.
* November 19, 2023
* boxscore
| Taipei Mars | 99–102 | Taiwan Beer Leopards |
* Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City
* December 2, 2023
* boxscore
| Taipei Mars | 111–104 | Taiwan Beer Leopards |
* Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City
* December 24, 2023
* boxscore
| Taiwan Beer Leopards | 109–102 | Taipei Mars |
* Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei City
* December 31, 2023
* boxscore
| Taiwan Beer Leopards | 120–113 | Taipei Mars |
* Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei City
* March 24, 2024
* boxscore
| Taiwan Beer Leopards | 96–126 | Taipei Mars |
* Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei City
* April 20, 2024
* boxscore
| Taipei Mars | 96–101 | Taiwan Beer Leopards |
* Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City
* April 21, 2024
* boxscore
| Taipei Mars | 91–79 | Taiwan Beer Leopards |
* Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City

## Series summary

| Game | Date | Away Team | Result | Home Team |
| Game 1 | May 24 | Taipei Mars | 101–106 (0–1) | Taiwan Beer Leopards |
| Game 2 | May 26 | Taipei Mars | 107–112 (0–2) | Taiwan Beer Leopards |
| Game 3 | May 30 | Taiwan Beer Leopards | 94–79 (3–0) | Taipei Mars |
| Game 4 | June 1 | Taiwan Beer Leopards | 108–80 (4–0) | Taipei Mars |

## Game summaries
### Game 1

* VL Sports ELTA TV
* May 24, 2024 19:00 (UTC+8)
* boxscore
| Taipei Mars | Taiwan Beer Leopards |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–36, 33–19, 25–28, 18–23 |||
| Pts: Lin Ping-Sheng 25 Rebs: Koreniuk 12 Asts: Chen Wen-Hung, Ndoye 5 | Pts: Cousins, Kromah 30 Rebs: Cousins 15 Asts: Kromah 7 |
| Leopards leads series, 1–0 |||
* Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City Attendance: 5,019 Referees: Ho Chang-Jen, Lai Chien-Hao, Huang Po-Wei

### Game 2

* VL Sports ELTA TV
* May 26, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
* boxscore
| Taipei Mars | Taiwan Beer Leopards |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–19, 22–30, 20–26, 33–37 |||
| Pts: Lin Ping-Sheng 38 Rebs: Johnson 15 Asts: Lin Ping-Sheng 8 | Pts: Gao Jin-Wei, Cousins 27 Rebs: Cousins 12 Asts: Chiang Yu-An, Kromah 4 |
| Leopards leads series, 2–0 |||
* Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City Attendance: 6,869 Referees: Yu Jung, Lan Wei-Hsiung, Hsieh Shang-Chien

### Game 3

* VL Sports ELTA TV
* May 30, 2024 19:00 (UTC+8)
* boxscore
| Taiwan Beer Leopards | Taipei Mars |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 19–20, 26–16, 16–25 |||
| Pts: Chiang Yu-An, Kromah 21 Rebs: Cousins 15 Asts: Kromah 7 | Pts: Lin Ping-Sheng 24 Rebs: Johnson 12 Asts: Johnson 7 |
| Leopards leads series, 3–0 |||
* Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei City Attendance: 3,754 Referees: Lin Chien-Hung, Chuang Chih-Chun, Lai Chien-Hao

### Game 4

* VL Sports ELTA TV
* June 1, 2024 14:00 (UTC+8)
* boxscore
| Taiwan Beer Leopards | Taipei Mars |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 28–17, 20–23, 33–14 |||
| Pts: Kromah 36 Rebs: Cousins 24 Asts: Gao Jin-Wei 7 | Pts: Johnson 30 Rebs: Johnson 14 Asts: Johnson, Tsao Xun-Xiang 5 |
| Leopards wins T1 League finals, 4–0 |||
* Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei City Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Yu Jung, Ho Chang-Jen, Hsieh Shang-Chien

## Player statistics
### Taipei Mars

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Lin Ping-Sheng | 4 | 36:03 | 25.0 | 48.1% | 35.7% | 70.0% | 4.8 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.3 |
| Ting Sheng-Ju | 3 | 12:04 | 0.3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 2.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lin Li | 2 | 2:10 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Liu Yen-Ting | 1 | 2:30 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chen Wen-Hung | 4 | 25:50 | 5.5 | 29.2% | 27.8% | 75.0% | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Chang Chao-Chen | 2 | 1:45 | 1.0 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jaylen Johnson | 4 | 43:01 | 19.0 | 43.3% | 30.0% | 63.2% | 13.0 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 |
| Huang Tsung-Han | 4 | 23:49 | 7.8 | 29.4% | 32.0% | 100.0% | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Lin Yi-Huei | 3 | 19:10 | 6.7 | 38.9% | 27.3% | 60.0% | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson | 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 |
| Sun Szu-Yao | 2 | 3:11 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Hsu Ching-En | 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 |
| Chang Keng-Yu | 2 | 22:58 | 6.5 | 60.0% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Vladyslav Koreniuk | 3 | 14:36 | 6.0 | 53.8% | 0.0% | 66.7% | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Youssou Ndoye | 3 | 32:03 | 15.0 | 55.2% | 0.0% | 76.5% | 8.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Tsao Xun-Xiang | 4 | 37:10 | 9.8 | 34.8% | 30.0% | 50.0% | 4.3 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 |

### Taiwan Beer Leopards

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Chen Hsiao-Jung | 2 | 3:08 | 1.5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 75.0% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cheng Wei | 2 | 2:15 | 0.5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Gao Jin-Wei | 4 | 35:11 | 16.8 | 49.0% | 33.3% | 91.7% | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Lu Chieh-Min | 2 | 1:45 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Chu I-Tsung | 1 | 3:41 | 2.0 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lin Sin-Kuan | 4 | 27:30 | 5.0 | 36.4% | 30.8% | 0.0% | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| DeAndre Williams | 1 | 9:46 | 2.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Chiang Yu-An | 3 | 39:42 | 17.0 | 50.0% | 45.0% | 50.0% | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | 4 | 35:39 | 25.3 | 45.0% | 20.0% | 85.7% | 16.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Lasan Kromah | 4 | 39:32 | 25.5 | 47.6% | 44.0% | 64.7% | 4.5 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| Huang Jhen | 4 | 8:05 | 3.0 | 30.8% | 36.4% | 0.0% | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Wu Pei-Chia | 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 |
| Devin Williams | 3 | 20:48 | 6.3 | 32.0% | 0.0% | 75.0% | 6.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Lee Chi-Wei | 4 | 36:15 | 9.3 | 56.5% | 52.6% | 50.0% | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Liu Yuan-Kai | 4 | 5:25 | 0.8 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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