# 2021–22 Taoyuan Leopards season

The 2021–22 Taoyuan Leopards season was the franchise's 1st season, its first season in the T1 League. The Leopards were coached by Wang Chih-Chun in his first year as their head coach, with Su Yi-Chieh as their general manager. On April 10, 2022, the Leopards announced that Wang Chih-Chun resigned from head coach, and named Su Yi-Chieh as their interim head coach. On May 16, the Leopards named Liu Chia-Fa, the skills consultant of the Taoyuan Leopards, as their new head coach.

## Draft

| Round | Player | Position(s) | School / Club team |
| 1 | Lo Chen-Feng | Small forward | NKNU |
| 2 | Huang Yi-Sheng | Shooting guard | SHU |
| 3 | Chang Shun-Cheng | Shooting guard / forward | UKN |
* Reference：

## Preseason
### Game log

2021 preseason game log Total: 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1) :
Preseason : 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
November 13
@ GhostHawks
L 87–97
Wu Chi-Ying (25)
Tsai Yang-Ming (13)
Cheng Wei (6) Yu Meng-Yun (6)
Kaohsiung Arena 3,288
0–1 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 30 | 23 | 7 | .767 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Taichung Wagor Suns | 30 | 20 | 10 | .667 | 3 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 30 | 17 | 13 | .567 | 6 | Advance to semifinals |
| 4 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 30 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 7 | Advance to play-in |
| 5 | Taoyuan Leopards | 30 | 8 | 22 | .267 | 15 | Advance to play-in |
| 6 | Tainan TSG GhostHawks | 30 | 6 | 24 | .200 | 17 | |

### Game log

2021–22 regular season game log Total: 8–22 (home: 6–9; road: 2–13) :
December : 1–4 (home: 0–2; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
December 11
@ DEA
L 77–85
Caelan Tiongson (19)
Daniel Orton (28)
Daniel Orton (5)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
0–1
2
December 12
@ HeroBears
L 93–102
Aleksandar Mitrović (30)
Daniel Orton (10)
Yu Meng-Yun (7)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium
0–2
3
December 18
@ GhostHawks
W 89–81
Aleksandar Mitrović (21)
Daniel Orton (21)
Daniel Orton (6)
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
1–2
4
December 25
DEA
L 72–85
Aleksandar Mitrović (25)
Caelan Tiongson (16)
Daniel Orton (5)
Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium 2,086
1–3
5
December 26
GhostHawks
L 83–114
Caelan Tiongson (26)
Caelan Tiongson (11)
Caelan Tiongson (3) Du Yu-Cheng (3) Aleksandar Mitrović (3)
Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium
1–4 :
January : 0–5 (home: 0–2; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
January 1
@ GhostHawks
L 113–132
Troy Williams (38)
Caelan Tiongson (17)
Cheng Wei (6)
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
1–5
7
January 9
@ Suns
L 74–101
Caelan Tiongson (27)
Caelan Tiongson (17)
Cheng Wei (5)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium
1–6
8
January 15
Aquas
L 82–116
John Gillon (15) Du Yu-Cheng (15)
Tsai Yang-Ming (10) Deyonta Davis (10)
Caelan Tiongson (5)
Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium No In-Person Attendance
1–7
9
January 16
Suns
L 115–119
Troy Williams (31)
Troy Williams (11)
John Gillon (11)
Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium No In-Person Attendance
1–8
10
January 22
@ DEA
L 104–125
John Gillon (29)
Troy Williams (13)
John Gillon (4)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
1–9
January 29
HeroBears
Postponed to April 30 :
February : 1–2 (home: 0–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
February 5
Aquas
Postponed to May 1
February 6
Suns
Postponed to April 29
11
February 13
@ Aquas
L 116–133
Caelan Tiongson (30)
Troy Williams (17)
John Gillon (5) Troy Williams (5)
Kaohsiung Arena
1–10
February 19
GhostHawks
Postponed to March 25
February 20
Aquas
Postponed to March 11
12
February 27
@ Suns
L 102–108
John Gillon (26)
Deyonta Davis (18)
John Gillon (6)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium
1–11
13
February 28
@ GhostHawks
W 118–99
John Gillon (34)
Deyonta Davis (20)
John Gillon (8)
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium
2–11 :
March : 3–4 (home: 3–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
March 6
@ HeroBears
L 113–115
Troy Williams (25)
Deyonta Davis (19)
John Gillon (9)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium
2–12
15
March 11
Aquas
L 100–106
Deyonta Davis (26)
Deyonta Davis (21)
John Gillon (7)
Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium
2–13
16
March 12
HeroBears
W 101–96
Caelan Tiongson (23)
Deyonta Davis (16)
John Gillon (6)
Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium
3–13
17
March 13
GhostHawks
W 97–84
Elijah Thomas (18)
Deyonta Davis (15)
John Gillon (10)
Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium
4–13
18
March 19
@ Aquas
L 84–111
Deyonta Davis (17)
Deyonta Davis (7)
John Gillon (8)
Kaohsiung Arena
4–14
19
March 25
GhostHawks
W 109–93
Deyonta Davis (29)
Deyonta Davis (17)
John Gillon (10)
Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium
5–14
20
March 27
@ Suns
L 93–98
Deyonta Davis (22) John Gillon (22)
Deyonta Davis (18)
John Gillon (5)
National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium
5–15 :
April : 1–5 (home: 1–2; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
April 2
DEA
Postponed to May 7
April 3
Suns
Postponed to May 8
21
April 5
@ HeroBears
L 88–120
Elijah Thomas (35)
Deyonta Davis (12)
Elijah Thomas (5)
University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium No In-Person Attendance
5–16
22
April 9
@ DEA
L 121–139
John Gillon (39)
Deyonta Davis (12)
John Gillon (17)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
5–17
23
April 17
@ Aquas
L 104–119
Troy Williams (35)
Troy Williams (10) Elijah Thomas (10)
Troy Williams (7)
Kaohsiung Arena
5–18
24
April 23
HeroBears
W 135–134
Troy Williams (30) John Gillon (30)
Elijah Thomas (11)
John Gillon (14)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
6–18
25
April 24
DEA
L 119–132
Troy Williams (30)
Tsai Yang-Ming (9)
John Gillon (7)
Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium
6–19
26
April 29
Suns
L 97–112
Troy Williams (24)
Deyonta Davis (14)
John Gillon (7)
Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium
6–20
April 30
HeroBears
Postponed to May 6 :
May : 2–2 (home: 2–2; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
27
May 1
Aquas
L 117–137
Troy Williams (44)
Troy Williams (14)
John Gillon (7)
Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium
6–21
May 6
HeroBears
Postponed to May 19
May 7
DEA
Postponed to May 18
May 8
Suns
Postponed to May 20
28
May 18
DEA
W 136–124
Troy Williams (50)
Deyonta Davis (18)
John Gillon (9)
Taoyuan Arena
7–21
29
May 19
HeroBears
W 110–104
Deyonta Davis (23) John Gillon (23)
Deyonta Davis (13)
John Gillon (14)
Taoyuan Arena
8–21
30
May 20
Suns
L 125–127 (OT)
Troy Williams (37)
Troy Williams (17)
John Gillon (9)
Taoyuan Arena
8–22 :
Color： Win  Lose  Postponed  Schedule :

### Regular season note

* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taoyuan, the Taoyuan City Government and Taoyuan Leopards declared that the games at the Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium would play behind closed doors since January 15 to 16.
* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games on January 29, February 5 and 6 would postpone to April 30, May 1 and April 29.
* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games on February 19 and 20 would postpone to March 25 and 11.
* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games on April 2 and 3 would postpone to May 7 and 8.
* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the T1 League declared that the games at the University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium would play behind closed doors since April 4 to 10.
* Due to the player of the TaiwanBeer HeroBears tested positive, the T1 League declared that the game on April 30 would postpone to May 6.
* Due to the Taoyuan Leopards could not reach the minimum player number, the T1 League declared that the games on May 6 to 8 would postpone to May 19, 18 and 20.

## Playoffs
### Game log

2022 playoffs game log Total: 0–1 (home: 0–1; road: 0–0) :
Play-in : 0–1 (home: 0–1; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
May 22
HeroBears
L 110–128
Troy Williams (47)
Troy Williams (9)
Troy Williams (6)
Taoyuan Arena
0–2 :
Color： Win  Lose  Schedule :

### Play-in note

* The fourth seed, TaiwanBeer HeroBears, was awarded a one-win advantage before play-in series.

## Player statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | 2P% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Caelan Tiongson | 19 | 31:15 | 13.5 | 43.9% | 27.0% | 70.0% | 9.1 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| Cheng Wei | 30 | 34:25 | 10.3 | 37.8% | 36.8% | 78.2% | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Elijah Thomas$^≠$ | 9 | 26:37 | 21.4 | 66.7% | 31.3% | 69.1% | 8.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Yu Meng-Yun | 8 | 15:36 | 3.0 | 38.9% | 14.3% | 50.0% | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Deyonta Davis | 19 | 31:09 | 16.4 | 61.0% | 41.2% | 58.8% | 14.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
| Troy Williams | 19 | 32:09 | 25.8 | 49.4% | 28.3% | 66.7% | 10.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Xie Yu-Zheng | 23 | 10:54 | 2.7 | 48.8% | 26.3% | 77.8% | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Lu Chieh-Min | 28 | 32:26 | 11.7 | 40.6% | 37.5% | 84.6% | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Tsai Yang-Ming | 20 | 14:17 | 3.8 | 36.4% | 35.7% | 59.1% | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Chang Shun-Cheng | 9 | 3:46 | 0.9 | 80.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lo Chen-Feng | 12 | 28:20 | 10.0 | 46.2% | 35.5% | 71.4% | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Du Yu-Cheng | 13 | 27:25 | 7.2 | 41.2% | 32.4% | 70.0% | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Chang Chih-Feng$^≠$ | 10 | 30:44 | 6.8 | 44.7% | 29.2% | 86.7% | 4.2 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| John Gillon$^≠$ | 22 | 34:20 | 22.4 | 58.5% | 34.3% | 79.0% | 5.2 | 8.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 |
| Aleksandar Mitrović$^‡$ | 6 | 30:01 | 17.5 | 44.1% | 13.5% | 90.9% | 5.7 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Wu Chi-Ying | 21 | 14:59 | 4.1 | 38.5% | 28.3% | 100.0% | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Orton$^‡$ | 5 | 32:36 | 8.8 | 44.1% | 15.0% | 45.5% | 14.8 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 2.8 |
| Liu Hung-Po | 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 |
| Huang Yi-Sheng | 16 | 8:23 | 1.4 | 75.0% | 22.7% | 50.0% | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
$^‡$ Left during the season $^≠$ Acquired during the season

### Play-in

| Player | GP | MPG | PPG | 2P% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Caelan Tiongson | 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 |
| Cheng Wei | 1 | 29:33 | 5.0 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 100.0% | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Elijah Thomas | 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 |
| Yu Meng-Yun | 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 |
| Deyonta Davis | 1 | 34:21 | 26.0 | 70.0% | 36.4% | 0.0% | 7.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Troy Williams | 1 | 43:12 | 47.0 | 56.0% | 28.6% | 41.2% | 9.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Xie Yu-Zheng | 1 | 5:59 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lu Chieh-Min | 1 | 43:09 | 5.0 | 25.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Tsai Yang-Ming | 1 | 8:36 | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Chang Shun-Cheng | 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 |
| Lo Chen-Feng | 1 | 36:57 | 7.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Du Yu-Cheng | 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 Chih-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 |
| John Gillon | 1 | 18:27 | 9.0 | 100.0% | 25.0% | 100.0% | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wu Chi-Ying | 1 | 19:46 | 11.0 | 100.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Liu Hung-Po | 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 |
| Huang Yi-Sheng | 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 |
* Reference：

## Transactions
### Free agency
#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract terms | Former team |
| August 27, 2021 | Cheng Wei | 2-year contract, worth unknown | Hsinchu JKO Lioneers |
| August 31, 2021 | Xie Yu-Zheng | — | HWU |
| September 24, 2021 | Liu Ching | — | FJU |
| September 24, 2021 | Tsai Yang-Ming | — | Taoyuan Pauian Archiland |
| September 24, 2021 | Chang Shun-Cheng | — | UKN |
| October 1, 2021 | Lo Chen-Feng | 3-year contract, worth unknown | NKNU |
| October 4, 2021 | Huang Yi-Sheng | — | SHU |
| October 4, 2021 | Du Yu-Cheng | — | Taoyuan Pauian Archiland |
| October 4, 2021 | Lu Chieh-Min | NT$60,000 per month | Yulon Luxgen Dinos |
| October 15, 2021 | Caelan Tiongson | — | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |
| October 22, 2021 | Liu Hung-Po | — | NKNU |
| October 22, 2021 | Wu Chi-Ying | — | FJU |
| October 22, 2021 | Yu Meng-Yun | — | CCU |
| October 27, 2021 | Aleksandar Mitrović | — | Al-Muharraq SC |
| November 4, 2021 | Daniel Orton | — | Aomori Wat's |
| November 19, 2021 | Deyonta Davis | — | Santa Cruz Warriors |
| November 22, 2021 | Troy Williams | — | Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro |
| January 7, 2022 | John Gillon | — | Taoyuan Pilots |
| February 8, 2022 | Chang Chih-Feng | — | CYCU basketball team coach |
| February 18, 2022 | Elijah Thomas | — | Windy City Bulls |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason | New team |
| December 10, 2021 | Liu Ching | Contract terminated | SHU basketball team coach |
| December 28, 2021 | Daniel Orton | Contract terminated | La Familia |
| April 1, 2022 | Aleksandar Mitrović | Contract terminated | Al-Qurain SC |

## Awards
### Yearly awards

| Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| Deyonta Davis | Blocks Leader | |
| Deyonta Davis | All-Defensive First Team | |

### Import of the Month

| Month | Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| April & May | Troy Williams | April & May Import of the Month | |