Some quotes taken from Taiwanese media is the past few days after the quarterfinal loss to the Philippines: “It’s a pity. This is the most important game and we had a chance to win, ” center Tseng Wen-ting said, adding that Taiwan players failed to execute its defensive plan on Douthit’s high post pick-and-roll. Tseng said the communication between frontcourt [...]
For 26 minutes, Taiwan NT played solid defense against Iran and was on the verge of pulling off a big upset in Wuhan. However, Samad Bahrami came to the rescue and Taiwan NT went out of synch in the last 14 minutes, ending up with a 12-point loss. Taiwan was able to stay with the Iranians early as both sides [...]
Taiwan beat Uzbekistan 81-71 Friday for its first win in the 2011 Asian Championship following a loss to Iran the day before, but head coach Chou Jun-san, who’s making his international debut as a coach, was not a happy man. Leading by as many as 22 points with seven minutes left in the game, Taiwan only came up with a [...]
Taiwan women’s NT lost to Japan on Sunday for the second stright time by a large margin in the same tournament after a 83-56 loss kicked them out of the podium finish in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women and the qualifying tournament of the 2012 London Olympics. Losing to Japan by 27 in the preliminary round, Taiwan still [...]
Taiwan head coach Chou Jun-san made the final cut right after the conclusion of the 2011 William Jones Cup with the 15-man roster for the upcoming FIBA Asia Championship for Men set, local newspaper Liberty Times reported. Little-used point guard Hung Chih-shan of Pure Youth and young and inexperienced Chou Yi-hsiang were cut as well as Doug Creighton, who was [...]
Taiwan defeated Korea’s Samsung club team 73-50 Thursday in the final game to win the 2011 William Jones Cup tournament women’s competition with an undefeated record (4-0). The title was Taiwan’s seventh in tourney history. In the other game of the night, Japan routed India 98-62 to finish as runner-up with 3-1. To everyone’s surprise, Samsung finished without a win [...]
Taiwan released its final 18-man roster for the 2011 William Jones Cup invitational tournament Tuesday. All core players, including four players spending last season overseas, except 202cm forward Tien Lei are on the final roster. Taiwan NT is scheduled to leave for Zhejiang, China on July 21 for a five-day training trip and return to Taipei on July 26 to [...]
Taiwan will not recruit Golden State Warriors guard Jeremy Lin for the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China due to Lin’s knee injury, Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) President Ting Shou-chung said Friday. Lin is under rehabilitation for his knee injury and the Warriors medical team advised him against playing in competitions, Taiwanese media quoted Ting as saying. Due [...]
Taiwan U19 NT suffered the second straight loss in less than 24 hours after an 80-69 defeat to the taller and stronger Argentina in its second game in the preliminary round of the FIBA U19 Championship for Men in the Latvian city of Valmiera Saturday. Taiwan managed to hang on to a seven-point deficit at the half but once again [...]
The slow, painful death of Taiwanese professional basketball continues to drag on into the summer, as a growing number of Taiwanese ballers are turning their back on the Super Basketball League to board a plane (maybe a boat, too) bound for China. Last season, the CBA featured three players from Taiwan: Beijing’s Lee Hsueh-lin (李学林), Guangsha’s Lin Chih-chieh (林志杰) and [...]
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