The P. League+ (stylized as P. LEAGUE+, abbreviated as PLG), pronounced as Plus League, is a Taiwanese men's

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founded in 2020.

History

The P. League+ was founded by

Blackie Chen Charles "Blackie" Chen or Chen Chien-chou (born 2 May 1977 in Kaohsiung) is a Taiwanese television host, actor, basketball manager, entrepreneur, and a former basketball player. He is also the founder and current chief executive officer of the T ...

in 2020. It is the first fully professional basketball league in Taiwan after the Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA) ceased operations in 2000. The first four teams participating in the inaugural season are the Formosa Taishin Dreamers, the

Hsinchu JKO Lioneers Hsinchu JKO Lioneers ( Chinese: 新竹街口攻城獅) is a professional basketball team based in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. They have been part of the P. League+ since the 2020–21 season. The Lioneers were one of the four teams of the inaugural ...

, the

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, and the

Taoyuan Pilots Taoyuan Pauian Pilots ( Chinese: 桃園璞園領航猿) is a professional basketball team based in Taoyuan, Taiwan. They have been part of P. League+ since the 2020–21 season. In 2020, following the establishment of P. League+, Super Baske ...

. In its second season 2021–22, the P. League+ added two more teams, the

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and the

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Teams

Regular season

Each team is allowed to have on their roster 16 local players (from which two can either be both overseas Chinese players or a foreign student and an overseas Chinese player) and 3 foreign players.Until to second season only two foreign players can play per game, and only one foreign player can play in the fourth quarter. Each team plays 40 games, 20 each for home and away. Games are scheduled mainly on weekends and national holidays.

Playoffs

The second seed plays the third seed in a best-of-five playoff series, which is played in the 2-2-1 format. The winner of the playoffs plays the first seed in a best-of-seven finals series, which is played in the 2-2-1-1-1 format.

Champions

Ticket prices and viewership demographics

Notable people

Player

Lin Chih-chieh Lin Chih-chieh (; born 11 June 1982 in Hualien County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional basketball player of Amis descent. During his career with the Taiwan Beer club of the Super Basketball League (SBL), Lin has won one Regular Season mos ...

* Yang Chin-min *

Tien Lei Tien Lei (; born June 1, 1983, in Kaohsiung) is a Taiwanese professional basketball player. Considered one of the most talented offensive players in Taiwan, Tien has won multiple scoring and rebounding champions of the Super Basketball Lea ...

Tseng Wen-ting Tseng Wen-ting (; born July 6, 1984, in Tamsui, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese basketball player. He currently plays for the New Taipei CTBC DEA of the T1 League. As one of the rare mobile players taller than 2 metres in Taiwan, Tseng has also serve ...

* Quincy Davis *

Jet Chang Jet Chang (; born December 27, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional basketball player. A former player for the BYU–Hawaii Seasiders in Hawaii, United States, he led the Seasiders to a runner-up finish in the 2011 NCAA Division II tournament, in ...

Jeremy Lin Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is a Taiwanese-American professional basketball player who last played for the Guangzhou Loong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the Ne ...

* Joseph Lin *

Davon Reed Davon Malcolm Reed (born June 11, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing college basketball for the Miami Hurricanes, he was selected with the 32nd p ...

Julian Wright Julian Emil-Jamaal Wright (born May 20, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Kansas. In 2014–15, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League. High school ...

Hasheem Thabeet Hasheem Thabeet (born Hashim Thabit Manka on 16 February 1987) is a Tanzanian professional basketball player for the Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for UConn before being drafted sec ...

Branden Dawson Branden James Dawson (born February 1, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for TaiwanBeer HeroBears of the T1 League. A native of Gary, Indiana, he attended Lew Wallace High School and played college basketball for the Michigan ...

* Anthony Bennett

Individual awards

Finals MVP

Notes

References

External links

* {{Sport in Taiwan P. League+ Professional sports leagues in Taiwan Basketball leagues in Taiwan 2020 establishments in Taiwan Sports leagues established in 2020