The verdict for the Jeoutai Elephants' controversial boycott in last week's game against Taiwan Beer is in. The Elephants will receive a "severe warning" without any fines from the league for their lack of good judgment in a professional basketball contest.
Super Basketball League (SBL) officials justified the ruling by saying teams have yet to settle on the league's bylaws.
But officials added that further infractions may result in a NT$600,000 fine.
The official score for the game will remain 20-0, with a caveat that individual players' performance in the game will count toward the official records for the season, backtracking on the original decision by the league to nullify all individual stats for the game.
Mister Hustle
For the fourth time this season, a Sina Lion player was voted by the fans to take the "Mister Hustle of the Week" honor.
Following the footsteps of three fellow teammates, Lions big man Liu Yi-shiang (
The 32-year-old veteran was a force in the middle as he used all of his 110kg and his 200cm frame to bear against his opponents.
In tonight's matchup between the Elephants and Bank of Taiwan, a fired-up Elephant squad is likely to trounce the weaker bankers.
It would be interesting to see how Elephants scoring threat Yang Yu-ming (
Yang will have the crowd on his side as the Elephants bought out the house in a gesture to apologize to their loyal fans for last week's incident.
Mars versus Taiwan Beer
Game 1 of tomorrow's Valentine's Day doubleheader should be a delight to basketball enthusiasts as the high-scoring BCC Mars look to crash the beermen's party, after Taiwan Beer's unusual 20-0 win over the Elephants.
Taiwan Beer's Lin "the Monster" Chih-jeh (林志傑), will try to add to his league-high scoring total with another solid showing on the floor.
Having his points against the Elephants reinstated for the record books, the Monster reclaimed the league's scoring title (averaging 22.5 points per game) from Tien Lei (
Tigers versus Dinos
Game 2 will feature the mighty Tigers against the Yulon Dinos in a matchup that could very well be for round one in the postseason play.
While most of the attention will fall on the super stars Tien Lei of the Tigers and Chen Hsin-an (
Lions versus Bank of Taiwan
Sunday's contest between the red-hot Lions and the last-placed Bank of Taiwan will be a physical one, as the Bank of Taiwan guard their turf against Liu Yi-shiang and company. The game will not be a walk in the park for Liu inside because Bank of Taiwan will have Chu Yung-hung (
The Lions can tie the 11-game mark for the longest winning streak set by the Dinos with a win over the bankers.
Elephants versus Mars
Yang Yu-ming will face Yen Hsing-shu (
It will the first meeting between the league's two premier guards after they wore the same uniform for the White Knights in the SBL All-Star game.
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