Key miscues in the final seconds of the contest cost Taiwan Beer a chance to at least tie the Yulon Dinos in a hard-fought battle between the two clubs as the beermen dropped an 84-80 decision to the defending champs in Super Basketball League preseason action on Friday at the Taipei College of Physical Education Gymnasium.
Speedster Lee Hsueh-lin's steal off Taiwan Beer's Lin "the Beast" Chih-jeh on an apparent fast break attempt that would have tie the game for the beermen with under 11 seconds left to play, led to an uncontested slam dunk by Dinos big man Tseng Wen-ding in a four-point turnaround to seal the win.
After an evenly played second and third quarter, the Dinos hit a series of long-range "threes" to take a seven-point lead early in the fourth quarter, before the beermen answered with point man Chen Shih-nian's back-to-back three-pointers to pull his team within one.
Taiwan Beer's scoring threat Lin Chih-jeh did not have his usual point production in his first game since last season, scoring only 11, but he had a team-high eight assists.
"I am glad to see Lin Chih-jeh dish the ball around as much as he did," Taiwan Beer coach Yen Jia-hua said. "This means that teams will have to think twice about double-teaming him."
Swingman Ho Sho-cheng had 21 points, center Wu Chih-yuan had 15 and Chen had 14.
Chou led the Dinos with 19 points, followed by Tseng with 15 and forward Wu Chih-wei with 11.
Tigers 77, Bank of Taiwan 74
Bank of Taiwan lost more than their first exhibition game of the season on Friday to the Dacin Tigers -- they lost team leader Chu Yong-hong indefinitely due to a serious concussion in the third quarter after falling during rebound attempt.
Tigers skipper Liu Jia-fa tested his reserve players in the game.
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