The Kaohsiung Steelers stand alone in the P.League+’s record books, but not in a way they would be proud of.
Their 110-106 overtime loss at home to the Taoyuan Pilots was their 10th consecutive defeat — the longest losing streak since P.League+ play began in the 2020-2021 season.
The Steelers yesterday added to their dubious record with a 109-90 loss at home to the Formosa Dreamers.
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The Steelers and the Pilots had previously been tied for the record with nine straight losses.
Kaohsiung had a fairytale beginning to the season after the arrival of Jeremy Lin, who nearly took a 2-17 team into the playoffs, but Lin left for the New Taipei Kings in the off-season.
Saturday’s loss left the Kaohsiung club with a 1-11 record, four games back from the fifth-placed Pilots at 4-5, but up until the final seconds, it seemed as if the Steelers might end their run of bad luck.
Kaohsiung started strong with a 33-25 first quarter led by veteran shooter Lu Cheng-ju, who scored five three-pointers. Although the Pilots rebounded to take a 73-72 lead at the start of the fourth quarter, the Steelers eventually pulled ahead and held on to a 96-93 lead with 15 seconds left.
Alec Thomas Brown, in his second game for the Pilots, tried to tie the game from behind the arc with eight seconds left, but fired an air ball.
Luckily for the Pilots, the ball fell into the hands of Brown’s teammate Li Chia-kang. Li quickly sent the ball out to Pai Yao-cheng, who scored a game-tying three-pointer and was fouled by rookie Oli Daniel with 3.27 seconds left.
Pai had only made two of his previous 13 shots from three-point range this season before to that.
Although Pai did not make the free throw, the Pilots emerged victorious with five players chipping in points in overtime, led by Li’s four.
Olufemi Anthony Olujobi put up a season-high 35 points and had 10 rebounds and seven assists, and three other Steelers also scored in the double-digits, but it was not enough to overcome the Pilots.
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