2022 T1 League playoffs
{{Short description|Professional basketball tournament to determine the 2022 champion of the T1 League}}
{{Infobox basketball tournament season
| title = T1 League playoffs
| year = 2022
| image = File:T1 League 2022 playoff Fire.jpg
| caption =
| season = 2021–22
| dates = May 22 – June 4, 2022
| num_teams = 5
| winners = Kaohsiung Aquas
| count = 1
| second = Taichung Wagor Suns
| semifinal1 = TaiwanBeer HeroBears
| semifinal2 = New Taipei CTBC DEA
| next_season = 2023
}}
The 2022 T1 League playoffs was the postseason tournament of the T1 League's 2021–22 season. The play-in series was played on May 22. The semifinals series started on May 24 and ended on May 28. The finals series started on May 31 and ended on June 4. On June 4, the Kaohsiung Aquas defeated the Taichung Wagor Suns, 3–0, winning the 2021–22 season championship.
Format
Five teams will participate in the playoffs. The top three teams, based on winning percentage of regular season, directly qualify for the semifinals. The fourth and fifth seeds play the best-of-three play-in series, which is in a 1-1 format. The fourth seed will be awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of play-in series and the top three seeds play the best-of-five semifinals series. The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series.{{cite news|url=https://www.tsna.com.tw/tw/news/show.php?num=41933|title=T1聯盟季後賽制出爐 賈凡:避免抓放|date=October 29, 2021|work=TSNA|access-date=November 12, 2021}} The semifinals series change to best-of-three series, which is in a 1-1-1 format. And finals series change to best-of-five series, which is in a 2-2-1 format, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan.
Playoff qualifying
On April 17, 2022, the Kaohsiung Aquas clinched the regular season title. On May 18, the Taoyuan Leopards became the first team to qualify the play-in series. On May 19, the New Taipei CTBC DEA became the final team to secure a direct berth in the semifinals bracket, qualifying as the third seed and relegating the TaiwanBeer HeroBears to the play-in series. On May 22, the TaiwanBeer HeroBears won the play-in series and advanced to the semifinals bracket.
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rowspan=2|Seed | rowspan=2|Team | rowspan=2|Record | colspan=3|Clinched | ||
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Play-in berth | Semifinals berth | Best record in T1 | |||
1 | align=left|Kaohsiung Aquas | 23–7 | — | April 10 | April 17 |
2 | align=left|Taichung Wagor Suns | 20–10 | — | April 24 | — |
3 | align=left|New Taipei CTBC DEA | 17–13 | — | May 19 | — |
4 | align=left|TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 16–14 | May 19 | May 22 | — |
5 | align=left|Taoyuan Leopards | 8–22 | May 18 | — | — |
Bracket
{{5TeamBracket
| RD1=Play-in
| RD2=Semifinals
| RD3=Finals
| team-width=160
| RD1-seed1=4
| RD1-team1=TaiwanBeer HeroBears
| RD1-score1=2
| RD1-seed2=5
| RD1-team2=Taoyuan Leopards
| RD1-score2=0
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1=Kaohsiung Aquas
| RD2-score1=2
| RD2-seed2=4
| RD2-team2=TaiwanBeer HeroBears
| RD2-score2=0
| RD2-seed3=2
| RD2-team3=Taichung Wagor Suns
| RD2-score3=2
| RD2-seed4=3
| RD2-team4=New Taipei CTBC DEA
| RD2-score4=1
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1=Kaohsiung Aquas
| RD3-score1=3
| RD3-seed2=2
| RD3-team2=Taichung Wagor Suns
| RD3-score2=0
}}
Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage
Play-in: (4) [[TaiwanBeer HeroBears]] vs. (5) [[Taoyuan Leopards]]
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee
| date = May 22, 2022
| time = 14:00 (UTC+8)
| report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/94/stats boxscore]
| teamA = TaiwanBeer HeroBears
| teamB = Taoyuan Leopards
| scoreA = 128
| scoreB = 110
| Q1 = 29–28
| Q2 = 34–31
| Q3 = 35–31
| Q4 = 30–20
| rebounds1 = Deguara 10
| assist1 = Chiang Yu-An 12
| points2 = Williams 47
| rebounds2 = Williams 9
| assist2 = Williams 6
| place = Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City
| attendance =
| referee = Ho Chang-Jen, Chen Ying-Cheng, Huang Yung-Chu
| TV = Eleven Sports
ELTA TV
| series = HeroBears wins series, 2–0
}}
class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|+class="nowrap" | Regular-season series |
Tied 3–3 in the regular-season series |
---|
{{basketballbox
| bg = #fff | date = December 12, 2021 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/10/stats boxscore] | teamA = Taoyuan Leopards | scoreA = 93 | teamB = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreB = 102 | place = University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = March 6, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/60/stats boxscore] | teamA = Taoyuan Leopards | scoreA = 113 | teamB = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreB = 115 | place = University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City }} {{basketballbox | bg = #fff | date = March 12, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/63/stats boxscore] | teamA = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreA = 96 | teamB = Taoyuan Leopards | scoreB = 101 | place = Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium, Taoyuan City }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = April 5, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/79/stats boxscore] | teamA = Taoyuan Leopards | scoreA = 88 | teamB = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreB = 120 | place = University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City }} {{basketballbox | bg = #fff | date = April 23, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/88/stats boxscore] | teamA = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreA = 134 | teamB = Taoyuan Leopards | scoreB = 135 | place = Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei City }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = May 19, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/38/stats boxscore] | teamA = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreA = 104 | teamB = Taoyuan Leopards | scoreB = 110 | place = Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City }} |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Semifinals
= (1) [[Kaohsiung Aquas]] vs. (4) [[TaiwanBeer HeroBears]] =
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee
| date = May 25, 2022
| time = 19:00 (UTC+8)
| report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/97/stats boxscore]
| teamA = TaiwanBeer HeroBears
| teamB = Kaohsiung Aquas
| scoreA = 91
| scoreB = 114
| Q1 = 35–32
| Q2 = 18–14
| Q3 = 19–33
| Q4 = 19–35
| points1 = Stone 29
| rebounds1 = Deguara 8
| assist1 = Chiang Yu-An 5
| points2 = Kupšas 24
| rebounds2 = Alexander 10
| assist2 = Brickman 8
| place = Fengshan Arena, Kaohsiung City
| attendance =
| referee = Chen Ying-Cheng, Wu Chien-Wu, Lai Chien-Hao
| TV = Eleven Sports
ELTA TV
| series = Aquas leads series, 1–0 {{cite news |title=下半場翻盤 海神搶佔先機 |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20220525005523-260403?chdtv |accessdate=May 25, 2022 |work=China Times |date=May 25, 2022}}
}}
{{Basketballbox
| date = May 27, 2022
| time = 19:00 (UTC+8)
| report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/99/stats boxscore]
| teamA = Kaohsiung Aquas
| teamB = TaiwanBeer HeroBears
| scoreA = 99
| scoreB = 93
| Q1 = 27–16
| Q2 = 21–22
| Q3 = 30–35
| Q4 = 21–20
| points1 = Kupšas 27
| rebounds1 = Alexander 9
| assist1 = Brickman 14
| points2 = Stone 31
| rebounds2 = Stone 18
| assist2 = Chiang Yu-An 5
| place = University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City
| attendance =
| referee = Yu Jung, Su Yu-Yen, Lin Chien-Hung
| TV = Eleven Sports
ELTA TV
| series = Aquas wins series, 2–0 {{cite news |title=英熊本土全面熄火 海神6分險勝晉級冠軍賽 |url=https://udn.com/news/story/7003/6346188 |accessdate=May 27, 2022 |work=United Daily News |date=May 27, 2022}}
}}
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|+class="nowrap" | Regular-season series |
Tied 3–3 in the regular-season series |
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{{basketballbox
| bg = #fff | date = November 27, 2021 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/4/stats boxscore] | teamA = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreA = 107 | teamB = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreB = 106 | place = University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = December 31, 2021 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/19/stats boxscore] | teamA = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreA = 113 | teamB = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreB = 114 | place = Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City }} {{basketballbox | bg = #fff | date = January 30, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/40/stats boxscore] | teamA = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreA = 100 | teamB = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreB = 94 | place = Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = February 26, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/52/stats boxscore] | teamA = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreA = 125 | teamB = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreB = 131 | overtime = OT | place = University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City }} {{basketballbox | bg = #fff | date = March 26, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/70/stats boxscore] | teamA = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreA = 99 | teamB = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreB = 92 | place = Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = May 20, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/34/stats boxscore] | teamA = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreA = 124 | teamB = TaiwanBeer HeroBears | scoreB = 107 | place = University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City }} |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
= (2) [[Taichung Wagor Suns]] vs. (3) [[New Taipei CTBC DEA]] =
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee
| date = May 24, 2022
| time = 19:00 (UTC+8)
| report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/96/stats boxscore]
| teamA = New Taipei CTBC DEA
| teamB = Taichung Wagor Suns
| scoreA = 96
| scoreB = 102
| Q1 = 15–28
| Q2 = 29–20
| Q3 = 26–28
| Q4 = 26–26
| points1 = Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 20
| rebounds1 = Allen 12
| assist1 = Lin Wei-Han 6
| points2 = Sakakini 33
| rebounds2 = Sakakini, Tucker 10
| assist2 = Ting Sheng-Ju 6
| place = National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City
| attendance =
| referee = Yu Jung, Lin Chien-Hung, Su Yu-Yen
| TV = Eleven Sports
ELTA TV
| series = Suns leads series, 1–0 {{cite news |title=塔克、桑尼狂飆63分 太陽系列賽首戰險勝特攻 |url=https://udn.com/news/story/7003/6337813 |accessdate=May 24, 2022 |work=United Daily News |date=May 24, 2022}}
}}
{{Basketballbox
| date = May 26, 2022
| time = 19:00 (UTC+8)
| report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/98/stats boxscore]
| teamA = Taichung Wagor Suns
| teamB = New Taipei CTBC DEA
| scoreA = 96
| scoreB = 118
| Q1 = 25–30
| Q2 = 26–26
| Q3 = 22–33
| Q4 = 23–29
| points1 = Sakakini 25
| rebounds1 = Sakakini 14
| assist1 = Sakakini 6
| points2 = Johnson 31
| rebounds2 = Johnson, Epps 17
| assist2 = Lin Wei-Han 7
| place = Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
| attendance =
| referee = Wu Chien-Wu, Ho Chang-Jen, Lan Wei-Hsiung
| TV = Eleven Sports
ELTA TV
| series = Series tied, 1–1 {{cite news |title=本土雙星閃耀!阿巴西回神砍20分 特攻主場扳平戰局 |url=https://www.nownews.com/news/5818700 |accessdate=May 26, 2022 |work=NOWnews |date=May 26, 2022}}
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee
| date = May 28, 2022
| time = 14:00 (UTC+8)
| report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/100/stats boxscore]
| teamA = New Taipei CTBC DEA
| teamB = Taichung Wagor Suns
| scoreA = 75
| scoreB = 80
| Q1 = 11–24
| Q2 = 25–16
| Q3 = 22–16
| Q4 = 17–24
| points1 = Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 23
| rebounds1 = Johnson 12
| assist1 = Lin Wei-Han 4
| points2 = Sakakini, Tucker 17
| rebounds2 = Tucker 13
| assist2 = Sakakini 5
| place = National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City
| attendance =
| referee = Chen Ying-Cheng, Wei Sheng-Hsuan, Hsieh Shang-Chien
| TV = Eleven Sports
ELTA TV
| series = Suns wins series, 2–1
}}
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|+class="nowrap" | Regular-season series |
The Suns won 4–2 in the regular-season series |
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{{basketballbox
| bg = #fff | date = January 1, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/20/stats boxscore] | teamA = New Taipei CTBC DEA | scoreA = 95 | teamB = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreB = 85 | place = National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = January 23, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/35/stats boxscore] | teamA = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreA = 99 | teamB = New Taipei CTBC DEA | scoreB = 92 | place = Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City }} {{basketballbox | bg = #fff | date = March 5, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/59/stats boxscore] | teamA = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreA = 113 | teamB = New Taipei CTBC DEA | scoreB = 105 | overtime = OT | place = Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = March 26, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/71/stats boxscore] | teamA = New Taipei CTBC DEA | scoreA = 97 | teamB = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreB = 116 | place = National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City }} {{basketballbox | bg = #fff | date = April 16, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/85/stats boxscore] | teamA = New Taipei CTBC DEA | scoreA = 99 | teamB = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreB = 109 | place = National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = May 1, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/93/stats boxscore] | teamA = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreA = 106 | teamB = New Taipei CTBC DEA | scoreB = 110 | place = Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City }} |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
T1 League Finals: (1) [[Kaohsiung Aquas]] vs. (2) [[Taichung Wagor Suns]]
{{Main|2022 T1 League finals}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee
| date = May 31, 2022
| time = 19:00 (UTC+8)
| report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/102/stats boxscore]
| teamA = Taichung Wagor Suns
| teamB = Kaohsiung Aquas
| scoreA = 99
| scoreB = 101
| Q1 = 24–28
| Q2 = 30–32
| Q3 = 22–33
| Q4 = 23–8
| points1 = Tucker 33
| rebounds1 = Geramipoor 12
| assist1 = Tucker 9
| points2 = Hu Long-Mao 26
| rebounds2 = Kupšas 10
| assist2 = Brickman 14
| place = Fengshan Arena, Kaohsiung
| attendance =
| referee = Yu Jung, Ho Chang-Jen, Su Yu-Yen
| TV = Eleven Sports
ELTA TV
| series = Aquas leads series, 1–0 {{cite news |title=T1歷史性總冠軍首戰 胡瓏貿0.7秒三分海神收勝 |url=https://sports.ettoday.net/news/2263166 |accessdate=May 31, 2022 |work=ETtoday |date=May 31, 2022}}
}}
{{Basketballbox
| date = June 2, 2022
| time = 19:00 (UTC+8)
| report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/103/stats boxscore]
| teamA = Taichung Wagor Suns
| teamB = Kaohsiung Aquas
| scoreA = 82
| scoreB = 112
| Q1 = 15–33
| Q2 = 29–26
| Q3 = 22–30
| Q4 = 16–23
| points1 = Sakakini, Su Yi-Chin 19
| rebounds1 = Sakakini 10
| assist1 = Tucker 7
| points2 = Hu Long-Mao 38
| rebounds2 = Alexander 8
| assist2 = Brickman 13
| place = Fengshan Arena, Kaohsiung
| attendance =
| referee = Chen Ying-Cheng, Wei Sheng-Hsuan, Lin Chien-Hung
| TV = Eleven Sports
ELTA TV
| series = Aquas leads series, 2–0 {{cite news |title=冠軍只差1勝!又是胡瓏貿 狂轟新高38分率海神2連勝太陽 |url=https://sports.ettoday.net/news/2264918 |accessdate=June 2, 2022 |work=ETtoday |date=June 2, 2022}}
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee
| date = June 4, 2022
| time = 14:00(UTC+8)
| report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/104/stats boxscore]
| teamA = Kaohsiung Aquas
| teamB = Taichung Wagor Suns
| scoreA = 103
| scoreB = 100
| Q1 = 23–22
| Q2 = 31–27
| Q3 = 23–30
| Q4 = 26–21
| points1 = Brickman 23
| rebounds1 = Kupšas 11
| assist1 = Brickman 9
| points2 = Tucker 34
| rebounds2 = Geramipoor 8
| assist2 = Tucker, Su Yi-Chin 3
| place = National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung
| attendance =
| referee = Wu Chien-Wu, Yu Jung, Chen Ying-Cheng
| TV = Eleven Sports
ELTA TV
| series = Aquas wins series, 3–0
}}
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|+class="nowrap" | Regular-season series |
The Aquas won 4–2 in the regular-season series |
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{{basketballbox
| bg = #fff | date = December 19, 2021 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/14/stats boxscore] | teamA = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreA = 81 | teamB = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreB = 92 | place = Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = December 26, 2021 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/18/stats boxscore] | teamA = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreA = 88 | teamB = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreB = 93 | place = National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung }} {{basketballbox | bg = #fff | date = January 28, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/36/stats boxscore] | teamA = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreA = 104 | teamB = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreB = 89 | place = Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = February 12, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/43/stats boxscore] | teamA = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreA = 71 | teamB = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreB = 87 | place = Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung }} {{basketballbox | bg = #fff | date = February 28, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/55/stats boxscore] | teamA = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreA = 122 | teamB = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreB = 113 | overtime = OT | place = National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung }} {{basketballbox | bg = | date = March 13, 2022 | report = [https://t1league.basketball/schedule/64/stats boxscore] | teamA = Kaohsiung Aquas | scoreA = 98 | teamB = Taichung Wagor Suns | scoreB = 81 | place = National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung }} |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Statistical leaders
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rowspan=2|Category | colspan=3|Game High | colspan=4|Average | ||||
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Player | Team | High | Player | Team | Avg. | {{tooltip|GP|Games played}} |
Points | Taoyuan Leopards | 47 | Taoyuan Leopards | 47.0 | 1 | |
Rebounds | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 18 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 12.0 | 3 | |
Assists | Kaohsiung Aquas | 14 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 11.6 | 5 | |
Steals | New Taipei CTBC DEA TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 5 | Taoyuan Leopards | 3.0 | 1 | |
Blocks | TaiwanBeer HeroBears Kaohsiung Aquas | 3 | Taoyuan Leopards | 2.0 | 1 |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://t1league.basketball/}}
{{T1 League}}
{{2021–22 T1 League season by team}}
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