The Pauian Archiland Basketball Team (???????), also translated as Pure-Youth Construction Basketball Team, is a semi-professional basketball team in the Super Basketball League (SBL) of Taiwan.
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History
The franchise derives its history to the celebrated Hung Kuo Elephants (???) as they created the only dynasty of the defunct Chinese Basketball Alliance in Taiwan (CBA-Taiwan) between 1996 and 1998. Under the previous ownership by Sina.com and corporate sponsorship by BenQ, the team had also competed in the Chinese Basketball Association of the People's Republic of China (CBA-PRC) in the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 seasons as the Sina Lions (???) or BenQ-Sina Lions (?????) before becoming a founding member of the SBL in 2003.
During the CBA-Taiwan period, the Elephants were the unmatched three-time champions and the most favored squad holding a considerably larger share of young fans attending the game compared with the other clubs in the league. Nonetheless, they did not have a chance to defend their third championship because the game was discontinued midway the 1998-1999 season due to financial problems. In the aftermath of the league's sudden close down, the club had hit its own financial drought until it was rescued by Sina.com from the brink of disbandment around 2000.
As the Sina Lions, they moved to join the other professional league abbreviated as "CBA" in mainland China. Having played from a homecourt in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, the Lions made the quarter-finals in their first year with the CBA-PRC but finished 13th out of 14 teams in the league with a disappointing 7-19 record in the ensuing season and dropped out from the top-tier Division A league (??A???). The club then withdrew from mainland China and moved back to Taiwan to join the newly founded SBL there. In the SBL's inaugural 2003-2004 season, the Lions had a second-place finish and was the runner up in the championship series against the Yulon Dinos, their long-time rival in Taiwan.
Following the retirement - forced or voluntary - of a number of aged staters, the younger Lions ended up with an embarrassing 3-27 record in the 2004-2005 season. Between 2005 and 2007, the team was turned over between various corporate owners/sponsors including YMY Telephone Marketing (????), Azio TV (????), and Pauian Archiland (????), the current owner of the team. With the improvement of the young players on the team, Pauian has been able to register increasing wins and made its first postseason appearance since the Lions period in 2008.
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SBL regular season records
- 2003-2004 season: 2nd place
- 2004-2005 season: 7th place
- 2005-2006 season: 7th place
- 2006-2007 season: 6th place
- 2007-2008 season: 4st place
- 2008-2009 season: 4nd place
- 2009-2010 season: 3rd place
- 2010-2011 season: 2nd place
- 2011-2012 season: 1st place
- 2012-2013 season: 1st place
- 2013-2014 season: 1st place
- 2014-2015 season: 1st place
- 2015-2016 season: 1st place
- 2016-2017 season: 5th place
Playoffs
2011-2012
- Champions: Pauian Archiland Basketball Team
- Runner-up: Dacin Tigers
2012-2013
- Champions: Pauian Archiland Basketball Team
- Runner-up: Dacin Tigers
2013-2014
- Champions: Pauian Archiland Basketball Team
- Runner-up: Fubon Braves
2014-2015
- Champions: Pauian Archiland Basketball Team
- Runner-up: Taiwan Beer
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