Taipei, May 25 (CNA) Center Tseng Wen-ting, who led Yulon Luxgen to its 4th title in the team's history last week, was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2010 regular season Tuesday for the first time in his career.
The 204-centimeter center also received the defensive player of the year trophy in the award ceremony and was selected as one of the five best players in the Super Basketball League (SBL), a seven-team league that was established in 2003 and is Taiwan's top basketball competition.
Tseng, 25, led the league in rebounds and assists, a rare feat for a center.
"In fact, I thought I had a better chance of winning (the MVP) last season, " Tseng said, adding that "as for this (the defensive player of the year award), I've had plenty of those."
Luxgen, which beat defending champion Dacin Tigers 4-2 in the best-of-seven finals last week, became the big winner of the evening. The team's Chen Chih-chung, the finals MVP, also took home the sixth man of the year award. (By Chris Wang) ENDITEM/J