2000–01 CBA season

2000–01 CBA season
League Chinese Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
Duration November 18, 2000 – March 18, 2001
TV partner/s CCTV-5
Regular Season
Season champions Bayi Rockets
Season MVP Yao Ming
Promoted from Second Division Ji'nan Army
Shenyang Army
Relegated to Second Division Ji'nan Army
Shenyang Army
Playoffs
Finals
Finals champions Bayi Rockets
  Runners-up Shanghai Sharks
CBA seasons
← 1999–2000

2001–02 →

The 2000–01 CBA season is the 6th CBA season. [1]

The season ran from November 18, 2000 to March 18, 2001. Ji'nan Army and Shenyang Army were promoted from the Second Division. [2]

Contents

Regular Season Standings

[2]

# 2000–01 CBA season
Team W L PCT GB Home Road Tiebreaker
1 Bayi Rockets 18 4 .818 - 11–0 7–4 BY 1-1(213-192) SH
2 Shanghai Sharks 18 4 .818 - 11–0 7–4
3 Beijing Ducks 14 8 .636 4 9–2 5–6 BJ 1-1(212-197) JL
4 Jilin Northeast Tigers 14 8 .636 4 10–1 4–7
5 Liaoning Hunters 12 10 .545 6 9–2 3–8 LN 2-0 GD
6 Guangdong Southern Tigers 12 10 .545 6 8–3 4–7
7 Vanguard Beijing Olympians 11 11 .500 7 9–2 2–9
8 Jiangsu Dragons 10 12 .455 8 8–3 2–9 JS 1-1(197-190) SD
9 Shandong Flaming Bulls 10 12 .455 8 9–2 1–10
10 Zhejiang Cyclones 7 15 .318 11 5–6 2–9
11 Ji'nan Army 6 16 .273 12 4–7 2–9
12 Shenyang Army 0 22 .000 18 0–11 0–11
Key to colors
     Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs
     Bottom 4 teams advance to the Relegation Round

Playoffs

The top 8 teams in the regular season advanced to the playoffs.

In the Final series, Bayi Rockets defeated Shanghai Sharks (3-1), and claimed its 6th straight CBA championship.[1][2]

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in regular season, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Home court advantage belongs to the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.

  Quarterfinals
Best of 3
Semifinals
Best of 5
Finals
Best of 5
                           
  1  Bayi Rockets 2  
8  Jiangsu Dragons 0  
  1  Bayi Rockets 3  
  4  Jilin Northeast Tigers 0  
4  Jilin Northeast Tigers 2
  5  Liaoning Hunters 1  
    1  Bayi Rockets 3
  2  Shanghai Sharks 1
  2  Shanghai Sharks 2  
7  Vanguard Beijing Olympians 1  
  2  Shanghai Sharks 3
  3  Beijing Ducks 0  
3  Beijing Ducks 2
  6  Guangdong Southern Tigers 0  

Relegations

The bottom 4 teams played the relegation round by round-robin.

Ji'nan Army and Shenyang Army were relegated to the Second Division. [2]

Team W L PF PA PD
Zhejiang Cyclones 5 1 663 577 +86
Shandong Flaming Bulls 5 1 648 569 +79
Ji'nan Army 1 5 560 628 −68
Shenyang Army 1 5 541 638 −97
Key to colors
     Bottom 2 teams relegated to the Second Division
  JA SD SA ZJ
Ji'nan Army 92-109 92-73 91-99
Shandong Flaming Bulls 102-90 113-83 101-86
Shenyang Army 127-100 92-99 84-101
Zhejiang Cyclones 118-95 126-124 133-82

References

See also