1996–97 CBA season

1996–97 CBA season
League Chinese Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
Duration November 27, 1996 – March 30, 1997
TV partner(s) CCTV-5
Regular Season
Season champions Bayi Rockets
Season MVP Hu Weidong
Promoted to Second Division Shanghai Sharks
Sichuan Pandas
Relegated to Second Division Zhejiang Squirrels
Ji'nan Army
Playoffs
Finals
Champions Bayi Rockets
  Runners-up Liaoning Hunters

The 1996–97 CBA season is the second CBA season.

The season ran from November 27, 1996 to March 30, 1997. Shanghai Sharks and Sichuan Pandas were promoted from the Second Division.[1][2]

Regular Season Standings

[2]

# 1996–97 CBA season
Team W L PCT GB Home Road Tiebreaker
1 Bayi Rockets 19 3 .864 - 10–1 9–2
2 Liaoning Hunters 18 4 .818 1 9–2 9–2
3 Shandong Flaming Bulls 14 8 .637 5 8–3 6–5
4 Guangdong Southern Tigers 13 9 .591 6 8–3 5–6 GD 1-1(151-145) SH
5 Shanghai Sharks 13 9 .591 6 8–3 5–6
6 Jiangsu Dragons 12 10 .545 7 7–4 5–6
7 Air Force 9 13 .409 10 6–5 3–8 AF 1-1(162-161) SA
8 Shenyang Army 9 13 .409 10 8–3 1–10
9 Beijing Ducks 8 14 .364 11 5–6 3–8
10 Zhejiang Squirrels 7 15 .318 12 6–5 1–10 ZJ 1-1(151-142) SC
11 Sichuan Pandas 7 15 .318 12 7–4 0–11
12 Ji'nan Army 3 19 .136 16 3–8 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 Liaoning Hunters (2-0) for the CBA championship.[2]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1  Bayi Rockets 128 110 2  
8  Shenyang Army 78 69 0  
  1  Bayi Rockets 109 119 2  
  4  Guangdong Southern Tigers 81 84 0  
4  Guangdong Southern Tigers 84 87 2
5  Shanghai Sharks 74 82 0  
  1  Bayi Rockets 100 102 2
  2  Liaoning Hunters 68 66 0
3  Shandong Flaming Bulls 102 77 2  
6  Jiangsu Dragons 72 74 0  
  3  Shandong Flaming Bulls 70 77 0
  2  Liaoning Hunters 93 78 2  
2  Liaoning Hunters 80 85 2
7  Air Force 55 77 0  
  5-8 Classification Fifth Place
                         
8  Shenyang Army 92 72 1(164)  
5  Shanghai Sharks 91 94 1(185)  
    5  Shanghai Sharks 90 68 1(158)
  6  Jiangsu Dragons 73 96 1(169)
6  Jiangsu Dragons 121 105 2
7  Air Force 118 99 0  
Third Place
4 Guangdong Southern Tigers 87 78 1(165)
3 Shandong Flaming Bulls 69 79 1(148)
Seventh Place
8 Shenyang Army 99 75 1(174)
7 Air Force 94 97 1(191)

Relegations

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

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

Team W L PF PA PD
Beijing Ducks 51500432+68
Sichuan Pandas 42447424+23
Zhejiang Squirrels 33445464−19
Ji'nan Army 06453525−72
Key to colors
     Bottom 2 teams relegated to the Second Division
  BJ JA SC ZJ
Beijing Ducks – 92-82 71-64 95-69
Ji'nan Army 75-92 – 79-85 77-90
Sichuan Pandas 76-70 81-69 – 74-64
Zhejiang Squirrels 66-80 85-71 71-67 –

All-star Weekend

The 1997 CBA All-star Game were played on April 5, 1997 in Shanghai. The Southern All-stars defeated the Northern All-stars 98-84. Hu Weidong from Jiangsu Nangang were given The All-star Game MVP Award.

James Hodges from Liaoning Hunters won the Slam Dunk Contest, and Saulius Štombergas from Shanghai Sharks won the Three-Point Shootout.[1]

CBA Awards

[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 新浪体育 (2005-12-07). "96-97赛季CBA-冠名希尔顿 胡卫东当选MVP". Retrieved 2010-03-14.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 搜狐体育. "Data Source". Retrieved 2011-11-25.

See also