2007–08 CBA season

2007–08 CBA season
League Chinese Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
Duration October 27, 2007 – February 22, 2008
TV partner(s) CCTV-5, and many local channels.
Regular Season
Season champions Guangdong Southern Tigers
Season MVP Zhu Fangyu
Finals
Champions Guangdong Southern Tigers
  Runners-up Liaoning Dinosaurs

The 200708 CBA season was the 13th CBA season. The season was shortened due to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the regular season ended in early January 2008. Guangdong Southern Tigers won the CBA title, even after the departure of Yi Jianlian for NBA.

Regular season

Xinjiang Flying Tigers finished the regular season with 26-4 in 2nd place. But before the playoffs, it was determined that one of their players, Sou Song Cun, was not of Chinese nationality, thus violating the rule that each team may only have two foreign players. The league subsequently ruled Xinjiang loss with score of 0-20 in all 18 matches in which Sou played, 15 of them wins originally. As a result, Xinjiang's record dropped to 11th place with 11-19, and they failed to advance to the playoffs.[1]

# 2007–08 CBA season
Team W L PCT GB Home Road Tiebreaker
1 Guangdong Southern Tigers 26 4 .866 - 14–1 12–3
2 Jiangsu Dragons 21 9 .700 5 14–1 7–8
3 Shandong Lions 19 11 .633 7 14–1 7–8 SD 1-1(202-189) LN
4 Liaoning Hunters 19 11 .633 7 11–4 8–7
5 Dongguan Leopards 18 12 .600 8 11–4 7–8 DG 2-0 BY
6 Bayi Rockets 18 12 .600 8 12–3 6–9
7 Fujian Xunxing 17 13 .566 9 11–4 6–9
8 Zhejiang Lions 15 15 .500 11 10–5 5–10 ZJ 1-1(181-175) BJ
9 Beijing Ducks 15 15 .500 11 8–7 7–8
10 Zhejiang Whirlwinds 12 18 .400 14 9–6 3–12
11 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 11 19 .366 15 5–10 6–9
12 Yunnan Bulls 8 22 .266 18 6–9 2–13 YN 1-1(240-238) SH
13 Shanghai Sharks 8 22 .266 18 4–11 4–11
14 Jilin Northeast Tigers 7 23 .233 19 3–12 4–11
15 Shaanxi Kylins 6 24 .200 20 6–9 0–15
16 Shanxi Zhongyu 5 25 .166 21 5–10 0–15
Key to colors
     Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs

Playoffs

Top 4 teams may pick their opponents of the quarterfinal round in turn by the order of their regular season standings.

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 Semifinals Final
         
1 Guangdong Southern Tigers 3
8 Zhejiang Lions 0
1 Guangdong Southern Tigers 3
5 Dongguan Leopards 0
3 Shandong Lions 0
5 Dongguan Leopards 3
1 Guangdong Southern Tigers 4
4 Liaoning Dinosaurs 1
4 Liaoning Dinosaurs 3
6 Bayi Rockets 1
4 Liaoning Dinosaurs 3
2 Jiangsu Dragons 1
2 Jiangsu Dragons 3
7 Fujian Xunxing 2

Notes and references

  1. ""官秀昌案"处罚出炉 新疆男篮排名降到第十一". 搜狐体育. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2010-12-16.

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