2012 CBA Playoffs
The 2012 CBA Playoffs is the postseason for the Chinese Basketball Association's 2011–12 season. The playoffs started on February 22, 2012 and ended on March 30, 2012. Beijing Ducks defeated Guangdong Southern Tigers to win their first CBA championship. It was broadcast on CCTV-5 and many local channels in China. Eight teams qualified for the playoffs, all seeded 1 to 8 in a tournament bracket, with first and second round in a best-of-five format, and a final in a best-of-seven format.[1]
Playoff qualifying
| Seed | Team | Wins | Clinched Playoff berth | Fixed seed ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 27 | January 19[2] | February 5[3] |
| 2 | Beijing Ducks | 21 | February 5[4] | February 12[5] |
| 3 | Shanxi Brave Dragons | 20 | February 10[6] | February 15+ |
| 4 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 19 | February 12[7] | February 15+ |
| 5 | Dongguan Leopards | 19 | February 8[8] | February 15+ |
| 6 | Shanghai Sharks | 18 | February 10[6] | February 15+ |
| 7 | Zhejiang Lions | 18 | February 10[6] | February 15+ |
| 8 | Fujian Xunxing | 17 | February 10[6] | February 15+ |
- Note +: February 15 was the last matchday of regular season.
Bracket
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 5 | Semifinals Best of 5 | Finals Best of 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Fujian Xunxing | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Dongguan Leopards | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Beijing Ducks | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Shanxi Brave Dragons | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Shanghai Sharks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Shanxi Brave Dragons | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Beijing Ducks | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Beijing Ducks | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Zhejiang Lions | 0 | ||||||||||||
Match details
- All times are in China standard time (UTC+8)
Quarterfinals
(1) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (8) Fujian Xunxing
| FJTV |
February 22 19:30 |
| Fujian Xunxing | 97–115 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25-19, 13-35, 27-28, 32-33 | ||||
| Pts: Will McDonald 33 Rebs: Will McDonald 6 Asts: Zaid Abbas 9 |
Pts: Wang Shipeng 24 Rebs: James Singleton 12 Asts: Aaron Brooks 8 | |||
| GDTV |
February 24 19:30 |
| Guangdong Southern Tigers | 116–104 | Fujian Xunxing | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 37-22, 22-26, 31-24, 26-32 | ||||
| Pts: Aaron Brooks 23 Rebs: James Singleton 9 Asts: 5 players 3 |
Pts: Will McDonald 24 Rebs: Will McDonald 17 Asts: Gong Songlin, Xie Yacai 3 | |||
| GDTV |
February 26 19:30 |
| Guangdong Southern Tigers | 137–106 | Fujian Xunxing | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 39-25, 26-42, 33-24, 39-15 | ||||
| Pts: Zhou Peng 31 Rebs: James Singleton 14 Asts: Aaron Brooks 7 |
Pts: Guo Lei 25 Rebs: Guo Lei, Will McDonald 8 Asts: Gong Songlin 7 | |||
| Guangdong win series, 3-0. | ||||
- Regular-season series
Teams were tied 1–1 in the regular-season series:
This was the first time Guangdong and Fujian had met in the CBA Playoffs.
(2) Beijing Ducks vs. (7) Zhejiang Lions
| HZTV-5 |
February 22 19:30 |
| Zhejiang Lions | 103–106 | Beijing Ducks | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25-29, 23-26, 22-31, 33-20 | ||||
| Pts: Peter John Ramos 26 Rebs: Peter John Ramos 20 Asts: Wang Zirui, Rodney White 4 |
Pts: Stephon Marbury 32 Rebs: Zhai Xiaochuan 10 Asts: Stephon Marbury 7 | |||
February 24 19:30 |
| Beijing Ducks | 104–87 | Zhejiang Lions | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 33-28, 27-15, 26-21, 18-23 | ||||
| Pts: Randolph Morris, Zhu Yanxi 20 Rebs: Zhai Xiaochuan 9 Asts: Stephon Marbury 7 |
Pts: Rodney White 23 Rebs: Rodney White, PJ Ramos 10 Asts: Lin Chih-chieh 4 | |||
| BTV-6 |
February 26 19:30 |
| Beijing Ducks | 105–91 | Zhejiang Lions | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24-13, 20-33, 36-20, 25-25 | ||||
| Pts: Randolph Morris 31 Rebs: Randolph Morris 11 Asts: 3 players 4 |
Pts: Rodney White 30 Rebs: Wang Bo 9 Asts: Lin Chih-chieh 4 | |||
| Beijing win series, 3-0. | ||||
- Regular-season series
Zhejiang Lions won 2–0 in the regular-season series:
This was the first time Beijing and the Zhejiang Lions had met in the CBA Playoffs.
(3) Shanxi Brave Dragons vs. (6) Shanghai Sharks
| G-Sports |
February 22 20:00 |
| Shanghai Sharks | 85–90 | Shanxi Brave Dragons | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 27-25, 17-13, 12-31, 29-21 | ||||
| Pts: Mike Harris 22 Rebs: Mike Harris 14 Asts: Liu Wei 4 |
Pts: Marcus Williams 37 Rebs: Charles Gaines 19 Asts: Marcus Williams, Ren Junwei 3 | |||
| SXTV |
February 24 19:30 |
| Shanxi Brave Dragons | 99–95 | Shanghai Sharks | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 22-32, 30-17, 27-24, 20-22 | ||||
| Pts: Charles Gaines 31 Rebs: Charles Gaines 17 Asts: Lü Xiaoming 4 |
Pts: Marcus Landry 30 Rebs: Zhang Zhaoxu 13 Asts: Liu Wei 4 | |||
| SXTV |
February 26 19:30 |
| Shanxi Brave Dragons | 99–101 | Shanghai Sharks | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25-28, 34-17, 24-32, 16-24 | ||||
| Pts: Duan Jiangpeng 36 Rebs: Charles Gaines 17 Asts: Lü Xiaoming 13 |
Pts: Marcus Landry 24 Rebs: Mike Harris 12 Asts: Tseng Wen-ting 4 | |||
February 29 19:30 |
| Shanghai Sharks | 114–121 | Shanxi Brave Dragons | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 28-27, 24-27, 33-31, 29-36 | ||||
| Pts: Liu Wei 23 Rebs: Zhang Zhaoxu 17 Asts: Liu Wei 4 |
Pts: Marcus Williams 35 Rebs: Charles Gaines 22 Asts: Marcus Williams 8 | |||
| Shanxi win series, 3-1. | ||||
- Regular-season series
Teams were tied 1–1 in the regular-season series:
This was the first time Shanxi and Shanghai had met in the CBA Playoffs.
(4) Xinjiang Flying Tigers vs. (5) Dongguan Leopards
| EuroSoccer CCTV-5 |
February 22 19:30 |
| Dongguan Leopards | 101–95 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 29-21, 20-20, 27-24, 25-30 | ||||
| Pts: Ronald Randolph 30 Rebs: Ronald Randolph 14 Asts: Josh Akognon 9 |
Pts: Ike Diogu, Tim Pickett 19 Rebs: Mengke Bateer 11 Asts: Mengke Bateer 5 | |||
| XJTV |
February 24 20:00 |
| Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 93–82 | Dongguan Leopards | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 23-13, 22-18, 25-25, 23-26 | ||||
| Pts: Ike Diogu 29 Rebs: Xiralijan Muhtar 13 Asts: Mengke Bateer 5 |
Pts: Josh Akognon 31 Rebs: Sun Tonglin 9 Asts: Zhang Kai 4 | |||
| XJTV |
February 26 20:00 |
| Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 121–115 | Dongguan Leopards | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 30-26, 34-26, 20-26, 37-37 | ||||
| Pts: Ike Diogu 42 Rebs: Ike Diogu 12 Asts: Xiralijan Muhtar 5 |
Pts: Josh Akognon 42 Rebs: Ronald Randolph 12 Asts: Josh Akognon, Hung Chih-shan 4 | |||
| GDTV |
February 29 19:30 |
| Dongguan Leopards | 111–103 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20-33, 22-19, 29-32, 40-19 | ||||
| Pts: Josh Akognon 39 Rebs: Zhang Kai, Li Muhao 7 Asts: Josh Akognon 7 |
Pts: Ike Diogu, Xiralijan Muhtar 29 Rebs: Mengke Bateer 9 Asts: Mengke Bateer 6 | |||
| XJTV CCTV-5 |
March 2 19:30 |
| Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 109–88 | Dongguan Leopards | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24-17, 38-26, 23-27, 24-18 | ||||
| Pts: Tim Pickett 43 Rebs: Tim Pickett 15 Asts: Mengke Bateer 5 |
Pts: Josh Akognon 29 Rebs: Ronald Randolph 16 Asts: R. Randolph, He Zhongmian 2 | |||
| Xinjiang win series, 3-2. | ||||
- Regular-season series
Teams were tied 1–1 in the regular-season series:
This was the first time Xinjiang and Dongguan had met in the CBA Playoffs.
Semifinals
(1) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (4) Xinjiang Flying Tigers
| XJTV CCTV-5 |
March 4 19:30 |
| Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 92–95 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21-23, 24-29, 22-17, 25-26 | ||||
| Pts: Tim Pickett 24 Rebs: Tim Pickett, Mengke Bateer 10 Asts: Tim Pickett 6 |
Pts: Wang Shipeng 23 Rebs: James Singleton 16 Asts: Aaron Brooks, Wang Shipeng 4 | |||
| GDTV |
March 7 20:00 |
| Guangdong Southern Tigers | 97–92 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 22-24, 22-18, 27-26, 26-24 | ||||
| Pts: Zhu Fangyu 25 Rebs: James Singleton 9 Asts: 3 players 4 |
Pts: Tim Pickett 17 Rebs: Ike Diogu 9 Asts: Tim Pickett 4 | |||
| GDTV CCTV-5 |
March 9 19:30 |
| Guangdong Southern Tigers | 120–102 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26-15, 38-31, 24-25, 32-31 | ||||
| Pts: James Singleton 21 Rebs: James Singleton 16 Asts: Aaron Brooks 7 |
Pts: Xu Guochong 23 Rebs: Ike Diogu 10 Asts: Tim Pickett 3 | |||
| Guangdong win series, 3-0. | ||||
- Regular-season series
Guangdong won 2–0 in the regular-season series:
Last Playoffs meeting: 2011 CBA Finals (Guangdong won 4–2).
(2) Beijing Ducks vs. (3) Shanxi Brave Dragons
| SXTV |
March 4 19:30 |
| Shanxi Brave Dragons | 122–119 | Beijing Ducks | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 32-22, 23-31, 34-33, 33-33 | ||||
| Pts: Marcus Williams 40 Rebs: Charles Gaines 18 Asts: Marcus Williams, Lü Xiaoming 4 |
Pts: Stephon Marbury 42 Rebs: Randolph Morris 9 Asts: Lee Hsueh-lin 5 | |||
March 7 20:00 |
| Beijing Ducks | 132–123 | Shanxi Brave Dragons | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 40-30, 24-19, 43-35, 25-39 | ||||
| Pts: Stephon Marbury 52 Rebs: Randolph Morris 10 Asts: Stephon Marbury 10 |
Pts: Marcus Williams 45 Rebs: Charles Gaines 16 Asts: Lü Xiaoming 4 | |||
| BTV-6 |
March 9 19:30 |
| Beijing Ducks | 128–115 | Shanxi Brave Dragons | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 35-20, 26-35, 29-33, 38-27 | ||||
| Pts: Stephon Marbury 53 Rebs: Lee Hsueh-lin 10 Asts: Lee Hsueh-lin 5 |
Pts: Charles Gaines 34 Rebs: Charles Gaines 23 Asts: Marcus Williams 3 | |||
| SXTV CCTV-5 |
March 11 19:30 |
| Shanxi Brave Dragons | 102–100 | Beijing Ducks | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 28-26, 26-22, 30-32, 18-20 | ||||
| Pts: Marcus Williams 34 Rebs: Charles Gaines 16 Asts: Lü Xiaoming 9 |
Pts: Randolph Morris 36 Rebs: Randolph Morris 13 Asts: Randolph Morris 4 | |||
March 18 19:30 |
| Beijing Ducks | 110–98 | Shanxi Brave Dragons | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 29-13, 26-25, 29-27, 26-33 | ||||
| Pts: Stephon Marbury 30 Rebs: Ji Zhe, Randolph Morris 10 Asts: Stephon Marbury 8 |
Pts: Charles Gaines 30 Rebs: Charles Gaines 14 Asts: Marcus Williams 5 | |||
| Beijing win series, 3-2. | ||||
- Regular-season series
Teams were tied 1–1 in the regular-season series:
This was the first time Beijing and Shanxi had met in the CBA Playoffs.
CBA Finals: (1) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (2) Beijing Ducks
| BTV-6 CCTV-5 |
March 21 20:00 |
| Beijing Ducks | 108–101 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 37-22, 18-25, 33-24, 20-30 | ||||
| Pts: Stephon Marbury 36 Rebs: Lee Hsueh-lin, Ji Zhe 7 Asts: Stephon Marbury 5 |
Pts: Aaron Brooks 36 Rebs: James Singleton 16 Asts: 3 players 3 | |||
| GDTV CCTV-5 |
March 23 19:45 |
| Guangdong Southern Tigers | 106–109 | Beijing Ducks | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 32-25, 24-25, 31-27, 19-32 | ||||
| Pts: Aaron Brooks 25 Rebs: James Singleton 15 Asts: Chen Jianghua 5 |
Pts: Randolph Morris 33 Rebs: Randolph Morris 12 Asts: Stephon Marbury 9 | |||
| GDTV CCTV-5 |
March 25 19:45 |
| Guangdong Southern Tigers | 111–93 | Beijing Ducks | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 29-21, 20-25, 31-24, 31-23 | ||||
| Pts: Aaron Brooks 30 Rebs: James Singleton 19 Asts: Aaron Brooks 5 |
Pts: Stephon Marbury 39 Rebs: Randolph Morris 14 Asts: Stephon Marbury 3 | |||
| BTV-6 CCTV-5 |
March 28 19:45 |
| Beijing Ducks | 107–98 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26-28, 22-16, 28-26, 31-28 | ||||
| Pts: Randolph Morris 32 Rebs: Randolph Morris 12 Asts: Stephon Marbury 7 |
Pts: Aaron Brooks 28 Rebs: James Singleton 11 Asts: Aaron Brooks 6 | |||
| BTV-6 CCTV-5 |
March 30 19:45 |
| Beijing Ducks | 124–121 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25-36, 37-21, 32-36, 29-28 | ||||
| Pts: Stephon Marbury 41 Rebs: Randolph Morris, Ji Zhe 8 Asts: Stephon Marbury 7 |
Pts: Aaron Brooks 33 Rebs: Dong Hanlin 10 Asts: Aaron Brooks 5 | |||
| Beijing win CBA Finals, 4-1. | ||||
- Regular-season series
Teams were tied 1–1 in the regular-season series:
Last Playoffs meeting: 2003 CBA Semifinals (Guangdong won 3–0).
Notes and references
- ↑ "CBA赛程出炉:阿联首轮斗JR 总决赛3月火热上演". 网易CBA. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- ↑ "广东落后19分客场逆转广厦 提前8轮晋级季后赛". 网易CBA. 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- ↑ "广东提前4轮荣获常规赛冠军 历史上第8次封王". 网易CBA. 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ "李根半场33分惊人 北京负青岛仍提前杀进季后赛". 网易CBA. 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ "北京93-78击退上海 锁定常规赛第二创队史最佳". 网易CBA. 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "季后赛形势分析六:五队携手同晋级 稠州辽宁出局". 网易CBA. 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ↑ "新疆97-89东莞锁定季后赛 唐正东砍26分11篮板". 网易CBA. 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ↑ "双外援发威合砍69分 东莞124-104福建晋级季后赛". 网易CBA. 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
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