2000–01 Chinese Basketball Association season
The 2000–01 CBA season is the sixth CBA season.[1]
| 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 to Second Division | Ji'nan Army Shenyang Army |
| Relegated to Second Division | Ji'nan Army Shenyang Army |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Bayi Rockets |
| Runners-up | Shanghai Sharks |
| Finals MVP | Yao Ming |
The season ran from November 18, 2000 to March 18, 2001. Ji'nan Army and Shenyang Army were promoted from the Second Division.[2]
Regular Season Standings
| # | 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 | |
| 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]
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References
- "2000-2001赛季CBA大事记：姚明荣膺双料MVP". 网易体育. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- 搜狐体育. "Data Source". Retrieved 2011-11-29.
