2015–16 Chinese Basketball Association season
The 2015–16 CBA season was the 21st season of the Chinese Basketball Association. The regular season began on Saturday, October 31, 2015, with the Beijing Ducks hosting the Xinjiang Flying Tigers. The regular season ended on Friday, February 5, 2016, and the playoffs began on Monday, February 15, 2016.
| CBA | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 2015–16 | |||||||||
| Teams | 20 | |||||||||
| Games played | 38 | |||||||||
| Dates | October 31, 2015 – February 5, 2016 (regular season） February 15, 2016 – March 6, 2016 (Playoffs) March 11, 2016 – March 25, 2016 (Finals) | |||||||||
| Final positions | ||||||||||
| Top seed | Liaoning Flying Leopards | |||||||||
| Champions | Sichuan Blue Whales (1st title) | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Liaoning Flying Leopards | |||||||||
| Awards | ||||||||||
| Finals MVP |  Hamed Haddadi | |||||||||
| Domestic MVP |  Yi Jianlian | |||||||||
| International MVP |  Michael Beasley | |||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2014–15 2016–17 → | ||||||||||
Team changes
Two teams relocated ahead of the season.
Name changes
- The Chongqing Soaring Dragons moved to Beijing and initially changed their name to Beijing BG in September 2015.[1] To avoid confusion with the city's soccer club from the second-tier China League One, which is also called Beijing BG or Beijing Beikong, as well as to avoid confusion with the Beijing Ducks when only the geographical names of CBA teams are used—a large number of Chinese sports websites have decided to refer to the team as the Beikong Fly Dragons (the club's official logo has always used the badly-translated English term "Fly Dragons" instead of "Soaring Dragons").[2] The practice is consistent with the way a lot of Chinese sports websites shorten the second Zhejiang team's name to Guangsha Lions and the second Jiangsu team's name to Tongxi Monkey Kings. So this means Beikong replaces Beijing as the club's "geographical" designation.[3]
- The Dongguan Leopards moved to Shenzhen and changed their name to the Shenzhen Leopards in October 2015.[4]
Regular season
Standings
| # | 2015–16 CBA season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT | Pts | Tiebreaker | |
| 1 | Liaoning Flying Leopards | 31 | 7 | .816 | 69 | |
| 2 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 30 | 8 | .789 | 68 | |
| 3 | Sichuan Blue Whales | 30 | 8 | .789 | 68 | |
| 4 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 28 | 10 | .737 | 66 | |
| 5 | Shandong Golden Stars | 28 | 10 | .737 | 66 | |
| 6 | Zhejiang Guangsha Lions | 27 | 11 | .711 | 65 | |
| 7 | Beijing Ducks | 23 | 15 | .605 | 61 | |
| 8 | Zhejiang Golden Bulls | 22 | 16 | .579 | 60 | |
| 9 | Shenzhen Leopards | 19 | 19 | .500 | 57 | |
| 10 | Shanxi Brave Dragons | 18 | 20 | .474 | 56 | |
| 11 | Jiangsu Dragons | 18 | 20 | .474 | 56 | |
| 12 | Shanghai Sharks | 18 | 20 | .474 | 56 | |
| 13 | Fujian Sturgeons | 16 | 22 | .421 | 54 | |
| 14 | Qingdao Eagles | 16 | 22 | .421 | 54 | |
| 15 | Beikong Fly Dragons | 13 | 25 | .342 | 51 | |
| 16 | Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings | 12 | 26 | .316 | 50 | |
| 17 | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 10 | 28 | .263 | 48 | |
| 18 | Tianjin Gold Lions | 8 | 30 | .211 | 46 | |
| 19 | Bayi Rockets | 7 | 31 | .184 | 45 | |
| 20 | Foshan Long-Lions | 6 | 32 | .158 | 44 | |
| Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs |
Foreign Players Policy
All teams except the Bayi Rockets can have two foreign players. The bottom 5 teams from the previous season (except Bayi) have the additional right to sign an extra Asian player.
Rules Chart
The rules for using foreign players in each game are described in this chart:
| # | Facing other teams | Facing Bayi Rockets |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese players+ | No Limit | No Limit |
| Asian players++ | 4 quarters collectively+++ | |
| International players | 6 quarters collectively+++ |
+ Including players from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
++ If a team waives its right to sign an extra Asian player, it may use its 2 foreign players for 7 quarters collectively.
+++ Only 1 allowed in the 4th quarter.
Import Chart
This is the full list of international players who competed in the CBA during the 2015-16 season.
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Statistical Leaders
The CBA statistical leaders list combines numbers from both regular season and playoff games.
Individual statistical leaders
| Category | Player | Team | GP | Total | AVG |
| Points per game | Jordan Crawford | Tianjin Gold Lions | 26 | 1,121 | 43.1 |
| Rebounds per game | Alan Williams | Qingdao Eagles | 35 | 538 | 15.4 |
| Assists per game | Jeremy Pargo | Zhejiang Guangsha Lions | 40 | 335 | 8.5 |
| Steals per game | Hu Xuefeng | Jiangsu Dragons | 34 | 110 | 3.2 |
| Blocks per game | Zhou Qi | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 42 | 134 | 3.5 |
Playoffs
The 2016 CBA Playoffs began on Monday, February 15, 2016.
Bracket
This is the bracket for the 2016 CBA Playoffs.
| Quarterfinals Best of 5 | Semifinals Best of 5 | Finals Best of 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Liaoning Flying Leopards | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Zhejiang Golden Bulls | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Liaoning Flying Leopards | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Shandong Golden Stars | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Liaoning Flying Leopards | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Sichuan Blue Whales | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Beijing Ducks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Sichuan Blue Whales | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Sichuan Blue Whales | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Zhejiang Guangsha Lions | 0 | ||||||||||||
- Bold Series winner
- Italics Team with home-court advantage
CBA Awards
Playoffs
Regular Season
All-Star Game
- CBA All-Star Game MVP
See also
References
- "重庆翱龙正式变更为北京控股男篮". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
- CBA Teams Webpage at Hupu
- CBA English Webpage at Sohu
- 深圳新世纪烈豹队将正式诞生
- Sichuan Claims Maiden CBA Title
- "Michael Beasley Named International MVP, Yi Jianlian Named Domestic MVP of CBA". Bleacher Report. February 29, 2016.
- Michael Beasley's CBA All-Star Money Was Stolen
