2016 CBA Playoffs

The 2016 CBA Playoffs is the postseason tournament of the Chinese Basketball Association's 2015–16 season.

The Sichuan Blue Whales won their first CBA championship after defeating the Liaoning Flying Leopards in the CBA finals.[1]

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage are shown in italics.

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

First round

All times are in China standard time (UTC+8)

(1) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (8) Zhejiang Golden Bulls

February 15
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards 116, Zhejiang Golden Bulls 108
Scoring by quarter: 24–34, 29–22, 28–27, 35–25
Pts: Guo Ailun 27
Rebs: Li Xiaoxu 15
Asts: Lester Hudson 9		 Pts: Willie Warren 35
Rebs: Charles Gaines 9
Asts: Willie Warren 6
Liaoning leads series 1–0
February 17
19:35
Zhejiang Golden Bulls 105, Liaoning Flying Leopards 138
Scoring by quarter: 21–36, 27–38, 23–37, 34–27
Pts: Charles Gaines 27
Rebs: Charles Gaines 10
Asts: Willie Warren, Wu Qian 5 each		 Pts: Lester Hudson 30
Rebs: Han Dejun, Shavlik Randolph 12 each
Asts: Guo Ailun 9
Liaoning leads series 2–0
Benxi Gymnasium, Benxi, Liaoning
February 19
19:35
Zhejiang Golden Bulls 111, Liaoning Flying Leopards 127
Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 26–32, 33–39, 27–26
Pts: Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 22
Rebs: Charles Gaines 17
Asts: Samad Nikkhah Bahrami, Charles Gaines 5 each		 Pts: Shavlik Randolph 28
Rebs: Shavlik Randolph 8
Asts: Guo Ailun 11
Liaoning wins series 3–0
Benxi Gymnasium, Benxi, Liaoning

(2) Xinjiang Flying Tigers vs. (7) Beijing Ducks

February 15
19:35
Xinjiang Flying Tigers 117, Beijing Ducks 105
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 35–25, 28–22, 30–33
Pts: Andray Blatche 29
Rebs: Andray Blatche 16
Asts: Andray Blatche, Bryce Cotton 5 each		 Pts: Stephon Marbury 29
Rebs: Randolph Morris 8
Asts: Stephon Marbury 4
Xinjiang leads series 1–0
February 17
19:35
Beijing Ducks 101, Xinjiang Flying Tigers 104
Scoring by quarter: 29–23, 25–23, 24–32, 23–26
Pts: Stephon Marbury 32
Rebs: Randolph Morris 9
Asts: Stephon Marbury 4		 Pts: Andray Blatche 37
Rebs: Andray Blatche 13
Asts: Andray Blatche 5
Xinjiang leads series 2–0
February 19
19:35
Beijing Ducks 117, Xinjiang Flying Tigers 99
Scoring by quarter: 30–25, 33–31, 29–26, 25–17
Pts: Stephon Marbury 37
Rebs: Sun Yue 10
Asts: Stephon Marbury 6		 Pts: Andray Blatche 28
Rebs: Andray Blatche, Zhou Qi 8 each
Asts: Andray Blatche 7
Xinjiang leads series 2–1
February 21
19:35
Xinjiang Flying Tigers 103, Beijing Ducks 94
Scoring by quarter: 31–20, 28–26, 18–30, 26–18
Pts: Andray Blatche 26
Rebs: Zhou Qi 16
Asts: Zhou Qi 3		 Pts: Stephon Marbury 29
Rebs: Ji Zhe 11
Asts: Sun Yue 4
Xinjiang wins series 3–1

(3) Sichuan Blue Whales vs. (6) Zhejiang Lions

February 15
19:35
Sichuan Blue Whales 139, Zhejiang Lions 98
Scoring by quarter: 37–25, 34–29, 36–19, 32–25
Pts: Justin Dentmon 30
Rebs: Mike Harris 10
Asts: Justin Dentmon 7		 Pts: Eli Holman 29
Rebs: Eli Holman 9
Asts: Sun Minghui 7
Sichuan leads series 1–0
February 17
19:35
Zhejiang Lions 118, Sichuan Blue Whales 131
Scoring by quarter: 33–41, 19–34, 32–35, 34–21
Pts: Lin Chih-chieh 41
Rebs: Eli Holman 9
Asts: Sun Minghui 5		 Pts: Justin Dentmon 32
Rebs: Hamed Haddadi 19
Asts: Justin Dentmon, Hamed Haddadi 7 each
Sichuan leads series 2–0
Sichuan Provincial Stadium, Chengdu, Sichuan
February 19
19:35
Zhejiang Lions 113, Sichuan Blue Whales 123
Scoring by quarter: 29–33, 30–29, 28–27, 26–34
Pts: Lin Chih-chieh 27
Rebs: Eli Holman 10
Asts: Jeremy Pargo 10		 Pts: Mike Harris 41
Rebs: Hamed Haddadi 17
Asts: Hamed Haddadi 9
Sichuan wins series 3–0
Sichuan Provincial Stadium, Chengdu, Sichuan

(4) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (5) Shandong Golden Stars

February 15
19:35
Guangdong Southern Tigers 95, Shandong Golden Stars 81
Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 22–14, 18–23, 27–22
Pts: Justin Carter 24
Rebs: Ike Diogu 18
Asts: Justin Carter 7		 Pts: Michael Beasley 32
Rebs: Michael Beasley 17
Asts: Eugene Jeter 3
Guangdong leads series 1–0
February 17
19:35
Shandong Golden Stars 111, Guangdong Southern Tigers 130
Scoring by quarter: 21–30, 29–35, 36–38, 25–27
Pts: Michael Beasley 37
Rebs: Michael Beasley 15
Asts: Eugene Jeter, Sui Ran 4 each		 Pts: Ike Diogu 35
Rebs: Ike Diogu 12
Asts: Justin Carter 8
Guangdong leads series 2–0
February 19
19:35
Shandong Golden Stars 105, Guangdong Southern Tigers 125
Scoring by quarter: 31–29, 30–35, 19–26, 25–35
Pts: Michael Beasley 35
Rebs: Michael Beasley 15
Asts: Michael Beasley 6		 Pts: Zhu Fangyu 31
Rebs: Ike Diogu 14
Asts: Justin Carter 4
Guangdong wins series 3–0

Semifinals

All times are in China standard time (UTC+8)

(1) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (4) Guangdong Southern Tigers

February 26
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards 116, Guangdong Southern Tigers 114 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 33–31, 22–28, 20–28, Overtime: 12-10
Pts: Lester Hudson 29
Rebs: Li Xiaoxu 11
Asts: Guo Ailun 7		 Pts: Yi Jianlian 28
Rebs: Ike Diogu 16
Asts: Zhou Peng, Chen Jianghua 4 each
Liaoning leads series 1-0
February 28
19:35
Guangdong Southern Tigers 88, Liaoning Flying Leopards 103
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 25–29, 20–30, 21–22
Pts: Yi Jianlian 23
Rebs: Justin Carter 12
Asts: Zhu Fangyu 5		 Pts: Lester Hudson 31
Rebs: Li Xiaoxu 13
Asts: Lester Hudson 7
Liaoning leads series 2-0
Benxi Gymnasium, Benxi, Liaoning
March 2
19:35
Guangdong Southern Tigers 97, Liaoning Flying Leopards 96
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 27–23, 32–30, 20–30
Pts: Yi Jianlian 26
Rebs: Yi Jianlian 10
Asts: Justin Carter 5		 Pts: Lester Hudson 34
Rebs: Li Xiaoxu 11
Asts: Yang Ming 4
Liaoning leads series 2-1
Benxi Gymnasium, Benxi, Liaoning

Tigers player Zhou Peng knocked down a game winning 3-pointer with the Tigers down one point to bring the series back to Dongguan.

March 4
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards 105, Guangdong Southern Tigers 96
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 26–24, 30–24, 27–22
Pts: Lester Hudson 30
Rebs: Shavlik Randolph 10
Asts: Lester Hudson 7		 Pts: Yi Jianlian 27
Rebs: Ike Diogu 12
Asts: Justin Carter 4
Liaoning wins series 3-1

(2) Xinjiang Flying Tigers Vs. (3) Sichuan Blue Whales

February 26
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. Guangdong Southern Tigers
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
February 28
19:35
Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. Liaoning Flying Leopards
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
Benxi Gymnasium, Benxi, Liaoning
March 2
19:35
Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. Liaoning Flying Leopards
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
Benxi Gymnasium, Benxi, Liaoning
March 4
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. Guangdong Southern Tigers
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Finals

(1) Liaoning Flying Leopards Vs. (3) Sichuan Blue Whales

February 26
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. Sichuan Blue Whales
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
Benxi Gymnasium, Benxi, Liaoning
March 13
19:35
Sichuan Blue Whales vs. Liaoning Flying Leopards
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
Sichuan Provincial Stadium, Chengdu, Sichuan
March 16
19:35
Sichuan Blue Whales vs. Liaoning Flying Leopards
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
Sichuan Provincial Stadium, Chengdu, Sichuan
March 20
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. Sichuan Blue Whales
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
Benxi Gymnasium, Benxi, Liaoning

The series was noted for having a brawl that occurred after the third match of the finals between the Liaoning and Sichuan teams.[2]

References

  1. ^ Andal, Cristian (March 21, 2016). "2016 Chinese Basketball Association Finals: Sichuan Crowned New Champions after Beating Liaoning, 94-91, in Game 5". Yibada. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "Chinese basketball team fight rival fans after game". The New Zealand Herald. March 17, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2024.