1997–98 CBA season

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1997–98 CBA season
League Chinese Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
Duration November 23, 1997 – March 29, 1998
TV partner(s) CCTV-5
Regular Season
Season champions Shandong Flaming Bulls
Season MVP Gong Xiaobin
Promoted to Second Division Ji'nan Army
Zhejiang Squirrels
Relegated to Second Division Shenyang Army
Sichuan Pandas
Playoffs
Finals
Champions Bayi Rockets
  Runners-up Liaoning Hunters
CBA seasons

The 1997–98 CBA season is the third season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

The season ran from November 23, 1997 to March 29, 1998. Ji'nan Army and Zhejiang Squirrels were promoted from the Second Division.[1][2]

Regular Season Standings

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# 1997–98 CBA season
Team W L PCT GB Home Road Tiebreaker
1 Shandong Flaming Bulls 19 3 .864 - 11–0 8–3 SD 1-1 (163-149) BY
2 Bayi Rockets 19 3 .864 - 10–1 9–2
3 Liaoning Hunters 17 5 .773 2 10–1 7–4
4 Beijing Ducks 14 8 .636 5 9–2 5–6
5 Jiangsu Dragons 12 10 .545 7 8–3 4–7 JS 1-1 (161-152) SH
6 Shanghai Sharks 12 10 .545 7 6–5 6–5
7 Guangdong Southern Tigers 10 12 .455 9 7–4 3–8
8 Ji'nan Army 9 13 .409 10 7–4 2–9
9 Sichuan Pandas 7 15 .318 12 3–8 4–7
10 Shenyang Army 6 16 .273 13 4–7 2–9
11 Air Force 4 18 .182 15 3–8 1–10
12 Zhejiang Squirrels 3 19 .136 16 2–9 1–10
Key to colors
     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.

For the first time, the quarterfinals and semifinals used best-of-three and best-of-five series to determine the advancing team.

In the Final series, Bayi Rockets defeated Liaoning Hunters (3-0), and claimed its 3rd straight CBA championship, remaining undefeated in the CBA playoffs history.[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 3		 Finals
Best of 5
                 
1 Shandong Flaming Bulls 2
5 Jiangsu Dragons 1
1 Shandong Flaming Bulls 0
3 Liaoning Hunters 2
3 Liaoning Hunters 2
7 Guangdong Southern Tigers 1
3 Liaoning Hunters 0
2 Bayi Rockets 3
2 Bayi Rockets 2
8 Ji'nan Army 0
2 Bayi Rockets 2
4 Beijing Ducks 0
4 Beijing Ducks 2
6 Shanghai Sharks 1
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Relegations

The bottom 4 teams played the relegation round by round-robin.

Shenyang Army and Sichuan Pandas were relegated to the Second Division.[2]

Team W L PF PA PD
Zhejiang Squirrels 6 0 486 404 +82
Air Force 4 2 437 397 +40
Sichuan Pandas 1 5 431 469 −38
Shenyang Army 1 5 381 465 −84
Key to colors
     Bottom 2 teams relegated to the Second Division
  AF SA SC ZJ
Air Force – 69–57 82–57 70–76
Shenyang Army 52–70 – 100–86 57–82
Sichuan Pandas 66–69 72–65 – 81–83
Zhejiang Squirrels 89–77 86–50 70–69 –
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All-star Weekend

The 1998 CBA All-Star Game was played on April 4, 1998 in Shenyang, Liaoning. The Foreign All-stars defeated the Chinese All-stars 83-80.

James Hodges from Jiangsu Dragons won the Slam Dunk Contest for the second straight year, and Zhang Jingsong from Bayi Rockets won the Three-Point Shootout.[1]

CBA Awards

See also

References

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