2001–02 Chinese Basketball Association season

Sports season

2001–02 CBA season

League| Chinese Basketball Association
Sport| Basketball
Duration| December 8, 2001 – April 19, 2002
TV partner(s)| CCTV-5
STAR Sports
and local channels
Regular Season
Season champions| Shanghai Sharks
Season MVP|  Liu Yudong
Promoted to Second Division| Shaanxi Kylins
Shenzhen Leopards
Relegated to Second Division| Beijing Olympians
Shenzhen Leopards
Playoffs
Finals
Champions| Shanghai Sharks
Runners-up| Bayi Rockets
Finals MVP|  Liu Yudong
CBA seasons

← 2000–01

2002–03 →

The 2001–02 CBA season is the seventh CBA season.[1]

The season ran from December 8, 2001 to April 19, 2002. Shaanxi Kylins and Shenzhen Leopards were promoted from the Second Division. Taiwanese club Sina Lions joined CBA in this season.[2]

## Regular Season Standings

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#  | 2001–02 CBA season

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Team  |  W  |  L  |  PCT  |  GB  |  Home  |  Road  |  Tiebreaker
1  | Shanghai Sharks | 23 | 1 | .958 | - | 12–0 | 11–1 |
2  | Bayi Rockets | 17 | 7 | .708 | 6 | 12–0 | 5–7 |
3  | Beijing Ducks | 15 | 9 | .625 | 8 | 9–3 | 6–6 | BJ 1-1(217-211) JL
4  | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 15 | 9 | .625 | 8 | 10–2 | 5–7
5  | Shandong Flaming Bulls | 14 | 10 | .583 | 9 | 10–2 | 4–8 |
6  | Zhejiang Cyclones | 13 | 11 | .542 | 10 | 9–3 | 4–8 |
7  | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 12 | 12 | .500 | 11 | 8–4 | 4–8 |
8  | Sina Lions | 11 | 13 | .458 | 12 | 8–4 | 3–9 | SL 2-0 JS
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9  | Jiangsu Dragons | 11 | 13 | .458 | 12 | 8–4 | 3–9
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10  | Shaanxi Kylins | 10 | 14 | .417 | 13 | 8–4 | 2–10 |
11  | Beijing Olympians | 8 | 16 | .333 | 15 | 4–8 | 4–8 |
12  | Liaoning Hunters | 7 | 17 | .292 | 16 | 6–6 | 1–11 |
13  | Shenzhen Leopards | 0 | 24 | .000 | 23 | 0–12 | 0–12 |
Key to colors  | Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs

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| Bottom 4 teams advance to the Relegation Round

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## Playoffs

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The top 8 teams in the regular season advanced to the playoffs. For the first time, the quarterfinals used best-of-five series to determine the advancing team.

In the Final series, Shanghai Sharks defeated Bayi Rockets (3-1), snapped a series of 6 consecutive championships for the Bayi.[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 5 | | | Semifinals
Best of 5 | | | Finals
Best of 5 |

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| 1 | Shanghai Sharks | 3 | | |
| 7 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 0 |
| | 1 | Shanghai Sharks | 3 |
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| | | 4 | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 0 |
| 4 | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 3 |

| 6 | Zhejiang Cyclones | 2 |
| | 1 | Shanghai Sharks | 3 |
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| | | 2 | Bayi Rockets | 1 |
| 2 | Bayi Rockets | 3 | |

| 8 | Sina Lions | 1 |
| | 2 | Bayi Rockets | 3 |
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| | | 5 | Shandong Flaming Bulls | 0 |
| 3 | Beijing Ducks | 1 |

| 5 | Shandong Flaming Bulls | 3 |

## Relegations

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

Beijing Olympians and Shenzhen Leopards were relegated to the Second Division.[2]

| Team  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD

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Liaoning Hunters | 5 | 1 | 655 | 561 | +94
Shaanxi Kylins | 4 | 2 | 660 | 575 | +85
Beijing Olympians | 3 | 3 | 620 | 594 | +26
Shenzhen Leopards | 0 | 6 | 585 | 790 | −205
Key to colors  | Bottom 2 teams relegated to the Second Division

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|  | BO | LN | SX | SZ

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Beijing Olympians | –  | 85-93  | 96-88  | 130-107
Liaoning Hunters | 99-85  | –  | 114-101  | 126-84
Shaanxi Kylins | 105-96  | 104-79  | –  | 139-88
Shenzhen Leopards | 102-128  | 102-144  | 102-123  | –

## References

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1. ^ a b "2001-2002赛季CBA大事记：上海大鲨鱼问鼎". 网易体育. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
2. ^ a b c d 搜狐体育. "Data Source". Retrieved 2011-11-30.

## See also

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* Chinese Basketball Association

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