2007–08 Chinese Basketball Association season
The 2007–08 CBA season was the 13th CBA season. The season was shortened due to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the regular season ended in early January 2008. Guangdong Southern Tigers won the CBA title, even after the departure of Yi Jianlian for NBA.
| 2007–08 CBA season | |
|---|---|
| League | Chinese Basketball Association |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | October 27, 2007 – February 22, 2008 |
| TV partner(s) | CCTV-5, and many local channels. |
| Regular Season | |
| Season champions | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| Season MVP |  Zhu Fangyu |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| Runners-up | Liaoning Dinosaurs |
| Finals MVP | Zhu Fangyu |
Regular season
Xinjiang Flying Tigers finished the regular season with 26-4 in 2nd place. But before the playoffs, it was determined that one of their players, Sou Song Cun, was not of Chinese nationality, thus violating the rule that each team may only have two foreign players. The league subsequently ruled Xinjiang loss with score of 0-20 in all 18 matches in which Sou played, 15 of them wins originally. As a result, Xinjiang's record dropped to 11th place with 11-19, and they failed to advance to the playoffs.[1]
| # | 2007–08 CBA season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Tiebreaker | |
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 26 | 4 | .866 | - | 14–1 | 12–3 | |
| 2 | Jiangsu Dragons | 21 | 9 | .700 | 5 | 14–1 | 7–8 | |
| 3 | Shandong Lions | 19 | 11 | .633 | 7 | 14–1 | 7–8 | SD 1-1(202-189) LN |
| 4 | Liaoning Hunters | 19 | 11 | .633 | 7 | 11–4 | 8–7 | |
| 5 | Dongguan Leopards | 18 | 12 | .600 | 8 | 11–4 | 7–8 | DG 2-0 BY |
| 6 | Bayi Rockets | 18 | 12 | .600 | 8 | 12–3 | 6–9 | |
| 7 | Fujian Xunxing | 17 | 13 | .566 | 9 | 11–4 | 6–9 | |
| 8 | Zhejiang Lions | 15 | 15 | .500 | 11 | 10–5 | 5–10 | ZJ 1-1(181-175) BJ |
| 9 | Beijing Ducks | 15 | 15 | .500 | 11 | 8–7 | 7–8 | |
| 10 | Zhejiang Whirlwinds | 12 | 18 | .400 | 14 | 9–6 | 3–12 | |
| 11 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 11 | 19 | .366 | 15 | 5–10 | 6–9 | |
| 12 | Yunnan Bulls | 8 | 22 | .266 | 18 | 6–9 | 2–13 | YN 1-1(240-238) SH |
| 13 | Shanghai Sharks | 8 | 22 | .266 | 18 | 4–11 | 4–11 | |
| 14 | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 7 | 23 | .233 | 19 | 3–12 | 4–11 | |
| 15 | Shaanxi Kylins | 6 | 24 | .200 | 20 | 6–9 | 0–15 | |
| 16 | Shanxi Zhongyu | 5 | 25 | .166 | 21 | 5–10 | 0–15 | |
| Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs |
Playoffs
Top 4 teams may pick their opponents of the quarterfinal round in turn by the order of their regular season standings.
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 | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Zhejiang Lions | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Dongguan Leopards | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Shandong Lions | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Dongguan Leopards | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Liaoning Dinosaurs | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Liaoning Dinosaurs | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Bayi Rockets | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Liaoning Dinosaurs | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Jiangsu Dragons | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Jiangsu Dragons | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Fujian Xunxing | 2 | ||||||||||||
Notes and references
- ""官秀昌案"处罚出炉 新疆男篮排名降到第十一". 搜狐体育. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
