2008–09 Chinese Basketball Association season
The 2008–09 CBA season was the 14th CBA season. Guangdong Southern Tigers defended their CBA title after defeating Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the Finals, four games to one.
| 2008–09 CBA season | |
|---|---|
| League | Chinese Basketball Association |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | November 15, 2008 – May 3, 2009 |
| TV partner(s) | CCTV-5, and many local channels. |
| Regular Season | |
| Season champions | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| Season MVP |  Mengke Bateer |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| Runners-up | Xinjiang Flying Tigers |
| Finals MVP | Zhu Fangyu |
Tianjin Ronggang were promoted to the CBA after the team owners voted in favor of them over two other candidates, Qingdao DoubleStar and Guangdong Fenglü.[1] Qingdao later replaced Beijing Aoshen for their place in the CBA, when the latter failed to submit relevant files on time and lost their qualification for the season.[2]
Foreign players of each team could play unlimited time each game, except only 5 quarters collectively when facing Bayi Rockets. The two newly promoted teams and the bottom two teams of the last season could each have one extra Asian foreign players.[3]
Regular Season standings
| # | 2008–09 CBA season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Tiebreaker | |
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 45 | 5 | .900 | - | 24–1 | 21–4 | |
| 2 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 44 | 6 | .880 | 1 | 24–1 | 20–5 | |
| 3 | Jiangsu Dragons | 36 | 14 | .720 | 9 | 20–5 | 16–9 | |
| 4 | Shaanxi Kylins | 30 | 20 | .600 | 15 | 21–4 | 9–16 | |
| 5 | Dongguan Leopards | 29 | 21 | .580 | 16 | 18–7 | 11–4 | DG 3-1 FJ |
| 6 | Fujian Xunxing | 29 | 21 | .580 | 16 | 20–5 | 9–16 | |
| 7 | Zhejiang Lions | 28 | 22 | .560 | 17 | 16–9 | 12–13 | |
| 8 | Shandong Lions | 27 | 23 | .540 | 18 | 16–9 | 11–14 | SD 2-2(417-400) BJ |
| 9 | Beijing Ducks | 27 | 23 | .540 | 18 | 17–8 | 10–15 | |
| 10 | Shanxi Zhongyu | 26 | 24 | .520 | 19 | 15–10 | 11–14 | |
| 11 | Bayi Rockets | 25 | 25 | .500 | 20 | 14–11 | 11–14 | |
| 12 | Liaoning Dinosaurs | 24 | 26 | .480 | 21 | 11–14 | 13–12 | |
| 13 | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 23 | 27 | .460 | 22 | 13–12 | 10–15 | |
| 14 | Zhejiang Whirlwinds | 19 | 31 | .380 | 26 | 13–12 | 6–19 | |
| 15 | Qingdao DoubleStar | 13 | 37 | .260 | 32 | 10–15 | 3–22 | QD 2-2(361-358) TJ |
| 16 | Tianjin Ronggang | 13 | 37 | .260 | 32 | 8–17 | 5–20 | |
| 17 | Shanghai Sharks | 6 | 44 | .120 | 39 | 5–20 | 1–24 | SH 2-2(436-406) YN |
| 18 | Yunnan Bulls | 6 | 44 | .120 | 39 | 6-19 | 0–25 | |
| Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs |
Playoffs
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.
| Quarter Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Shandong Lions | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Dongguan Leopards | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Shaanxi Kylins | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Dongguan Leopards | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Jiangsu Dragons | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Fujian Xunxing | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Jiangsu Dragons | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Zhejiang Lions | 0 | ||||||||||||
References
- "各队投票决定天津升上CBA 广东风铝无缘顶级联赛". 网易体育. 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- "奥神错过生死大限回归无望 青岛男篮替补晋级CBA". 新浪体育. 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- "CBA外援出场时间全面放开 仅对阵八一仍4节5人次". 网易体育. 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
