The 2016 CBA Playoffs is the postseason tournament of the
Chinese Basketball Association
The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the CBA, is the first-tier men's professional basketball league in China.
The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...
's
2015–16 season.
The
Sichuan Blue Whales
The Sichuan Jinqiang Blue Whales (sometimes spelled Whale) (四川金强蓝鲸), also known as Sichuan Jinqiang or Sichuan Jinrong Industry, are a professional basketball team based in Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, which plays in t ...
won their first CBA championship after defeating the
Liaoning Flying Leopards
The Liaoning Flying Leopards (), also known as the Liaoning Shenyang Sansheng Flying Leopard Club or Liaoning Bengang (), are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Hunnan District, Shenyang, Liaoning, which plays in the Northern Divisi ...
in the CBA finals.
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.
First round
:''All times are in
China standard time
The time in China follows a single standard UTC offset, time offset of UTC+08:00, where Beijing is located, even though the country spans five geographical time zones. It is the largest sovereign nation in the world that officially observes only ...
(
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
It is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time, mainly due to China's large population, with an estimated population ...
)''
(1) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (8) Zhejiang Golden Bulls
(2) Xinjiang Flying Tigers vs. (7) Beijing Ducks
(3) Sichuan Blue Whales vs. (6) Zhejiang Lions
(4) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (5) Shandong Golden Stars
Semifinals
:''All times are in
China standard time
The time in China follows a single standard UTC offset, time offset of UTC+08:00, where Beijing is located, even though the country spans five geographical time zones. It is the largest sovereign nation in the world that officially observes only ...
(
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
It is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time, mainly due to China's large population, with an estimated population ...
)''
(1) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (4) Guangdong Southern Tigers
Tigers player Zhou Peng knocked down a game winning 3-pointer with the Tigers down one point to bring the series back to Dongguan.
(2) Xinjiang Flying Tigers Vs. (3) Sichuan Blue Whales
Finals
(1) Liaoning Flying Leopards Vs. (3) Sichuan Blue Whales
The series was noted for having a brawl that occurred after the third match of the finals between the Liaoning and Sichuan teams.
References
{{CBA Playoffs seasons
Chinese Basketball Association playoffs
playoffs
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...