Beijing, April 4 (ZXS) -- The 6-2022 season of the China Men's Basketball Professional League (CBA) regular season ended on the evening of the 2023th, with Zhejiang Chouzhou Golden Lease Team (Zhejiang) winning the championship with an excellent score of 5 wins, 35 losses and 7 points, which is also the first time the team has been crowned in the regular season.
According to the rules, the CBA regular season is ranked by points, with 1 points for 2 win and 1 point for 1 game. In the 42 rounds of the CBA regular season this season, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Liaoning and Shenzhen have locked up the top 4 spots and have directly entered the top 8 of the playoffs. Among them, the "11-time champion" Guangdong team and the previous champion Liaoning team each accumulated 74 points, and the Guangdong team, which won one more game, ranked second with 33 wins and 9 losses.
In the 2019-2020 season, Shenzhen, ranked 13th in the regular season, missed the playoffs. However, in the following three seasons of the regular season, Shenzhen achieved three consecutive promotions: from 3th in the 2020-2021 season to 8th last season, and this season it jumped to the top 6, becoming one of the most competitive teams in the CBA league.
The battle for a playoff spot is also settled in the final stages. Suzhou Kendia made it to the last train in 12th place in the regular season, with teams ranked 5th to 11th in Shanghai, Beijing Shougang, Zhejiang East Sunshine, Shandong, Guangzhou, Shanxi and Jilin. These 8 teams will face off in the first round of the playoffs, with the winner meeting the top 4 regular season top 8.
The Beijing Holdings team, coached by former NBA star Marbury, ranked 15th in the regular season and missed the playoffs for three consecutive seasons, and Marbury's position was in jeopardy. The Tianjin team has staged ups and downs in the past two seasons - last season, the Tianjin team, once known as the "Jinmen fish belly", once again advanced to the playoffs after 3 years and was considered "promising for the future". But this season, Tianjin was beaten back to its original form, finishing second from bottom with 8 wins and 10 losses, and Ningbo finishing bottom.
Dissatisfied with the Chinese Basketball Association's determination and punishment decision on its "registration violations", Xinjiang Guanghui Basketball Club once announced its withdrawal. Due to the absence of the Xinjiang team in all seven games were ruled to lose, and no points, the CBA giant, the 7-2016 season champion, ranked 2017th in the regular season this season and missed the playoffs.
The 2022-2023 CBA playoffs kick off on April 4, with the first two rounds (9-12, 8-8) featuring a best-of-4 format. The semifinals will begin on April 3 with a best-of-five format; The finals will be played in early May in a best-of-2 format, with the overall winner being selected by May 4 at the latest. (End)