China News Service, Beijing, March 16th. On the evening of the 15th, Beijing time, the 2023-2024 Chinese Men’s Basketball Professional League (CBA) ended the 43rd round of the regular season. The Liaoning team and the top two teams in the rankings ranked with the same points. The Xinjiang team has become the favorite to win the regular season championship this season.
Ningbo, Jiangsu, and Sichuan, the three teams with the lowest points, have withdrawn from the competition for playoff seats this season.
This season's CBA league has fully restored the home and away system, and the number of regular season rounds has been increased to 52.
After 43 rounds, this season's CBA regular season has also entered its final stage.
Currently, the two championship teams, Liaoning and Xinjiang, both have 35 wins, 8 losses and 78 points (2 points for a win and 1 point for a loss). Won and temporarily ranked first.
As the championship in the previous two seasons, this season's Liaoning team once seemed "precarious" due to the change of coaching position and the injury of team main player Guo Ailun, ranking third at the halfway point of the regular season.
In the third stage of the regular season, Liaoning team coach Yang Ming returned after leaving the team for half a year and led the team to three consecutive victories. The Liaoning team returned to the top spot.
Xinjiang Guanghui Basketball Club announced its withdrawal from the CBA league last season due to the "unable to recognize" the Chinese Basketball Association's determination and penalty decision on its "registration violations."
Although the Xinjiang team returned to the game half a month later, all 7 games it missed were judged to be losses, resulting in the Xinjiang team ultimately missing the playoffs last season.
This season, the Xinjiang team has introduced strong domestic and foreign players and its strength has greatly increased. It topped the list at the halfway point.
Ranking 3-6 in the standings are Zhejiang Chouzhou Golden Rental Team (75 points), Guangdong Team (72 points), Zhejiang Dongyang Yangguang Medicine Team (Zhejiang Guangsha Team, 71 points) and Shanghai Team (70 points) .
Among them, Zhejiang Chouzhou Financial Rental Team, which won the regular season championship for the first time last season, is still expected to win the regular season championship this season.
The CBA's "11-time champion" Guangdong team in the "post-Yi Jianlian era" is still "calming down."
Although the Guangdong team introduced high center Zhou Qi this season, the "big devil" has not been able to play his due role in the new club due to injuries.
Ranking 7th to 9th respectively are Qingdao team (69 points), Shenzhen team (69 points) and Beijing Enterprises Group (68 points). These three teams are "not as good as the top but more than the bottom". Although it is difficult to be among the top three teams Among them, but there is no need to worry about a playoff spot.
Currently ranked 10th-14th are Beijing BAIC Team (65 points), Guangzhou Team (64 points), Shanxi Team (64 points), Nanjing Team (63 points), and Tianjin Team (63 points). These five teams In the "melee zone" for playoff spots, the competition is the most intense. Winning or losing a game will lead to changes in rankings and affect the final allocation of playoff seats.
Although the Shandong team (60 points), Fujian team (59 points) and Jilin team (58 points), ranked 15th-17th, still have hope of competing for playoff seats, the premise is that in the last 9 rounds, except for In addition to improving the winning rate, the team also needs to reduce the winning rate of competing teams. You can imagine how difficult it is to advance.
The three teams ranked 18th-20th, Ningbo (49 points), Jiangsu (48 points), and Sichuan (47 points), are at least 15 points behind the teams currently in the "playoff zone" (top 12). It has completely withdrawn from the competition for a playoff spot this season.
As the overall champion of the CBA League in the 2015-2016 season, the Sichuan team has missed the playoffs for 6 consecutive seasons.
After suffering a 16-game losing streak in the first half of the regular season, the Sichuan team has now suffered a 13-game losing streak.
The CBA regular season of the 2023-2024 season will end on April 6, and the playoffs are expected to start on April 10.
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