2009–10 Chinese Basketball Association season

The 2009–10 CBA season was the 15th CBA season. Guangdong Southern Tigers won their third consecutive CBA title for the second time, defeating Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the Finals, four games to one.

2009–10 CBA season
LeagueChinese Basketball Association
SportBasketball
DurationDecember 19, 2009 – April 25, 2010
TV partner(s)CCTV-5, and many local channels.
Regular Season
Season championsGuangdong Southern Tigers
Season MVPChina Mengke Bateer
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsGuangdong Southern Tigers
  Runners-upXinjiang Flying Tigers
Finals MVPChina Zhu Fangyu
CBA seasons

Yunnan Bulls were suspended for the season due to salary reasons, and would conditionally retain their eligibility for the 2010–11 season.

Foreign players of each team could play no more than 6 quarters (5 quarters when facing Bayi Rockets) collectively each game. Asian players were not regarded as foreign players.

In the Playoffs, the distance of 3 point line expanded from 6.25m to 6.75m.[1]

Coaching changes

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Club Outgoing Manner When Incoming
Liaoning Dinosaurs Lithuania Rytis Vaišvila Sacked[2] After Round 17 China Guo Shiqiang
Beijing Ducks United States Sidney Moncrief Sacked[3] After Round 20 China Min Lulei
Fujian Xunxing United States Aaron McCarthy Sacked[4] After Round 23 China Zhang Degui
Jiangsu Dragons United States Jason Rabedeaux Sacked[5] After Round 32 China Xu Qiang

Regular season standings

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# 2009–10 CBA season
Team W L PCT GB Home Road Tiebreaker
1 Guangdong Southern Tigers302.938-15–115–1
2 Xinjiang Flying Tigers275.844315–112–4
3 Zhejiang Lions266.813415–111–5
4 Shanghai Sharks257.781514–211–5
5 Liaoning Dinosaurs2111.656914–27–9
6 Jiangsu Dragons2012.6251013–37–9
7 Fujian Xunxing1715.5311313–34–12
8 Bayi Rockets1517.4691510–65–11
9 Shandong Lions1418.4381610–64–12SD 1-1(198-176) ZJ
10 Zhejiang Whirlwinds1418.438169–75–11
11 Dongguan Leopards1319.406179–74–12
12 Tianjin Ronggang1121.344199–72–14
13 Jilin Northeast Tigers1022.313207–93–13JL 2-0 SX
14 Shanxi Zhongyu1022.313206–104–12
15 Beijing Ducks824.250226–102–14
16 Qingdao DoubleStar725.219237–90–16
17 Shaanxi Kylins428.125263–131–15
Key to colors
     Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs

All-star weekend

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Rookie Challenge

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March 20
19:00
Southern Rookies 91, Northern Rookies 80
Scoring by quarter: 19-30, 24-23, 20-13, 28-14
Pts: Dong Hanlin 19
Rebs: Xu Zhonghao 7
Asts: Feng Qi, Zhang Chengyu 3
Pts: Yu Shulong 18
Rebs: Zhong Cheng 7
Asts: Yu Shulong 8
Wukesong Stadium, Beijing
Referees: Qiao Longsheng, Wang Xiaochun, Duan Zhu

All-star game

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March 21
19:00
Southern All-stars 121, Northern All-stars 133
Scoring by quarter: 31-28, 27-29, 28-33, 35-43
Pts: Rodney White 32
Rebs: Rodney White 9
Asts: John Lucas III 7
Pts: Stephon Marbury 30
Rebs: Olumide Oyedeji 16
Asts: Stephon Marbury 10
Wukesong Stadium, Beijing
Referees: Ma Lijun, Yu Bin, Wang Mei

Slam Dunk Contest

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Contestants[8]
Pos.PlayerTeamPreliminaryFinal
1st dunk2nd dunkTotal1st dunk2nd dunkTotal
C United States Sean WilliamsFujian Xunxing475097424587
F China Zhang ZhihanTianjin Ronggang404585354277
F China Wu NanJiangsu Dragons495099353065
F China Cai LilongJiangsu Dragons404383
F China Zhang JiTianjin Ronggang443478
G China Wang FeiZhejiang Lions304272
F United States Stromile SwiftINJShandong Lions

^INJ Unable to participate due to injury. Zhang Zhihan and Zhang Ji were named as replacements for Stromile Swift.

Three-Point Shootout

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Skills Challenge

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Contestants[8]
Pos.PlayerTeamPreliminaryFinal
G Chinese Taipei Lin Chih-ChiehZhejiang Lions46.9738.07
G China Liu WeiShanghai Sharks45.3545.67
G China Xie LibinBeijing Ducks53.80
G China Yang MingLiaoning Dinosaurs57.47
G United States Stephon MarburyPERShanxi Zhongyu

^PER Unable to participate for personal reasons. Yang Ming was named as the replacement for Stephon Marbury.

Playoffs

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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 Finals
         
1 Guangdong Southern Tigers 3
8 Bayi Rockets 0
1 Guangdong Southern Tigers 3
4 Shanghai Sharks 1
4 Shanghai Sharks 3
5 Liaoning Dinosaurs 1
1 Guangdong Southern Tigers 4
2 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 1
3 Zhejiang Lions 3
6 Jiangsu Dragons 0
3 Zhejiang Lions 0
2 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 3
2 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 3
7 Fujian Xunxing 0

Statistics leaders

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Notes and references

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  1. "CBA季后赛三分线后推50厘米 外援上场时间受限制". 新浪体育. 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  2. "辽宁洋帅赢球却下课 郭士强回沈阳掌帅印(图)". 青岛新闻网. 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  3. "CBA本季第2位主帅下课 北京首位外教变顾问". 新浪体育. 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2010-02-19.[permanent dead link]
  4. "CBA本季第3位洋帅下课 福建宣布张德贵接棒麦卡锡". 新浪体育. 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  5. "江苏男篮洋帅杰森被炒鱿鱼 中方教练徐强接过教鞭". 新浪体育. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  6. 1 2 "全明星星锐阵容火热出炉 小姚明入选成最大亮点". 163.com. 网易体育. 13 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "全明星投票截止张庆鹏当票王 辽将闪耀北方首发". 163.com. 网易体育. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 "四单项赛引爆全明星周末 马布里挑战国内第一控卫". 新浪体育. March 19, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
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