1996–97 Chinese Basketball Association season | |
League: | CBA |
Season: | 1996–97 |
Teams: | 12 |
Regular Season: | Regular season |
Regular Season Link: | 1996–97 Chinese Basketball Association season#Regular season |
Season Champs: | Bayi Rockets |
Relegated: | Zhejiang Squirrels Jinan Army |
Relegate To: | Second Division |
Playoffs: | Playoffs |
Playoffs Link: | 1996–97 Chinese Basketball Association season#Playoffs |
Finals: | Finals |
Finals Link: | 1996–97 Chinese Basketball Association season#Finals |
Runners Up: | Liaoning Hunters |
Semifinalists: | Guangdong Southern Tigers Shandong Flaming Bulls |
Mvp: | Hu Weidong (Jiangsu Dragons) |
Mvp N: | CHN |
Mvp Link: | CBA Most Valuable Player |
Award4: | CBA Coach of the Year |
Award4 Winner: | Wang Fei (Bayi Rockets) Li Ge (Liaoning Hunters) |
Prevseason: | 1995–96 |
The 1996–97 CBA season was the second season of the Chinese Basketball Association. The season was held from 27 November 1996 to 30 March 1997.
The Shanghai Sharks and Sichuan Pandas were promoted from the Second Division.[1] [2]
Team | Head coach | City | Arena | Capacity | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Air Force | Ma Lianzhong | ||||
Bayi Rockets | Wang Fei | ||||
Beijing Ducks | Yuan Chao | ||||
Guangdong Southern Tigers | Wang Lifa | ||||
Jiangsu Dragons | Xia Hongfa | ||||
Jinan Army | Zhang Bin | ||||
Liaoning Hunters | Li Ge | ||||
Shandong Flaming Bulls | Ye Peng | ||||
Shanghai Sharks | Li Qiuping | ||||
Shenyang Army | Xuan Chengbin | ||||
Sichuan Pandas | Yang Ming | ||||
Zhejiang Squirrels | Pan Jianping |
Teams promoted from Second Division
Team relegated to Second Division
Rank | 1996–97 CBA regular season | ||||||
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Team | |||||||
1 | 19 | 3 | 41 | 86.4% | |||
2 | 18 | 4 | 40 | 81.8% | |||
3 | 14 | 8 | 36 | 63.6% | |||
4 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 59.1% | |||
5 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 59.1% | |||
6 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 54.5% | |||
7 | Air Force | 9 | 13 | 31 | 40.9% | ||
8 | Shenyang Army | 9 | 13 | 31 | 40.9% | ||
9 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 36.4% | |||
10 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 31.8% | |||
11 | Sichuan Pandas | 7 | 15 | 29 | 31.8% | ||
12 | Jinan Army | 3 | 19 | 25 | 13.6% |
Qualification for playoffs | ||
Qualification for relegation playoffs |
12 teams played against each other teams twice.
The top 8 teams in the regular season advanced to the playoffs.
The bottom 4 teams advanced to relegation playoffs. The Zhejiang Squirrels and Jinan Army were relegated to the Second Division after the relegation playoffs.
Rank | Relegation playoffs | ||||||
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Team | |||||||
9 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 83.3% | |||
10 | Sichuan Pandas | 4 | 2 | 10 | 66.7% | ||
11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 50.0% | |||
12 | Jinan Army | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.0% |
Relegation to Second Division |
The 1997 CBA All-Star Game was played on April 5, 1997, in Shanghai.
The South All-Stars defeated the North All-Stars 98-84. Hu Weidong from the Jiangsu Dragons was named MVP of the All-Star Game.
James Hodges from the Liaoning Hunters won the Slam Dunk Contest, and Saulius Štombergas from the Shanghai Sharks won the Three-Point Shootout.
Category | Team | Statistic[3] | |
---|---|---|---|
Points per game | 98.0 | ||
Rebounds per game | 31.0 | ||
Assists per game | 14.5 | ||
Steals per game | 12.0 | ||
Blocks per game | 4.9 | ||
Turnovers per game | Sichuan Pandas | 14.7 | |
Fouls per game | Air Force | 20.0 | |
FG% | 57.0% | ||
FT% | 70.4% | ||
3P% | 43.8% |
These are the award winners for the 1996-97 CBA regular season.[4]
Award | Recipient(s) | |
---|---|---|
CBA Most Valuable Player | Hu Weidong (Jiangsu Dragons) | |
CBA Coach of the Year | Wang Fei (Bayi Rockets) Li Ge (Liaoning Hunters) |