| 2000–01 CBA season | |
| League: | Chinese Basketball Association |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Duration: | November 18, 2000 – March 18, 2001 |
| Tv: | CCTV-5 |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Season Champs: | Bayi Rockets |
| Mvp: |  Yao Ming |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Playoffs Link: | 2001 CBA Playoffs |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Champ: | Bayi Rockets |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Shanghai Sharks |
| Promote: | Ji'nan Army Shenyang Army |
| Promote From: | Second Division |
| Relegate: | Ji'nan Army Shenyang Army |
| Relegate To: | Second Division |
| Finals Mvp: | Yao Ming |
| Seasonslistnames: | CBA |
| Prevseason Link: | 1999–2000 CBA season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1999–2000 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2001–02 CBA season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2001–02 |
The 2000–01 CBA season is the sixth CBA season.[1]
The season ran from November 18, 2000 to March 18, 2001. Ji'nan Army and Shenyang Army were promoted from the Second Division.[2]
| 2000–01 CBA season | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | 4 | .818 | - | 11–0 | 7–4 | BY 1-1(213-192) SH | ||
| 2 | 18 | 4 | .818 | - | 11–0 | 7–4 | |||
| 3 | 14 | 8 | .636 | 4 | 9–2 | 5–6 | BJ 1-1(212-197) JL | ||
| 4 | 14 | 8 | .636 | 4 | 10–1 | 4–7 | |||
| 5 | 12 | 10 | .545 | 6 | 9–2 | 3–8 | LN 2-0 GD | ||
| 6 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 12 | 10 | .545 | 6 | 8–3 | 4–7 | ||
| 7 | 11 | 11 | .500 | 7 | 9–2 | 2–9 | |||
| 8 | 10 | 12 | .455 | 8 | 8–3 | 2–9 | JS 1-1(197-190) SD | ||
| 9 | 10 | 12 | .455 | 8 | 9–2 | 1–10 | |||
| 10 | 7 | 15 | .318 | 11 | 5–6 | 2–9 | |||
| 11 | Ji'nan Army | 6 | 16 | .273 | 12 | 4–7 | 2–9 | ||
| 12 | Shenyang Army | 0 | 22 | .000 | 18 | 0–11 | 0–11 | ||
| Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs | ||
| Bottom 4 teams advance to the Relegation Round |
The top 8 teams in the regular season advanced to the playoffs.
In the Final series, Bayi Rockets defeated Shanghai Sharks (3-1), and claimed its 6th straight CBA championship.[1] [2]
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.
The bottom 4 teams played the relegation round by round-robin.
Ji'nan Army and Shenyang Army were relegated to the Second Division.[2]
| width=180 | Team | width=30 | W | width=30 | L | width=30 | PF | width=30 | PA | width=30 | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang Cyclones | 5 | 1 | 663 | 577 | +86 | ||||||
| Shandong Flaming Bulls | 5 | 1 | 648 | 569 | +79 | ||||||
| Ji'nan Army | 1 | 5 | 560 | 628 | −68 | ||||||
| Shenyang Army | 1 | 5 | 541 | 638 | −97 |
| Bottom 2 teams relegated to the Second Division |
| JA | SD | SA | ZJ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ji'nan Army | – | 92-109 | 92-73 | 91-99 | |
| Shandong Flaming Bulls | 102-90 | – | 113-83 | 101-86 | |
| Shenyang Army | 127-100 | 92-99 | – | 84-101 | |
| Zhejiang Cyclones | 118-95 | 126-124 | 133-82 | – |