| 2001–02 CBA season | |
| League: | Chinese Basketball Association |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Duration: | December 8, 2001 – April 19, 2002 |
| Tv: | CCTV-5 STAR Sports and local channels |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Season Champs: | Shanghai Sharks |
| Mvp: |  Liu Yudong |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Playoffs Link: | 2002 CBA Playoffs |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Champ: | Shanghai Sharks |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Bayi Rockets |
| Promote: | Shaanxi Kylins Shenzhen Leopards |
| Promote From: | Second Division |
| Relegate: | Beijing Olympians Shenzhen Leopards |
| Relegate To: | Second Division |
| Finals Mvp: | Liu Yudong |
| Seasonslistnames: | CBA |
| Prevseason Link: | 2000–01 CBA season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2000–01 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2002–03 CBA season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2002–03 |
The 2001–02 CBA season is the seventh CBA season.[1]
The season ran from December 8, 2001 to April 19, 2002. Shaanxi Kylins and Shenzhen Leopards were promoted from the Second Division. Taiwanese club Sina Lions joined CBA in this season.[2]
| 2001–02 CBA season | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | 1 | .958 | - | 12–0 | 11–1 | |||
| 2 | 17 | 7 | .708 | 6 | 12–0 | 5–7 | |||
| 3 | 15 | 9 | .625 | 8 | 9–3 | 6–6 | BJ 1-1(217-211) JL | ||
| 4 | 15 | 9 | .625 | 8 | 10–2 | 5–7 | |||
| 5 | 14 | 10 | .583 | 9 | 10–2 | 4–8 | |||
| 6 | 13 | 11 | .542 | 10 | 9–3 | 4–8 | |||
| 7 | Guangdong Southern Tigers | 12 | 12 | .500 | 11 | 8–4 | 4–8 | ||
| 8 | Sina Lions | 11 | 13 | .458 | 12 | 8–4 | 3–9 | SL 2-0 JS | |
| 9 | 11 | 13 | .458 | 12 | 8–4 | 3–9 | |||
| 10 | 10 | 14 | .417 | 13 | 8–4 | 2–10 | |||
| 11 | 8 | 16 | .333 | 15 | 4–8 | 4–8 | |||
| 12 | 7 | 17 | .292 | 16 | 6–6 | 1–11 | |||
| 13 | Shenzhen Leopards | 0 | 24 | .000 | 23 | 0–12 | 0–12 | ||
| 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. For the first time, the quarterfinals used best-of-five series to determine the advancing team.
In the Final series, Shanghai Sharks defeated Bayi Rockets (3-1), snapped a series of 6 consecutive championships for the Bayi.[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.
Beijing Olympians and Shenzhen Leopards 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liaoning Hunters | 5 | 1 | 655 | 561 | +94 | ||||||
| Shaanxi Kylins | 4 | 2 | 660 | 575 | +85 | ||||||
| Beijing Olympians | 3 | 3 | 620 | 594 | +26 | ||||||
| Shenzhen Leopards | 0 | 6 | 585 | 790 | −205 |
| Bottom 2 teams relegated to the Second Division |
| BO | LN | SX | SZ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing Olympians | – | 85-93 | 96-88 | 130-107 | |
| Liaoning Hunters | 99-85 | – | 114-101 | 126-84 | |
| Shaanxi Kylins | 105-96 | 104-79 | – | 139-88 | |
| Shenzhen Leopards | 102-128 | 102-144 | 102-123 | – |