2009–10 Chinese Basketball Association season explained

2009–10 CBA season
League:	Chinese Basketball Association
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	December 19, 2009 – April 25, 2010
Tv:	CCTV-5, and many local channels.
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Guangdong Southern Tigers
Mvp:	Mengke Bateer
Playoffs:	Playoffs
Playoffs Link:	2010 CBA Playoffs
Finals:	Finals
Finals Champ:	Guangdong Southern Tigers
Finals Runner-Up:	Xinjiang Flying Tigers
Finals Mvp:	Zhu Fangyu
Finals Mvp Link:	Most valuable player
Seasonslistnames:	CBA
Prevseason Link:	2008–09 CBA season
Prevseason Year:	2008–09
Nextseason Link:	2010–11 CBA season
Nextseason Year:	2010–11

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.

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

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

Regular Season standings

	2009–10 CBA season
Team
1		30	2	.938	-	15–1	15–1
2		27	5	.844	3	15–1	12–4
3	Zhejiang Lions	26	6	.813	4	15–1	11–5
4		25	7	.781	5	14–2	11–5
5		21	11	.656	9	14–2	7–9
6		20	12	.625	10	13–3	7–9
7		17	15	.531	13	13–3	4–12
8		15	17	.469	15	10–6	5–11
9		14	18	.438	16	10–6	4–12	SD 1-1(198-176) ZJ
10		14	18	.438	16	9–7	5–11
11		13	19	.406	17	9–7	4–12
12		11	21	.344	19	9–7	2–14
13		10	22	.313	20	7–9	3–13	JL 2-0 SX
14	Shanxi Zhongyu	10	22	.313	20	6–10	4–12
15		8	24	.250	22	6–10	2–14
16		7	25	.219	23	7–9	0–16
17		4	28	.125	26	3–13	1–15

Key to colors

Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs

All-star weekend

Rookie Challenge

Southern Rookies^[6]

Pos.	width=150	Player !	width=175	Team
F
C
G/F
G
G/F
C
F
F
F
F
Head coach: Bob Donewald, Jr. (Shanghai Sharks)

Northern Rookies

Pos.	width=150	Player !	width=175	Team
G
C
G
F
F
G
G
F
F
F/C
Head coach: Gong Xiaobin (Shandong Lions)

All-star game

Southern All-Stars^[7]

Pos.	width=150	Player !	width=175	Team !	Total votes
Starters
G			46168
G			32987
F			73765
F			33338
C			82805
Reserves
F			-
F			-
F			-
G			-
G			-
G			-
G			-
Head coach: Li Chunjiang (Guangdong Southern Tigers)

Hu Xuefeng was replaced by Liu Wei in the starting lineup due to finger injury.

Northern All-Stars

Pos.	width=150	Player !	width=175	Team !	Total votes
Starters
G			89924
G			36180
F			64389
F			35332
C			62194
Reserves
G			-
G			-
F			-
F			-
F			-
F			-
C			-
C			-
Head coach: Jiang Xingquan (Xinjiang Flying Tigers)

Unable to participate due to injury. Olumide Oyedeji was named as the replacement for Stromile Swift.
Stephon Marbury was awarded the MVP of the game.

Slam Dunk Contest

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Player !	Team	Preliminary			Final
1st dunk	2nd dunk	Total	1st dunk	2nd dunk	Total
C	Sean Williams	Fujian Xunxing	47	50	97	42	45	87
F			40	45	85	35	42	77
F			49	50	99	35	30	65
F			40	43	83	align=center colspan=3	—
F			44	34	78	align=center colspan=3	—
G			30	42	72	align=center colspan=3	—
F			align=center colspan=6	—

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

Three-Point Shootout

Player !! width=175

Team !	Preliminary	Final
G	Zhang Qingpeng	Liaoning Dinosaurs	19	22
G			15	15
G			15	11
F			12	align=center colspan=1	—
F			11	align=center colspan=1	—
F			10	align=center colspan=1	—

Skills Challenge

Player !! width=175

Team !	Preliminary	Final
G	Lin Chih-Chieh	Zhejiang Lions	46.97	38.07
G			45.35	45.67
G			53.80	align=center colspan=1	—
G			57.47	align=center colspan=1	—
G			align=center colspan=2	—

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

Playoffs

See main article: 2010 CBA Playoffs. 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.

Statistics leaders

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game			32.0
Rebounds per game			13.0
Assists per game			7.2
Steals per game			3.8
Blocks per game			3.8
3-pointers per game			4.3
Dunks per game			2.7

External links

• Official Website
• Sina CBA Coverage

Notes and References

1. Web site: CBA季后赛三分线后推50厘米 外援上场时间受限制. 2009-11-27. 新浪体育. 2010-02-19.
2. Web site: 辽宁洋帅赢球却下课 郭士强回沈阳掌帅印(图). 2010-01-28. 青岛新闻网. 2010-02-19.
3. Web site: CBA本季第2位主帅下课 北京首位外教变顾问. 2010-02-05. 新浪体育. 2010-02-19.
4. Web site: CBA本季第3位洋帅下课 福建宣布张德贵接棒麦卡锡. 2010-02-12. 新浪体育. 2010-02-19.
5. Web site: 江苏男篮洋帅杰森被炒鱿鱼 中方教练徐强接过教鞭. 2010-03-12. 新浪体育. 2010-03-12.
6. Web site: 全明星星锐阵容火热出炉 小姚明入选成最大亮点. 网易体育. 163.com. March 13, 2010. March 19, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100323205351/http://cbachina.163.com/10/0313/15/61LQ4HTI00052UUC.html. 23 March 2010. dead. dmy-all.
7. Web site: 全明星投票截止张庆鹏当票王 辽将闪耀北方首发. 网易体育. 163.com. March 14, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100305050740/http://cbachina.163.com/10/0302/16/60PLTD5500052UUC.html. 5 March 2010. dead. dmy-all.