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

ClubOutgoingMannerWhenIncoming
Liaoning Dinosaurs Rytis VaišvilaSacked[2] After Round 17 Guo Shiqiang
Beijing Ducks Sidney MoncriefSacked[3] After Round 20 Min Lulei
Fujian Xunxing Aaron McCarthySacked[4] After Round 23 Zhang Degui
Jiangsu Dragons Jason RabedeauxSacked[5] After Round 32 Xu Qiang

Regular Season standings

2009–10 CBA season
Team
130 2 .938 - 15–1 15–1
227 5 .844 3 15–1 12–4
3Zhejiang Lions26 6 .813 4 15–1 11–5
425 7 .781 5 14–2 11–5
521 11 .656 9 14–2 7–9
620 12 .625 10 13–3 7–9
717 15 .531 13 13–3 4–12
815 17 .469 15 10–6 5–11
914 18 .438 16 10–6 4–12 SD 1-1(198-176) ZJ
1014 18 .438 16 9–7 5–11
1113 19 .406 17 9–7 4–12
1211 21 .344 19 9–7 2–14
1310 22 .313 20 7–9 3–13 JL 2-0 SX
14Shanxi Zhongyu10 22 .313 20 6–10 4–12
158 24 .250 22 6–10 2–14
167 25 .219 23 7–9 0–16
174 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=150Player !width=175Team
F
C
G/F
G
G/F
C
F
F
F
F
Head coach: Bob Donewald, Jr. (Shanghai Sharks)
Northern Rookies
Pos. width=150Player !width=175Team
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=150Player !width=175Team !Total votes
Starters
G46168
G32987
F73765
F33338
C82805
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=150Player !width=175Team !Total votes
Starters
G89924
G36180
F64389
F35332
C62194
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

Pos. !! rowspan=2 width=150
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
F40 45 85 35 42 77
F49 50 99 35 30 65
F40 43 83 align=center colspan=3
F44 34 78 align=center colspan=3
G30 42 72 align=center colspan=3
Falign=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
G15 15
G15 11
F12 align=center colspan=1
F11 align=center colspan=1
F10 align=center colspan=1

Skills Challenge

Player !! width=175
Team !Preliminary Final
G Lin Chih-Chieh Zhejiang Lions 46.97 38.07
G45.35 45.67
G53.80 align=center colspan=1
G57.47 align=center colspan=1
Galign=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

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.