2011–12 Chinese Basketball Association season explained

2011–12 CBA season
League:	Chinese Basketball Association
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	November 19, 2011 – March 30, 2012
Tv:	CCTV-5 and many local channels.
Season:	Regular Season
Season Champs:	Guangdong Southern Tigers
Mvp:	Zhu Fangyu
Playoffs:	Playoffs
Playoffs Link:	2012 CBA Playoffs
Finals:	Finals
Finals Champ:	Beijing Ducks
Finals Runner-Up:	Guangdong Southern Tigers
Finals Mvp:	Lee Hsueh-lin
Seasonslistnames:	CBA
Prevseason Link:	2010–11 CBA season
Prevseason Year:	10–11
Nextseason Link:	2012–13 CBA season
Nextseason Year:	12–13

The 2011–12 CBA season is the 17th CBA season. This season began on November 19, 2011, and ended on March 30, 2012.^[1]

Foreign players policy

All teams except Bayi Rockets can have two foreign players, while the bottom 5 teams of last season have an extra right to sign an Asian player. In addition, due to the NBA 2011 Lockout, any international player that signs to any CBA team have to abide by their contracts signed. The rule of using players in each game is described in this chart:

	Facing other teams	Facing Bayi Rockets
Chinese players+	No Limit	No Limit
Asian players		5 quarters collectively
International players	6 quarters collectively

+ Including players from Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei.^[2]

Coaching changes

Club	Outgoing	Manner	When	Incoming
Xinjiang Flying Tigers	Bob Donewald, Jr.	Sacked^[3]	After Round 13 (Dec 19, 2011)	Jiang Xingquan
Jiangsu Dragons	Xu Qiang	Health reasons^[4]	After Round 13 (Dec 20, 2011)	Hu Weidong
Liaoning Dinosaurs	Guo Shiqiang	Resigned^[5]	After Round 15 (Dec 24, 2011)	Li Ge
Foshan Dralions	Jay Humphries	Sacked^[6]	After Round 16 (Dec 27, 2011)	Shi Liping

Regular Season Standings

	2011–12 CBA season
Team
1		27	5	.844	-	15–1	12–4
2		21	11	.657	6	12–4	9–7
3		20	12	.625	7	14–2	6–10
4		19	13	.594	8	14–2	5–11	XJ 1-1(187-186) DG
5		19	13	.594	8	13–3	6–10
6		18	14	.563	9	14–2	4–12	SH 2-0 ZL
7		18	14	.563	9	12–4	6–10
8		17	15	.531	10	12–4	5–11
9		16	16	.500	11	11–5	5–11
10		15	17	.469	12	12–4	3–13	LN 2-0 ZG
11		15	17	.469	12	11–5	4–12
12		14	18	.438	13	11–5	3–13	JL 1-1(180-166) SD
13		14	18	.438	13	12–4	2–14
14		10	22	.313	17	8–8	2–14	BY 3-1 TJ 2-2 FS 1-3
15		10	22	.313	17	8–8	2–14
16		10	22	.313	17	7–9	3–13
17		9	23	.281	18	9–7	0–16

Key to colors

Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs

All-star weekend

^[7]

Rookie Challenge

Southern Rookies

Pos.	width=150	Player !	width=175	Team
F
F/c
G
C
F
F
F
G
G
G
Head coach: Wang Zhizhi (Bayi Rockets)

Northern Rookies

Pos.	width=150	Player !	width=175	Team
F
G
C
C
F
G
F
G
C
F
Head coach: Stephon Marbury (Beijing Ducks)

Guo Ailun was awarded the MVP of the game.

All-star game

Southern All-Stars

Pos.	width=150	Player !	width=175	Team !	Total votes
Starters^[8]
G			418183
G			415468
F			405198
F			444258
C			814670
Reserves
G			-
G			-
C			-
C			-
G/F			-
G/F			-
F			-
C			-
Head coach: Li Chunjiang (Guangdong Southern Tigers)

Unable to participate for personal reasons, Aaron Brooks was named as the replacement for J. R. Smith.^[9]

Northern All-Stars

Pos.	width=150	Player !	width=175	Team !	Total votes
Starters
G			592629
G			521580
F			749716
F			621255
C			705015
Reserves
C			-
F			-
F			-
C			-
G			-
G			-
F			-
C			-
Head coach: Min Lulei (Beijing Ducks)

Unable to participate for personal reasons, Han Dejun was named as the replacement for Mengke Bateer.^[7]
Li Gen 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
F	Zhao Tailong	Fujian Xunxing	44	41	85	42	44	86
C			44	42	86	41	44	85
F			42	50	92	49	31	80
F			39	42	81	align=center colspan=3	—
F			38	39	77	align=center colspan=3	—
G			45	30	75	align=center colspan=3	—

Three-Point Shootout

Player !! width=175

Team !	Preliminary	Final
C	Zhu Yanxi	Beijing Ducks	21	17
G			17	13
G			16	9
G			15	—
G			14	—
G			10	—

Skills Challenge

Player !! width=175

Team !	Preliminary	Final
G	Guo Ailun	Liaoning Dinosaurs	65.6	32.7
G			73.1	39.9
G			74.7	—
G			97.8	—

Statistics Leaders

Individual Statistic Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistics
Points per game			34.4
Rebounds per game			14.9
Assists per game			7.3
Steals per game			2.6
Blocks per game			3.9
Minutes per game			43.3

Awards

Yearly Awards

• CBA Most Valuable Player

Zhu Fangyu, Guangdong Southern Tigers^[10]

• Rookie of the Year: Zhu Yanxi, Beijing Ducks
• Coach of the Year: Min Lulei, Beijing Ducks & Yang Xuezeng, Shanxi Brave Dragons

Players of the week

The following players were named the Domestic and Foreign Players of the Week.

width=50px	Week	width=300px	Domestic Player	width=300px	Foreign Player	class=unsortable	Ref.
1	Yi Jianlian (Guangdong Southern Tigers)	Wilson Chandler (Zhejiang Lions)	^[11]
2	Xu Zhonghao (Bayi Rockets)	J. R. Smith (Zhejiang Golden Bulls)	^[12]
3	Mengke Bateer (Xinjiang Flying Tigers)	Charles Gaines (Shanxi Brave Dragons)	^[13]
4	Zhu Yanxi (Beijing Ducks)	Ahmed Mian (Jilin Northeast Tigers)	^[14]
5	Han Dejun (Liaoning Dinosaurs)	Peter Ramos (Zhejiang Lions)	^[15]
6	Zhu Fangyu (Guangdong Southern Tigers)	Josh Boone (Zhejiang Golden Bulls)	^[16]
7	Li Xiaoxu (Liaoning Dinosaurs)	Marcus Williams (Shanxi Brave Dragons)	^[17]
8	Han Dejun (Liaoning Dinosaurs) (2)	Charles Gaines (Shanxi Brave Dragons) (2)	^[18]
9	Wang Zhizhi (Bayi Rockets)	Donnell Harvey (Tianjin Golden Lions)	^[19]
10	Zhang Kai (Dongguan Leopards)	Mike Harris (Shanghai Sharks)	^[20]
11	Lü Xiaoming (Shanxi Brave Dragons)	Charles Gaines (Shanxi Brave Dragons) (3)	^[21]

Playoffs

See main article: 2012 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.

External links

• Official Website
• 163 CBA Coverage
• CBA China - 2011-12 Standings and Stats on Basketball-Reference.com

Notes and References

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13. Web site: 2011-2012CBA联赛第三周MVP：查尔斯、巴特尔. CBA. 2011-12-20.
14. Web site: 2011-2012CBA联赛第四周MVP：达格里斯、朱彦西. CBA. 2011-12-21.
15. Web site: 2011-2012 CBA联赛第五周MVP：皮特·拉莫斯、韩德君. CBA. 2011-12-27.
16. Web site: 2011-2012CBA联赛第六周(17-19轮)MVP. CBA. 2012-01-06.
17. Web site: 2011-2012CBA联赛第七周(20-22轮)MVP. CBA. 2012-01-20.
18. Web site: 2011-2012CBA联赛第八周(23-25轮)MVP. CBA. 2012-01-20.
19. Web site: 2011-2012CBA联赛第九周(27-29轮)MVP. CBA. 2012-02-08.
20. Web site: 2011-2012CBA联赛第十周(30-32轮)MVP. CBA. 2012-02-16.
21. Web site: 2011-2012CBA联赛第十一周(33-34轮)MVP. CBA. 2012-02-16.