2018 CBA Playoffs
The 2018 CBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the Chinese Basketball Association's 2017–18 season. It began on 3 March 2018. In this season, the playoffs were expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams.
Bracket
[edit]Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage are shown in italics.
Pre-elimination Playoffs
[edit]- All times are in China standard time (UTC 8)
(8) Shenzhen Leopards vs. (9) Guangzhou Long-Lions
[edit]March 3
19:35 |
| Shenzhen Leopards 121, Guangzhou Long-Lions 113 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 30–30, 35–23, 26–34, 30–26 | ||
| Shenzhen leads series, 1–0 |
March 6
19:35 |
| Guangzhou Long-Lions 112, Shenzhen Leopards 116 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 28–30, 28–21, 23–30, 33–35 | ||
| Shenzhen win series, 2–0 |
(7) Beijing Ducks vs. (10) Shanghai Sharks
[edit]March 4
19:35 |
| Beijing Ducks 95, Shanghai Sharks 104 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 21–21, 35–36, 24–33 | ||
| Shanghai leads series, 1–0 |
March 7
19:35 |
| Shanghai Sharks 95, Beijing Ducks 101 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 22–29, 27–30, 26–22 | ||
| series tied, 1–1 |
March 10
19:35 |
| Beijing Ducks 97, Shanghai Sharks 72 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 23–22, 27–8, 19–18 | ||
| Beijing win series, 2–1 |
First round
[edit](1) Zhejiang Lions vs. (8) Shenzhen Leopards
[edit]March 13
20:00 |
| Shenzhen Leopards 119, Zhejiang Lions 122 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 27–31, 31–24, 32–28, 29–39 | ||
| Zhejiang leads series, 1–0 |
March 16
19:35 |
| Zhejiang Lions 102, Shenzhen Leopards 106 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 20–32, 27–22, 33–23 | ||
| series tied, 1–1 |
March 18
19:35 |
| Zhejiang Lions 101, Shenzhen Leopards 89 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 15–19, 35–25, 25–32 | ||
| Zhejiang leads series, 2–1 |
March 21
19:35 |
| Shenzhen Leopards 100, Zhejiang Lions 95 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 19–27, 26–30, 25–22 | ||
| series tied, 2–2 |
March 23
19:35 |
| Zhejiang Lions 107, Shenzhen Leopards 98 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 38–11, 32–29, 17–32 | ||
| Zhejiang win series, 3–2 |
(4) Shandong Golden Stars vs. (5) Jiangsu Dragons
[edit]March 13
19:35 |
| Jiangsu Dragons 100, Shandong Golden Stars 104 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 29–30, 23–20, 23–26 | ||
| Pts: Marshon Brooks 27 Rebs: Miroslav Raduljica 13 Asts: Marshon Brooks 8 |
Pts: Ding Yanyuhang 33 Rebs: Jia Cheng 9 Asts: three players; 2 | |
| Shandong leads series, 1–0 | ||
March 16
19:35 |
| Shandong Golden Stars 111, Jiangsu Dragons 91 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 33–21, 28–25, 19–24, 31–21 | ||
| Pts: Donatas Motiejunas 28 Rebs: Donatas Motiejunas 16 Asts: Ding Yanyuhang 9 |
Pts: Marshon Brooks 30 Rebs: Miroslav Raduljica 16 Asts: three players 2 | |
| Shandong leads series, 2–0 | ||
March 18
19:35 |
| Shandong Golden Stars 127, Jiangsu Dragons 104 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 36–28, 35–33, 31–25 | ||
| Pts: Ding Yanyuhang 27 Rebs: Donatas Motiejunas 13 Asts: Ty Lawson 11 |
Pts: Wu Quanxi 22 Rebs: Marshon Brooks 8 Asts: Marshon Brooks 7 | |
| Shandong win series, 3–0 | ||
(2) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (7) Beijing Ducks
[edit]March 14
19:35 |
| Beijing Ducks 91, Liaoning Flying Leopards 92 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 29–22, 24–27, 21–25, 17–18 | ||
| Liaoning leads series, 1–0 |
March 17
19:35 |
| Liaoning Flying Leopards 87, Beijing Ducks 95 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 18–25, 27–31, 27–23 | ||
| series tied, 1–1 |
March 19
19:35 |
| Liaoning Flying Leopards 123, Beijing Ducks 119 (2OT) | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 32–19, 28–18, 24–33, 19–33, Overtime: 7–7, 13–9 | ||
| Liaoning leads series, 2–1 |
March 22
19:35 |
| Beijing Ducks 72, Liaoning Flying Leopards 75 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 19–18, 18–21, 13–21 | ||
| Liaoning win series, 3–1 |
(3) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (6) Xinjiang Flying Tigers
[edit]March 14
20:00 |
| Xinjiang Flying Tigers 114, Guangdong Southern Tigers 130 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 34–43, 22–25, 32–36, 26–26 | ||
| Guangdong leads series, 1–0 |
March 17
19:35 |
| Guangdong Southern Tigers 123, Xinjiang Flying Tigers 99 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 31–23, 29–25, 33–26, 30-25 | ||
| Guangdong leads series, 2–0 |
March 19
19:35 |
| Guangdong Southern Tigers 92, Xinjiang Flying Tigers 95 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 28–28, 23–20, 22–16, 19–31 | ||
| Guangdong leads series, 2–1 |
March 22
19:35 |
| Xinjiang Flying Tigers 94, Guangdong Southern Tigers 118 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–35, 30–24, 25–33, 23–26 | ||
| Guangdong win series, 3–1 |
Semifinals
[edit]- All times are in China standard time (UTC 8)
(1) Zhejiang Lions vs. (4) Shandong Golden Stars
[edit]March 28
19:35 |
| Zhejiang Lions 128, Shandong Golden Stars 118 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 31–27, 33–28, 36–29, 28–34 | ||
| Pts: Lin Chih-chieh 32 Rebs: Hu Jinqiu 8 Asts: Courtney Fortson 13 |
Pts: Ding Yanyuhang 34 Rebs: Donatas Motiejunas 11 Asts: Ty Lawson 9 | |
| Zhejiang leads series, 1–0 | ||
March 30
19:35 |
| Zhejiang Lions 99, Shandong Golden Stars 107 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 30–26, 14–25, 30–31, 25–25 | ||
| Pts: Courtney Fortson 24 Rebs: Hu Jinqiu 11 Asts: Courtney Fortson 6 |
Pts: Ding Yanyuhang 37 Rebs: Ty Lawson 10 Asts: Ty Lawson 8 | |
| series tied, 1–1 | ||
April 2
19:35 |
| Shandong Golden Stars 90, Zhejiang Lions 98 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 22–33, 25–18, 23–21 | ||
| Pts: Ding Yanyuhang 36 Rebs: Donatas Motiejunas 17 Asts: Donatas Motiejunas 5 |
Pts: Hu Jinqiu 28 Rebs: Hu Jinqiu 15 Asts: Courtney Fortson 11 | |
| Zhejiang leads series, 2–1 | ||
April 4
19:35 |
| Shandong Golden Stars 119, Zhejiang Lions 116 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 40–30, 24–27, 30–31 | ||
| Pts: Ding Yanyuhang 41 Rebs: Donatas Motiejunas 15 Asts: Ty Lawson 7 |
Pts: Hu Jinqiu 33 Rebs: Hu Jinqiu 12 Asts: Courtney Fortson 13 | |
| series tied, 2–2 | ||
April 6
19:35 |
| Shandong Golden Stars 113, Zhejiang Lions 103 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 23–15, 34–28, 30–34 | ||
| Pts: Ding Yanyuhang 27 Rebs: Donatas Motiejunas 13 Asts: Zhang Chunjun 5 |
Pts: Ioannis Bourousis 29 Rebs: Ioannis Bourousis 15 Asts: three players; 3 | |
| Shandong leads series, 3–2 | ||
April 9
19:35 |
| Zhejiang Lions 117, Shandong Golden Stars 96 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 39–30, 24–30, 24–24 | ||
| Pts: Courtney Fortson 31 Rebs: Hu Jinqiu 10 Asts: Courtney Fortson 13 |
Pts: Ty Lawson 26 Rebs: Donatas Motiejunas 11 Asts: Ty Lawson 8 | |
| series tied, 3–3 | ||
April 11
19:35 |
| Zhejiang Lions 105, Shandong Golden Stars 95 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 28–23, 29–30, 28–19 | ||
| Pts: Courtney Fortson 26 Rebs: Ioannis Bourousis 16 Asts: Courtney Fortson 6 |
Pts: Donatas Motiejunas 31 Rebs: Donatas Motiejunas 13 Asts: Ty Lawson 6 | |
| Zhejiang win series, 4–3 | ||
In the third quarter of game 6, Shandong star Ding Yanyuhang went down with a knee injury. He did not return or play in game 7, leading to his team's loss.
(2) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (3) Guangdong Southern Tigers
[edit]March 29
19:35 |
| Liaoning Flying Leopards 95, Guangdong Southern Tigers 90 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 29–28, 21–20, 30–20 | ||
| Liaoning leads series, 1–0 |
March 31
19:35 |
| Liaoning Flying Leopards 101, Guangdong Southern Tigers 95 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 20–29, 36–18, 26–33 | ||
| Liaoning leads series, 2–0 |
April 3
19:35 |
| Guangdong Southern Tigers 84, Liaoning Flying Leopards 96 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 30–22, 14–33, 19–21 | ||
| Liaoning leads series, 3–0 |
April 5
19:35 |
| Guangdong Southern Tigers 108, Liaoning Flying Leopards 102 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 29–15, 33–34, 22–44 | ||
| Liaoning leads series, 3–1 |
April 7
19:35 |
| Guangdong Southern Tigers 97, Liaoning Flying Leopards 111 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 29–33, 27–27, 24–20, 17–31 | ||
| Liaoning win series, 4–1 |
Finals
[edit](1)Zhejiang Lions vs. (2) Liaoning Flying Leopards
[edit]April 15
19:35 |
| Zhejiang Lions 108, Liaoning Flying Leopards 120 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–32, 32–22, 26–34, 29–32 | ||
| Liaoning leads series, 1–0 |
April 17
19:35 |
| Zhejiang Lions 116, Liaoning Flying Leopards 121 (OT) | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 34–23, 28–34, 23–22, 22–28, Overtime: 9–14 | ||
| Liaoning leads series, 2–0 |
April 20
19:35 |
| Liaoning Flying Leopards 104, Zhejiang Lions 100 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 33–16, 30–27, 24–31, 17–26 | ||
| Liaoning leads series, 3–0 |
April 22
19:35 |
| Liaoning Flying Leopards 100, Zhejiang Lions 88 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 29–25, 27–21, 23–19 | ||
| Liaoning win series, 4–0 |
References
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