2004–05 Chinese Basketball Association season

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2004–05 CBA season
League Chinese Basketball Association
Sport Basketball
DurationNovember 14, 2004 – April 14, 2005
TV partner(s) CCTV-5
and local channels
Regular Season
Season champions Jiangsu Dragons
Season MVP Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Zhengdong
Playoffs
Finals
Champions Guangdong Southern Tigers
  Runners-up Jiangsu Dragons
Finals MVP Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Fangyu
CBA seasons

The 2004–05 CBA season is the tenth CBA season. [1]

The season ran from November 14, 2004 to April 14, 2005. Beijing Olympians was disqualified for this season.

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Promotion and relegation were both abolished since the end of the previous season. The Second Division was renamed NBL. Top finishing teams from the NBL may choose to join the CBA as long as a team meets all items of the criteria set by the CBA Board. As a result, Yunnan Bulls, Fujian Xunxing and Henan Dragons joined the league in this season. [2]

For this season, the league was divided into a North Division (北区) and a South Division (南区), and a new playoff system was also introduced. The regular season consisted of 266 matches, with each team playing 38 matches (four against each of six other teams within its division and two against each of seven teams in the other division).

The all-star game was played on March 6, 2005 in Nanjing, after the end of the regular season and before the beginning of the playoffs: the North Division defeated the South Division 103-99, and Mengke Bateer was the MVP. Also, all-star games were played against the KBL, on January 28, 2005 in Korea and January 30, 2005 in Harbin, China. Korea won the first game 85-82; China won the second game 93-77. [3]

Regular season standings

[1] [2]

#2004–05 CBA season
North DivisionSouth Division
Team W L PCT GB Team W L PCT GB
1 Liaoning Hunters 299.763– Jiangsu Dragons 353.921–
2 Beijing Ducks 2216.5797 Guangdong Southern Tigers 308.7895
3 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 2018.5269 Bayi Rockets 2414.63211
4 Jilin Northeast Tigers 1919.50010 Yunnan Bulls 2216.57913
5 Shaanxi Kylins 1226.31617 Shanghai Sharks 1226.31623
6 Shandong Lions 1127.28918 Zhejiang Cyclones 1127.28924
7 Henan Dragons 1127.28918 Fujian Xunxing 830.21127
Key to colors
    Top 4 teams of each division advance to the Divisional Championships and the Playoffs

Divisional Championships

In the Divisional Championships (分区冠军赛), top 4 teams played with others from the same division in a knock-out bracket.

Winners became the Divisional Champions. No teams were eliminated, the result of the Divisional Championships were used to re-seed teams in the Playoffs. [1] [2]

As it turned out, the only change of seeding was that Jiangsu and Guangdong switched places (S1 and S2).

Playoffs

In the Final series, Guangdong Southern Tigers defeated Jiangsu Dragons (3-2). Bayi failed to make the finals for the first time ever. [1] [2]

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in Divisional Championships, 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.

Quarterfinals
Best of 3 		Semifinals
Best of 5 		Finals
Best of 5
         
S1 Guangdong Southern Tigers 2
N4 Jilin Northeast Tigers 0
S1 Guangdong Southern Tigers 3
S3 Bayi Rockets 0
N2 Beijing Ducks 1
S3 Bayi Rockets 2
S1 Guangdong Southern Tigers 3
S2 Jiangsu Dragons 2
N1 Liaoning Hunters 1
S4 Yunnan Bulls 2
S4 Yunnan Bulls 0
S2 Jiangsu Dragons 3
S2 Jiangsu Dragons 2
N3 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 0

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