The 2016 CBA Playoffs is the postseason tournament of the
Chinese Basketball Association
The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the CBA, is the first-tier professional men's basketball league in China.
The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...
's
2015–16 season.
Bracket
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.
First round
:''All times are in
China standard time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing Tim ...
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UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
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(1) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (8) Zhejiang Golden Bulls
(2) Xinjiang Flying Tigers vs. (7) Beijing Ducks
(3) Sichuan Blue Whales vs. (6) Zhejiang Lions
(4) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (5) Shandong Golden Stars
Semifinals
:''All times are in
China standard time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing Tim ...
(
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
)''
(1) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (4) Guangdong Southern Tigers
Tigers player Zhou Peng knocked down a game winning 3-pointer with the Tigers down one point to bring the series back to Dongguan.
(2) Xinjiang Flying Tigers Vs. (3) Sichuan Blue Whales
Finals
(1) Liaoning Flying Leopards Vs. (3) Sichuan Blue Whales
The series was noted for having a brawl that occurred after the third match of the finals between the Liaoning and Sichuan teams.{{CBA Playoffs seasons
Chinese Basketball Association playoffs
playoffs
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...