The 2011 CBA Playoffs is the postseason for the
Chinese Basketball Association's
2010–11 season. The playoffs started on March 23, 2011 with
CCTV-5
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, and many local channels broadcasting the games in
China
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. Eight teams qualified for the playoffs, all seeded 1 to 8 in a tournament bracket, with first and second round in a best-of-five format, and a final in a best-of-seven format.
Playoff qualifying
* Note +: March 11 was the last matchday of regular season.
Bracket
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
In team sports, the term home advantage – also called home ground, home field, home-field advantage, home court, home-court advantage, defender's advantage or home-ice advantage – describes the benefit that the home team is said to gai ...
belongs to the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.
Match details
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China standard time
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UTC+8
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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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Quarterfinals
(1) Xinjiang Flying Tigers vs. (8) Beijing Ducks
(2) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (7) Bayi Rockets
(3) Dongguan Leopards vs. (6) Zhejiang Lions
(4) Jiangsu Dragons vs. (5) Zhejiang Cyclone
Semifinals
(1) Xinjiang Flying Tigers vs. (4) Jiangsu Dragons
(2) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (3) Dongguan Leopards
CBA Finals: (1) Xinjiang Flying Tigers vs. (2) Guangdong Southern Tigers
Notes and references
External links
Official Website163 CBA Coverage{{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 ...