The 2018 CBA Playoffs was 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
2017–18 season. It began on 3 March 2018. In this season, the playoffs were expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams.
Bracket
Pre-elimination Playoffs
:''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 T ...
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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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(8) Shenzhen Leopards vs. (9) Guangzhou Long-Lions
(7) Beijing Ducks vs. (10) Shanghai Sharks
First round
(1) Zhejiang Lions vs. (8) Shenzhen Leopards
(4) Shandong Golden Stars vs. (5) Jiangsu Dragons
(2) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (7) Beijing Ducks
(3) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (6) Xinjiang Flying Tigers
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 T ...
(
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) Zhejiang Lions vs. (4) Shandong Golden Stars
In the third quarter of game 6, Shandong star
Ding Yanyuhang
Ding Yanyuhang ( ; born August 20, 1993) is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He is considered to be one of the greatest Chinese basketball players and scorers of his ge ...
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
Finals
(1)Zhejiang Lions vs. (2) Liaoning Flying Leopards
References
{{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 eit ...