The 2009–10 CBA season was the 15th CBA season.

Guangdong Southern Tigers Guangdong Hongyuan Southern Tigers () or Guangdong Southern Tigers, also known as Guangdong Dongguan Bank () for sponsorship reasons, are a Chinese professional basketball team owned by the Guangdong Winnerway (Hongyuan) Group. The team is one of ...

won their third consecutive CBA title for the second time, defeating

Xinjiang Flying Tigers The Xinjiang Flying Tigers () is a professional basketball team based in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. The team plays its home games at the Urumqi Olympic Sports Center, which has a capacity for 12,000 spectators. The club joined the Chinese Bas ...

in the Finals, four games to one.

Yunnan Bulls Yunnan Honghe Running Bulls () or Yunnan Honghe or Yunnan Running Bulls were a basketball team in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), based in Mengzi, Honghe, Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China ...

were suspended for the season due to salary reasons, and would conditionally retain their eligibility for the 2010–11 season. Foreign players of each team could play no more than 6 quarters (5 quarters when facing

Bayi Rockets The Bayi Rockets ( zh, c=八一双鹿电池火箭 , p=Bāyī Shuānglù Diànchí Huǒjiàn) were a professional basketball team based in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, which played in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. The Roc ...

) collectively each game. Asian players were not regarded as foreign players. In the Playoffs, the distance of 3 point line expanded from 6.25m to 6.75m.

Coaching changes

Regular Season standings

All-star weekend

Rookie Challenge

All-star game

Hu Xuefeng was replaced by Liu Wei in the starting lineup due to finger injury. Unable to participate due to injury. Olumide Oyedeji was named as the replacement for Stromile Swift.
Stephon Marbury was awarded the MVP of the game.

Slam Dunk Contest

Unable to participate due to injury. Zhang Zhihan and Zhang Ji were named as replacements for Stromile Swift.

Three-Point Shootout

Skills Challenge

Unable to participate for personal reasons. Yang Ming was named as the replacement for Stephon Marbury.

Playoffs

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 ga ...

belongs to the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.

Statistics leaders

Notes and references

External links

Official Website

Sina CBA Coverage
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