2000–01 Chinese Basketball Association season

The 2000–01 CBA season is the sixth CBA season.^[1]

2000–01 CBA season
League	Chinese Basketball Association
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 18, 2000 – March 18, 2001
TV partner(s)	CCTV-5
Regular Season
Season champions	Bayi Rockets
Season MVP	Yao Ming
Promoted to Second Division	Ji'nan Army Shenyang Army
Relegated to Second Division	Ji'nan Army Shenyang Army
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Bayi Rockets
Runners-up	Shanghai Sharks
Finals MVP	Yao Ming

The season ran from November 18, 2000 to March 18, 2001. Ji'nan Army and Shenyang Army were promoted from the Second Division.^[2]

Regular Season Standings

#	2000–01 CBA season
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Tiebreaker
1	Bayi Rockets	18	4	.818	-	11–0	7–4	BY 1-1(213-192) SH
2	Shanghai Sharks	18	4	.818	-	11–0	7–4
3	Beijing Ducks	14	8	.636	4	9–2	5–6	BJ 1-1(212-197) JL
4	Jilin Northeast Tigers	14	8	.636	4	10–1	4–7
5	Liaoning Hunters	12	10	.545	6	9–2	3–8	LN 2-0 GD
6	Guangdong Southern Tigers	12	10	.545	6	8–3	4–7
7	Vanguard Beijing Olympians	11	11	.500	7	9–2	2–9
8	Jiangsu Dragons	10	12	.455	8	8–3	2–9	JS 1-1(197-190) SD
9	Shandong Flaming Bulls	10	12	.455	8	9–2	1–10
10	Zhejiang Cyclones	7	15	.318	11	5–6	2–9
11	Ji'nan Army	6	16	.273	12	4–7	2–9
12	Shenyang Army	0	22	.000	18	0–11	0–11

Key to colors

	Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs
	Bottom 4 teams advance to the Relegation Round

^[2]

Playoffs

The top 8 teams in the regular season advanced to the playoffs.

In the Final series, Bayi Rockets defeated Shanghai Sharks (3-1), and claimed its 6th straight CBA championship.^[1][2]

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 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
	1	Bayi Rockets	2
	8	Jiangsu Dragons	0
						1	Bayi Rockets	3
						4	Jilin Northeast Tigers	0
	4	Jilin Northeast Tigers	2
	5	Liaoning Hunters	1
											1	Bayi Rockets	3
											2	Shanghai Sharks	1
	2	Shanghai Sharks	2
	7	Vanguard Beijing Olympians	1
						2	Shanghai Sharks	3
						3	Beijing Ducks	0
	3	Beijing Ducks	2
	6	Guangdong Southern Tigers	0

Relegations

The bottom 4 teams played the relegation round by round-robin.

Ji'nan Army and Shenyang Army were relegated to the Second Division.^[2]

Team W L PF PA PD Zhejiang Cyclones 5 1 663 577 +86 Shandong Flaming Bulls 5 1 648 569 +79 Ji'nan Army 1 5 560 628 −68 Shenyang Army 1 5 541 638 −97 Key to colors      Bottom 2 teams relegated to the Second Division

JA SD SA ZJ Ji'nan Army – 92-109 92-73 91-99 Shandong Flaming Bulls 102-90 – 113-83 101-86 Shenyang Army 127-100 92-99 – 84-101 Zhejiang Cyclones 118-95 126-124 133-82 –