The 2014–15 CBA season was the 20th Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) season. The Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings and Chongqing Fly Dragons were "promoted" to the CBA, becoming the league's 19th and 20th teams. Two clubs also altered or changed their mascots, with the Foshan Dralions opting to be called the Foshan Long-Lions in English, while the Shandong Gold Lions became the Shandong Golden Stars.
The regular season began on Saturday, November 1, 2014, with the Beijing Ducks hosting the Guangdong Southern Tigers. The 2015 CBA All-Star Game was played on January 18, 2015, at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. The regular season ended on Sunday, February 1, 2015, and the playoffs began on Friday, February 6, 2015.
Foreign players policy All teams except the Bayi Rockets can have two foreign players while the bottom four teams from the previous season, as well as the Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings and Chongqing Fly Dragons, have an additional right to sign an extra Asian player.
The rule of using players in each game is described in this chart:
# Facing other teams Facing Bayi Rockets Chinese players+ No Limit No Limit Asian players++ 5 quarters collectively+++ International players 6 quarters collectively+++ + Including players from Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei.
++ If teams waive their rights to sign the extra Asian player, they may use foreign players for 7 quarters collectively.
+++ Only 1 allowed in the 4th quarter.
Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Asian Player Bayi Rockets - - - Beijing Ducks Stephon Marbury Randolph Morris - Chongqing Fly Dragons Willie Warren J'mison Morgan Arsalan Kazemi Dongguan Leopards Bobby Brown Ike Diogu - Foshan Long-Lions Josh Akognon Viacheslav Kravtsov Fadi El Khatib Fujian Sturgeons John Lucas III D. J. White - Guangdong Southern Tigers Will Bynum Emmanuel Mudiay - Jiangsu Dragons Toney Douglas Arnett Moultrie - Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings Brandon Costner Will McDonald Mehdi Kamrani Jilin Northeast Tigers Dominique Jones Denzel Bowles Michel Madanly Liaoning Flying Leopards Lester Hudson Deon Thompson - Qingdao Eagles Justin Dentmon Mike Harris Hamed Haddadi Shandong Golden Stars Eugene Jeter Earl Clark - Shanghai Sharks Michael Beasley Bernard James - Shanxi Brave Dragons Von Wafer Jeremy Tyler Zaid Abbas Sichuan Blue Whales Michael Efevberha Daniel Orton - Tianjin Gold Lions Dwight Buycks Shelden Williams - Xinjiang Flying Tigers Sebastian Telfair Andray Blatche - Zhejiang Golden Bulls Errick McCollum Charles Gaines - Zhejiang Guangsha Lions Kevin Murphy Eli Holman -
Regular season The regular season began on Saturday, November 1, 2014, with the Beijing Ducks hosting the Guangdong Southern Tigers. The regular season ended on February 1, 2015.
Standings # 2014–15 CBA season Team 1Guangdong Southern Tigers 34 4 .895 72 2Liaoning Flying Leopards 33 5 .868 71 3Qingdao Eagles 28 10 .737 66 4Beijing Ducks 27 11 .711 65 BJ 4–2JL 3-3SX 3-3(JL 253-214 SX)ZJ 2–45Jilin Northeast Tigers 27 11 .711 65 6Shanxi Brave Dragons 27 11 .711 65 7Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 27 11 .711 65 8Dongguan Leopards 25 13 .658 63 DG 2-0 XJ9Xinjiang Flying Tigers 25 13 .658 63 10Foshan Long-Lions 18 20 .474 56 FS 2-0 SD11Shandong Golden Stars 18 20 .474 56 12Shanghai Sharks 17 21 .447 55 13Tianjin Gold Lions 13 25 .342 51 14Jiangsu Dragons 11 27 .289 49 JS 1-1(222–221) ZJ15Zhejiang Golden Bulls 11 27 .289 49 16Fujian Sturgeons 10 28 .263 48 FJ 1-1(249–247) JS17Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings 10 28 .263 48 18Sichuan Blue Whales 8 30 .211 46 19Bayi Rockets 7 31 .184 45 20Chongqing Fly Dragons 4 34 .105 42 + Key to colors Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs
Playoffs
The 2015 CBA Playoffs began on Friday, February 6, 2015. The season champion is Beijing Ducks who succeeded in defending their title.
Bracket
Statistics leaders Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team Statistics Points per game Errick McCollum Zhejiang Golden Bulls 39.6 Rebounds per game Charles Gaines Zhejiang Golden Bulls 16.4 Assists per game Dominique Jones Jilin Northeast Tigers 8.3 Steals per game Lester Hudson Liaoning Flying Leopards 3.32 Blocks per game Zhou Qi Xinjiang Flying Tigers 3.4 Turnovers per game Michael Beasley Shanghai Sharks 4.76 Triple-doubles Lester Hudson Liaoning Flying Leopards 5
Team statistic leaders Category Team Statistics Points per game Guangdong Southern Tigers 116.6 Rebounds per game Shanghai Sharks 47.6 Assists per game Liaoning Flying Leopards 21.3 Steals per game Jiangsu Dragons 11.3 Blocks per game Shanghai Sharks 4.8 Turnovers per game Shanghai Sharks 18.5 Fouls per game Zhejiang Golden Bulls 28.7 FG% Guangdong Southern Tigers 53.3% FT% Foshan Long-Lions 79.9% 3FG% Guangdong Southern Tigers 40.8%
Awards
Award Player Team Domestic Most Valuable Player Yi Jianlian Guangdong Southern Tigers Foreign Most Valuable Player Lester Hudson Liaoning Flying Leopards Finals MVP Stephon Marbury Beijing Ducks
References
External links CBA Official Website CBA China - 2014-15 Standings and Stats on Basketball-Reference.com