2018 CBA Playoffs

The 2018 CBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the Chinese Basketball Association's 2017–18 season. It began on 3 March 2018. In this season, the playoffs were expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams.

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage are shown in italics.

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
     
        1 Zhejiang Lions 3  
8 Shenzhen Leopards 2     8 Shenzhen Leopards 2  
9 Guangzhou Long-Lions 0       1 Zhejiang Lions 4  
          4 Shandong Golden Stars 3  
        4 Shandong Golden Stars 3  
        5 Jiangsu Dragons 0  
          1 Zhejiang Lions 0
          2 Liaoning Flying Leopards 4
        2 Liaoning Flying Leopards 3  
7 Beijing Ducks 2     7 Beijing Ducks 1  
10 Shanghai Sharks 1       2 Liaoning Flying Leopards 4  
          3 Guangdong Southern Tigers 1  
        3 Guangdong Southern Tigers 3      
        6 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 1      
     

Pre-elimination Playoffs
All times are in China standard time (UTC+8)

(8) Shenzhen Leopards vs. (9) Guangzhou Long-Lions
March 3
19:35
Shenzhen Leopards 121, Guangzhou Long-Lions 113
Scoring by quarter: 30–30, 35–23, 26–34, 30–26
Shenzhen leads series, 1–0
March 6
19:35
Guangzhou Long-Lions 112, Shenzhen Leopards 116
Scoring by quarter: 28–30, 28–21, 23–30, 33–35
Shenzhen win series, 2–0

(7) Beijing Ducks vs. (10) Shanghai Sharks
March 4
19:35
Beijing Ducks 95, Shanghai Sharks 104
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 21–21, 35–36, 24–33
Shanghai leads series, 1–0
Cadillac Arena, Beijing
March 7
19:35
Shanghai Sharks 95, Beijing Ducks 101
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 22–29, 27–30, 26–22
series tied, 1–1
Pudong Yuanshen Sports Centre, Shanghai
March 10
19:35
Beijing Ducks 97, Shanghai Sharks 72
Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 23–22, 27–8, 19–18
Beijing win series, 2–1
Cadillac Arena, Beijing

First Round

(1) Zhejiang Lions vs. (8) Shenzhen Leopards
March 13
20:00
Shenzhen Leopards 119, Zhejiang Lions 122
Scoring by quarter: 27–31, 31–24, 32–28, 29–39
Zhejiang leads series, 1–0
March 16
19:35
Zhejiang Lions 102, Shenzhen Leopards 106
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 20–32, 27–22, 33–23
series tied, 1–1
March 18
19:35
Zhejiang Lions 101, Shenzhen Leopards 89
Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 15–19, 35–25, 25–32
Zhejiang leads series, 2–1
March 21
19:35
Shenzhen Leopards 100, Zhejiang Lions 95
Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 19–27, 26–30, 25–22
series tied, 2–2
March 23
19:35
Zhejiang Lions 107, Shenzhen Leopards 98
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 38–11, 32–29, 17–32
Zhejiang win series, 3–2

(4) Shandong Golden Stars vs. (5) Jiangsu Dragons
March 13
19:35
Jiangsu Dragons 100, Shandong Golden Stars 104
Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 29–30, 23–20, 23–26
Shandong leads series, 1–0
March 16
19:35
Shandong Golden Stars 111, Jiangsu Dragons 91
Scoring by quarter: 33–21, 28–25, 19–24, 31–21
Shandong leads series, 2–0
Shandong Arena, Jinan, Shandong
March 18
19:35
Shandong Golden Stars 127, Jiangsu Dragons 104
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 36–28, 35–33, 31–25
Shandong win series, 3–0
Shandong Arena, Jinan, Shandong

(2) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (7) Beijing Ducks
March 14
19:35
Beijing Ducks 91, Liaoning Flying Leopards 92
Scoring by quarter: 29–22, 24–27, 21–25, 17–18
Liaoning leads series, 1–0
Cadillac Arena, Beijing
March 17
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards 87, Beijing Ducks 95
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 18–25, 27–31, 27–23
series tied, 1–1
Benxi Gymnasium, Benxi, Liaoning
March 19
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards 123, Beijing Ducks 119 (2OT)
Scoring by quarter: 32–19, 28–18, 24–33, 19–33, Overtime: 7–7, 13–9
Liaoning leads series, 2–1
Benxi Gymnasium, Benxi, Liaoning
March 22
19:35
Beijing Ducks 72, Liaoning Flying Leopards 75
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 19–18, 18–21, 13–21
Liaoning win series, 3–1
Cadillac Arena, Beijing

(3) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (6) Xinjiang Flying Tigers
March 14
20:00
Xinjiang Flying Tigers 114, Guangdong Southern Tigers 130
Scoring by quarter: 34–43, 22–25, 32–36, 26–26
Guangdong leads series, 1–0
Hongshan Arena, Ürümqi, Xinjiang
March 17
19:35
Guangdong Southern Tigers 123, Xinjiang Flying Tigers 99
Scoring by quarter: 31–23, 29–25, 33–26, 30-25
Guangdong leads series, 2–0
Nissan Sports Centre, Dongguan, Guangdong
March 19
19:35
Guangdong Southern Tigers 92, Xinjiang Flying Tigers 95
Scoring by quarter: 28–28, 23–20, 22–16, 19–31
Guangdong leads series, 2–1
Nissan Sports Centre, Dongguan, Guangdong
March 22
19:35
Xinjiang Flying Tigers 94, Guangdong Southern Tigers 118
Scoring by quarter: 16–35, 30–24, 25–33, 23–26
Guangdong win series, 3–1
Hongshan Arena, Ürümqi, Xinjiang

Semifinals
All times are in China standard time (UTC+8)

(1) Zhejiang Lions vs. (4) Shandong Golden Stars
March 28
19:35
Zhejiang Lions 128, Shandong Golden Stars 118
Scoring by quarter: 31–27, 33–28, 36–29, 28–34
Zhejiang leads series, 1–0
March 30
19:35
Zhejiang Lions 99, Shandong Golden Stars 107
Scoring by quarter: 30–26, 14–25, 30–31, 25–25
series tied, 1–1
April 2
19:35
Shandong Golden Stars 90, Zhejiang Lions 98
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 22–33, 25–18, 23–21
Pts: Ding Yanyuhang 36
Rebs: Donatas Motiejunas 17
Asts: Donatas Motiejunas 5		 Pts: Hu Jinqiu 28
Rebs: Hu Jinqiu 15
Asts: Courtney Fortson 11
Zhejiang leads series, 2–1
April 4
19:35
Shandong Golden Stars 119, Zhejiang Lions 116
Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 40–30, 24–27, 30–31
series tied, 2–2
April 6
19:35
Shandong Golden Stars 113, Zhejiang Lions 103
Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 23–15, 34–28, 30–34
Shandong leads series, 3–2
April 9
19:35
Zhejiang Lions 117, Shandong Golden Stars 96
Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 39–30, 24–30, 24–24
series tied, 3–3
April 11
19:35
Zhejiang Lions 105, Shandong Golden Stars 95
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 28–23, 29–30, 28–19
Zhejiang win series, 4–3

(2) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (3) Guangdong Southern Tigers
March 29
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards 95, Guangdong Southern Tigers 90
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 29–28, 21–20, 30–20
Liaoning leads series, 1–0
Shenyang Gymnasium, Shenyang, Liaoning
March 31
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards 101, Guangdong Southern Tigers 95
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 20–29, 36–18, 26–33
Liaoning leads series, 2–0
Shenyang Gymnasium, Shenyang, Liaoning
April 3
19:35
Guangdong Southern Tigers 84, Liaoning Flying Leopards 96
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 30–22, 14–33, 19–21
Liaoning leads series, 3–0
Nissan Sports Centre, Dongguan, Guangdong
April 5
19:35
Guangdong Southern Tigers 108, Liaoning Flying Leopards 102
Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 29–15, 33–34, 22–44
Liaoning leads series, 3–1
Nissan Sports Centre, Dongguan, Guangdong
April 7
19:35
Guangdong Southern Tigers 97, Liaoning Flying Leopards 111
Scoring by quarter: 29–33, 27–27, 24–20, 17–31
Liaoning win series, 4–1
Nissan Sports Centre, Dongguan, Guangdong

Finals

(1)Zhejiang Lions vs. (2) Liaoning Flying Leopards
April 15
19:35
Zhejiang Lions 108, Liaoning Flying Leopards 120
Scoring by quarter: 21–32, 32–22, 26–34, 29–32
Liaoning leads series, 1–0
April 17
19:35
Zhejiang Lions 116, Liaoning Flying Leopards 121 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 34–23, 28–34, 23–22, 22–28, Overtime: 9–14
Liaoning leads series, 2–0
April 20
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards 104, Zhejiang Lions 100
Scoring by quarter: 33–16, 30–27, 24–31, 17–26
Liaoning leads series, 3–0
Shenyang Gymnasium, Shenyang, Liaoning
April 22
19:35
Liaoning Flying Leopards 100, Zhejiang Lions 88
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 29–25, 27–21, 23–19
Liaoning win series, 4–0
Shenyang Gymnasium, Shenyang, Liaoning
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