2000–01 Chinese Basketball Association season
# 2000–01 Chinese Basketball Association season

The 2000–01 CBA season is the sixth CBA season.

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

## Regular Season Standings

| # | 2000–01 CBA season | 2000–01 CBA season | 2000–01 CBA season | 2000–01 CBA season | 2000–01 CBA season | 2000–01 CBA season | 2000–01 CBA season | 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 | BY 1-1(213-192) SH |
| 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 | BJ 1-1(212-197) JL |
| 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 | LN 2-0 GD |
| 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 | JS 1-1(197-190) SD |
| 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

## 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.

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 | Quarterfinals Best of 3 | Quarterfinals Best of 3 | Semifinals Best of 5 | Semifinals Best of 5 | Semifinals Best of 5 | Finals Best of 5 | Finals Best of 5 | Finals Best of 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bayi Rockets | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jiangsu Dragons | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jiangsu Dragons | 0 | 1 | Bayi Rockets | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 2 | 4 | Jilin Northeast Tigers | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Liaoning Hunters | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Liaoning Hunters | 1 | | | | 1 | Bayi Rockets | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Shanghai Sharks | 1 |
| 2 | Shanghai Sharks | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Shanghai Sharks | 1 |
| 7 | Vanguard Beijing Olympians | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Vanguard Beijing Olympians | 1 | 2 | Shanghai Sharks | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Beijing Ducks | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Beijing Ducks | 2 | 3 | Beijing Ducks | 0 | | | |
| 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.

| 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 | – |
