The 1997-98 CBA season is the 3rd CBA season.

The season ran from November 23, 1997 to March 29, 1998. Ji'nan Army and Zhejiang Squirrels were promoted from the Second Division.

Playoffs

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

For the first time, the quarterfinals and semifinals used best-of-three and best-of-five series to determine the advancing team.

In the Final series, Bayi Rockets

Bayi Rockets

Bayi Shuanglu Rockets or Bayi Rockets or Bayi Army Rockets or Bayi Shuanglu are a basketball team in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Ningbo, Zhejiang...

 defeated Liaoning Hunters

Liaoning Hunters

Liaoning Panpan Dinosaurs or Liaoning Dinosaurs or Liaoning Panpan are a basketball team in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Yingkou, Liaoning....

 (3-0), and claimed its 3rd straight CBA championship, remaining undefeated in the CBA playoffs history.

Relegations

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

Shenyang Army and Sichuan Pandas were relegated to the Second Division.

All-star Weekend

The 1998 CBA All-star Game were played on April 4, 1998 in Shenyang

Shenyang

Shenyang , or Mukden , is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Currently holding sub-provincial administrative status, the city was once known as Shengjing or Fengtianfu...

, Liaoning

Liaoning

' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...

. The Foreign All-stars defeated the Chinese All-stars 83-80.

James Hodges from Jiangsu Dragons

Jiangsu Dragons

Jiangsu Nangang Dragons or Jiangsu Dragons or Jiangsu Nangang or formerly known as Jiangsu Dahua are a basketball team in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Nanjing, Jiangsu....

 won the Slam Dunk Contest for the second straight year, and Zhang jinsong from Bayi Rockets

Bayi Rockets

Bayi Shuanglu Rockets or Bayi Rockets or Bayi Army Rockets or Bayi Shuanglu are a basketball team in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Ningbo, Zhejiang...

.

See also

• Chinese Basketball Association
  Chinese Basketball Association
  The Chinese Basketball Association , often abbreviated to the CBA, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in China.The league is commonly known as the CBA, and this acronym is often used even in Chinese...