January 17, 2018
The final round of the regular season was played on Wednesday. Beijing sealed up the top seed with an 84-58 win over Bayi. Candace Parker and Xinjiang have good momentum heading into the quarterfinals as they beat Zhejiang 87-62. Jiangsu played their way into an immediate rematch with Shanghai as they won 69-62 by limited Breanna Stewart’s supporting cast. With both teams eliminated Shenyang and Shaanxi put on a show for the fans with Li Meng and Jin Jiabao helping the hosts win 106-93 with Morgan Tuck and An Jing pacing the visitors. Shanxi jumped out to a big lead on Gong Fangzhu and Sichuan, winning 93-77 to grab the third seed and eliminate their opponents. Glory Johnson and Guangdong finished their jump up to the seventh seed as they beat Yang Hengyu and Shandong 75-65. Heilongjiang’s 80-69 win over already-eliminated Liaoning did not change their placement, although Liu Jiacen did have a big game.
Beijing vs. Bayi 84-58 BJ Shao 19/6r Shi 16 Zhang 11 Feng 10/6r 81 Lu 16/6r Zhang 15 Sun 10
Xinjiang vs. Zhejiang 87-62 XJ Parker 28/6r Wang 17 Huang 14 ZJ Zhang 10/9r Dan 10
Jiangsu vs. Shanghai 69-62 JS Li 17 Xu 15/11r Gong 14/6r Jin 10 SH Stewart 31/11r Zhang 9/7r
Shenyang vs. Shaanxi 106-93 SY Li 24 Jin 21/9r/7a Wu 15/6r Gu 12 Song 11 Liu 10 SN Tuck 32/9r An 32/8r Gao 11
Shanxi vs. Sichuan 93-77 SX Jones 16/18r Wu 16 Yu 15 Wu 13 SC Gong 20 Zhao 14 Leuchanka 13/8r
Guangdong vs. Shandong 75-65 GD Johnson 20/13r Li 12/10r Shen 12 Zhang 10 SD Yang 23/7r Cao 17
Heilongjiang vs. Liaoning 80-69 HL Liu 31/13r Zhang JH 12/9r Zhang XJ 12 Han 10 Cao 10 Henry 0 LN Wang 12 Xing 11/6a Chen 10
Standings:
- Beijing 21-5
- Xinjiang 20-6
- Shanxi 19-7
- Shanghai 18-8
- Jiangsu 15-11
- Heilongjiang 15-11
- Guangdong 13-13
- Zhejiang 12-14
- Sichuan 11-15
- Bayi 10-16
- Liaoning 9-17
- Shandong 8-18
- Shenyang 8-18
- Shaanxi 3-23