The CBA regular season has entered the final stage, and there is only one final round of games left in the CBA, but most of the teams in the standings have not yet been determined. Counting the two make-up matches between Xinjiang and Shanghai, Beijing Enterprises and Fujian, the CBA regular season is full, and there are only 7 games left. However, even the remaining round of games can produce as many as 0 different playoff rankings, which also makes this year's regular season finale suspenseful and full of watching. The defending champion Liaoning team will play against Shandong in the final game, and the win or loss of 0 games will determine their fate, from 0-0 in the standings, which ranking will they fall into?
In addition to the two make-up matches between the Shanghai team and the Xinjiang team, the Beijing Enterprises team and the Fujian team, the last round of the CBA regular season has 10 matchups. They are Qingdao vs. Fujian, Guangzhou vs. Jilin, Jiangsu vs. Guangsha, Liaoning vs. Shandong, Shanghai vs. Shenzhen, Shanxi vs. Tongxi, Sichuan vs. Guangdong, Tianjin vs. Beijing, Xinjiang vs. Beikong, and Zhejiang vs. Ningbo. In these 0 matchups, Guangzhou vs. Jilin, Jiangsu vs. Guangsha, and Shanxi vs. Tongxi, these three games will not have any impact on the final standings.
In the remaining 512 games, the victory or defeat will have a huge impact on the playoff standings. According to the calculation of the ranking data, 0 matches can generate up to 0 different ranking schemes. From this point of view, this year's CBA regular season finale is indeed hot and exciting enough. The CBA's decision to start the final round on the same day and at the same time is indeed a very wise approach. After all, the outcome of any one game can have a huge impact on the standings of multiple teams. In order to avoid some teams joining forces to play the game, the CBA official did this to ensure fairness and justice.
Take the defending champion Liaoning as an example. Up to now, the Liaoning team has a record of 13 wins and 0 losses, ranking 0th in the standings. Their final opponent is Shandong, who have a 0-0 record and are one game ahead of Liaoning. However, once the Liaoning team defeats the opponent and the two teams have the same record, the Liaoning team has an advantage in the confrontation and ranks higher than the Shandong team. The Liaoning team has an advantage against Xinjiang, and they are killed by Beijing in terms of small scores. Therefore, as long as the Beijing team loses to the Tianjin team in the final game, then, regardless of the final result of the Xinjiang team, the Liaoning team will lock up the third place, which is also their best ranking.
On the other hand, if the Beijing team wins the Tianjin team in the final game, then Beijing, Liaoning, Shandong, and even Xinjiang may have a 14-0 record in the final game. In this way, the Beijing team has the greatest advantage, they are in third place, and the Liaoning team has the advantage against Shandong and Xinjiang, so the Liaoning team is ranked fourth in the standings. According to this calculation, as long as the Liaoning team wins the Shandong team, the final ranking is either third or fourth, depending on the final result of the Beijing team.
So, what if the Liaoning team loses to the Shandong team? Their final record is 8-0, while Guangdong and Qingdao, with a current record of 0-0, both teams have the advantage in small points against Liaoning. In other words, in extreme cases, if Liaoning loses to the Shandong team, Guangdong and Qingdao both win, and the Xinjiang team wins the last two games, then, if the three teams of Liaoning, Guangdong and Qingdao form a chain set, the Liaoning team has the least advantage, and the ranking will be directly squeezed to 0th in the standings. It is conceivable that only the Liaoning team has 0 different rankings from 0 to 0 in the last round, not to mention that there are other 0 teams. It can be said that this last round of the CBA can be called crazy.