The 24th round of the CBA regular season has concluded with teams such as Liaoning, Guangdong, Beijing, Xinjiang, and Guangsha all participating. Guangsha defeated Qingdao and continued to hold the top spot in the standings. Shanxi defeated Jilin by a large margin and returned to second place, while Zhejiang is in third. Defending champion Liaoning beat Guangdong and briefly rose to the top four. However, after Xinjiang defeated Beijing, Liaoning was pushed down to fifth. Guangdong, the 11-time champion, lost to Liaoning but remained ninth in the standings.
On the CBA standings, Guangsha remains firmly in first place with 20 wins and 4 losses after defeating Qingdao. Shanxi defeated Jilin at home by 33 points, improving their record to 19 wins and 5 losses, securing second place. Zhejiang follows closely behind in third. After Xinjiang's victory over Beijing, their record became 18 wins and 5 losses, returning them to the top four and fourth in the standings.
Liaoning faced old rival Guangdong at home and won by six points, achieving a four-game winning streak and a record of 17 wins and 7 losses, briefly rising to fourth in the standings. However, Liaoning's fourth-place position was short-lived as Xinjiang won at home, surpassing Liaoning again and replacing the defending champion in fourth place. Liaoning's ranking slipped back to fifth.
Shandong, with the same record as Liaoning at 17 wins and 7 losses, defeated Sichuan at home and is sixth in the standings. Beijing follows with 16 wins and 7 losses, seventh in the standings. Qingdao, with a record of 15 wins and 9 losses, is eighth. The top eight teams are not far apart; even eighth-placed Qingdao is only three games behind fourth-placed Xinjiang.
Guangdong, the 11-time champion, won by 41 points against Jilin in the previous round but lost to Liaoning in this game, dropping to a record of 13 wins and 11 losses, remaining ninth in the standings. Beikong is tenth. In the match between Tongxi and Shanghai, Shanghai defeated Tongxi, both teams having 12 wins, but Tongxi played two more games and ranked slightly higher at 11th, while Shanghai remains 12th. However, given Shanghai's current form, they may surpass other teams in the next round. As for the teams behind, their rankings have gradually been overtaken by Shanghai, making their hopes of reaching the playoffs increasingly slim.
Attached: Latest CBA Standings
1-5: Guangsha, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Xinjiang, Liaoning
6-10: Shandong, Beijing, Qingdao, Guangdong, Beikong
11-15: Tongxi, Shanghai, Jilin, Ningbo, Sichuan
16-20: Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Jiangsu, Fujian