Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin ( Chinese : 山东高速麒麟俱乐部 ) is a Chinese professional basketball team based in Jinan , Shandong , which plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Some home games are held in the nearby city of Linyi .
4-660: The Hi-Speed Group is the club's corporate sponsor. The long-time previous corporate sponsor was Kingston. In its early years, the team was known as the Shandong Flaming Bulls ( 山东火牛 ), but was renamed the Shandong Lions at the start of the 2003–04 CBA season . At the same time, the club moved its homecourt from Jinan to Yantai (six games) and Dongying (five games). For the 2004–05 CBA season , they relocated to Tai'an , but have been back in Jinan since
8-578: The 2005–06 CBA season . During the 2004–05 CBA season, the freshly-rebranded Shandong Gold Lions finished in sixth place in the CBA North Division, and out of the playoffs . In the 2005–06 season, the team finished fifth, yet again out of the playoffs. The club's most successful campaign so far has been the 2012–13 CBA season , when it advanced to the CBA Finals, but got swept in the best-of-seven championship series in just four games by
12-669: The Guangdong Southern Tigers . Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. 2003%E2%80%9304 CBA season The 2003–04 CBA season is the ninth CBA season. The season ran from November 16, 2003, to March 3, 2004. No teams were promoted from the Second Division, while two teams were set to be relegated. However, relegations were abolished after all Relegation Round matches have been played. The top 8 teams in
16-469: The regular season advanced to the playoffs. The quarterfinals and semifinals once again used best-of-three series to determine the advancing team. In the Final series, Guangdong Southern Tigers defeated Bayi Rockets (3-1). 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
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