The 2016 CBA Playoffs is the postseason tournament of the Chinese Basketball Association's 2015–16 season.
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage are shown in italics.
All times are in China standard time (UTC+8)
All times are in China standard time (UTC+8)
Tigers player Zhou Peng knocked down a game winning 3-pointer with the Tigers down one point to bring the series back to Dongguan.
The series was noted for having a brawl that occurred after the third match of the finals between the Liaoning and Sichuan teams.