Liaoning Flying Leopards
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| League | CBA | ||
| Founded | 1995 | ||
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Liaoning Hunters (1995–2008) Liaoning Dinosaurs (2008–2011) Liaoning Flying Leopards (2011–present) |
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| Arena | Benxi Gymnasium | ||
| Capacity | 4,500 | ||
| Location | Mingshan District, Benxi, Liaoning, China | ||
| Team colors | Purple, Gold, Black |
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| Team manager | Jie Jun | ||
| Head coach | Guo Shiqiang | ||
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The Liaoning Flying Leopards (simplified Chinese: 辽宁药都本溪飞豹; traditional Chinese: 遼寧藥都本溪飛豹; pinyin: liáo níng yào dōu běn xī fēi bào) (also known as the Liaoning Scale Industry Flying Leopards or simply Liaoning Scale Industry) are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Mingshan District, Benxi, Liaoning, which plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Some home games are also held in nearby Benxi. The Liaoning Scale Industry Group is the club's corporate sponsor while its mascot is a flying leopard. In 2011, Scale Industry took over sponsorship from the Liaoning Panpan Group Co., Ltd. (辽宁盼盼集团有限公司).
During the 2004–05 CBA season, Liaoning finished in first place in the North Division, but lost in the Quarter-Finals of the CBA Playoffs to the South Division's Yunnan Bulls. The team would then go on to place seventh and fourth, respectively, over the next two years, before advancing to the CBA Finals following the 2007–08 CBA season. Although Liaoning eventually lost to the Guangdong Southern Tigers, the club did win the fourth game of the series. This was the team's first victory in the CBA Finals, despite multiple appearances. After finishing in fifth place in the 2009–10 CBA season, Liaoning would miss both the 2010–11 and the 2011–12 CBA playoffs.
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