On April 17, Beijing time, the Chinese Basketball Association and CBA officially announced the results of the third match between Jiangsu and Shanghai, and Shenzhen will automatically advance to the final four.
In the last 97 seconds of this matchup, Li Chunjiang called a timeout, timed back, and Shanghai, which had been four points behind, suddenly completed the comeback. At that time, Suzhou Kendia had four consecutive low-level errors in less than 1 minute, and foreign aid Blackney also suffered a technical foul because he was not satisfied with the decision, and as a result, Shanghai completed a wave of 10-0, completed the reversal, laughed to the end, and advanced to the quarterfinals.
What is even more puzzling is that when there was a wave of flow in Shanghai, Li Nan on the sidelines was as stable as Mount Tai, did not shout a pause to adjust, and watched the team lose. After the game, Li Nan affirmed the performance of the young players and said that everyone did their best.
However, fans did not buy it, and a match-fixing question, and even rushed to the top of the hot search. As a result, CBA and the Chinese Basketball Association issued announcements one after another in the early morning, stating that they would thoroughly investigate and would not tolerate any violations.
Now, the results of the investigation have been released, according to the official announcement, the Shanghai and Suzhou Kendia 2022-23 season competition rankings and qualifications have been canceled, the two teams have each reduced the league funds by 5 million yuan, Li Chunjiang has suspended his coach registration qualification within 5 years from the date of the penalty decision, Li Nan has suspended his coach registration qualification within 3 years from the date of the penalty decision, and Suzhou Kendia General Manager Shi Linjie has been restricted from engaging in basketball-related activities for 5 years from the date of the penalty decision. Jiang Yusheng, general manager of the Shanghai men's basketball team, will be restricted from engaging in basketball-related activities for 3 years from the date of the penalty decision.