The third round of the CBA playoffs eight into four knockouts, last night ended the first half of the two games, the defending champion Liaoning Bengang defeated the Shenzhen men's basketball team 102-80 away, the series 3-0 eliminated the opponent and successfully advanced; in the other game, Zhejiang Guangsha, who fought at home, completed a 20-point reversal, defeated Guangdong Hongyuan 109-102, temporarily rewriting the series score to 1-2. But for the two teams of Liaoning and Guangdong, after the end of this round of games, they both encountered some troubles, Liaoning men's basketball team's big foreign aid Moreland, because he was dissatisfied with the referee blowing technical fouls and physical fouls and was sent out of the game, so when he left the court, he angrily threw the seat on the side of the court into the air. On the other hand, Zhou Qi also behaved irrationally in last night's game, after he was blocked by Guangsha player Li Jinxiao on the offensive end, he angrily swung his elbow and smashed directly into the opponent's face, and the on-site referee also directly expelled Zhou Qi from the game after watching the video replay.
At the moment, the fans of the two teams are most concerned about whether the league will impose additional penalties on the two players after the game, and if so, what kind of punishment method and intensity will it be.
Recently, the CBA official has successively made a decision on Huang Rongqi, Cui Yongxi, Fang Shuo and other players to impose additional penalties after the game, in accordance with the requirements issued by the General Administration of Sports on purifying the environment of the arena, I believe that this time, there will be additional punishment decisions for Zhou Qi and Moreland. But how to punish it, you need to consider the severity and adverse effects of the actions of the two players.
Let's start with Moreland. Da Mo in last night's game, first because of dissatisfaction with the referee blowing a technical foul, and then in the basket and Sallinger's card position was blown a physical foul, according to the regulations he was also automatically expelled from the game, if the matter ends here, then Moreland only lost the opportunity to continue to participate in the game last night, but unfortunately on the way out, Moreland because of dissatisfaction with the referee's blowing, emotionally threw the plastic chair on the side of the court aside. According to Article 23 of Chapter II of the General Rules for League Punishment, if a player damages the facilities and equipment in the competition venue, he will be fined 10,000 to 50,000 yuan for the first violation, and if the circumstances are serious, he may be banned for one additional game.
Moreland's move should not be enough to say that the circumstances are serious, and many netizens also picked up the 2014-15 playoffs, Shanxi men's basketball foreign aid Weaver was banned for 6 games and fined 50,000 yuan for falling on the bench when he left the court. But at that time, Weaver's actions were not only about throwing stools, he first punched Luo Xudong on the field, and then had an argument with the referee, if it were not for the blocking of the coach and teammates on the sidelines, Weaver even had to beat the referee and fans, the extent of the situation was far above Moreland, and the official also punished him for several crimes, so he made the decision to ban him for 6 games and fine 50,000. Returning to Moreland's question, I personally think that the most likely punishment he will receive will be a fine of 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, which is not enough to meet the standard of a ban.
Let's talk about Zhou Qi's situation. Now many Guangdong fans will use two players as a reference when discussing Zhou Qi's issue, one is Moreland of the Liaoning men's basketball team, and the other is Huang Rongqi, a Xinjiang player who has just been punished. Speaking of Moreland, Guangdong fans hope to get the same punishment result as Moreland, that is, if they want to be banned for an additional game, then both of them must be banned from the same game, if Moreland is only fined, then Zhou Qi must also only be fined and not banned. According to the provisions of Article 24, Article 1, if an athlete maliciously injures others or seriously violates the spirit of sportsmanship and other non-technical actions that seriously violate the spirit of sportsmanship to hurt the opposing athlete, the first violation will be punished with a ban of 1 to 2 games and a fine of 50,000 to 150,000 yuan.
In fact, Zhou Qi swung his elbow to hurt people this time, and there were similar cases in the league before, the previous Junwei's elbow injury was punished by the league with an additional penalty of 100,000 and banned for two games, Zhou Qi's action this time is very similar to Ren Junwei, so the punishment of the same scale should be considered a reasonable way to deal with it. It's just that for Guangdong Hongyuan, if they lose Zhou Qi, then even if Hu Jinqiu is reimbursed for the season, Zhejiang Guangsha has the strength to continue to compete with them, which also makes the final result of this round of the series more variable, but in any case, Zhou Qi, as the number one person in the Chinese men's basketball team, is really too unreasonable to make such irrational behavior on the court, no matter what kind of punishment decision the official makes to him in the end, I think he should accept it with an open mind.