On April 24, Beijing time, the CBA finally officially announced the punishment notice for Zhou Qi. Due to elbowing Guangsha player Li Jinxiao in the quarterfinals G3 between Hongyuan and Guangsha, Zhou Qi was suspended for 2 games and fined 100,000 yuan. In addition, Hongyuan coach Du Feng is responsible for the management of the team and was also fined 10,000 yuan by the CBA company. Perhaps in the eyes of many fans, the CBA company was "merciful" to Zhou Qi this time, referring to Huang Rongqi of the Xinjiang men's basketball team next door, who was directly suspended for 3 games. Zhou Qi was dealt with as appropriate this time and suspended for 3 games, which is not "worst news".
The reason why Zhou Qi was not directly banned for 3 games like Huang Rongqi is that in addition to the fact that he may have some "special treatment" as the core of the national team, the most important thing is that his action did not cause subsequent fierce conflicts like the latter. Moreover, Zhou Qi's action occurred in the live ball stage, which can barely be regarded as a "coherent action", but it is really bad. CBA also launched a heated discussion within the company, Yao Ming, chairman of the Basketball Association, was not in the country because of business, this time the senior management of the CBA company decided to ban Zhou Qi after nearly a day of consultations, but the specific number of games is not too much, after some consideration, the number of 2 games was given a more "mediocre".
Some fans bluntly said that Zhou Qi's impulsive move may directly ruin all Hongyuan's efforts in the past year. Before G3 Zhou Qi left, although Guangsha had narrowed the score difference to single digits, Hongyuan was still the leading party, and it was not difficult for Hongyuan, who had Zhou Qi, to push down the momentum of Guangsha's counterattack. As a result, Zhou Qi's reckless behavior punished himself and gave Guangsha hope of a reversal, and Hongyuan also messed up after Zhou Qi left, which led to the team's loss.
No matter how dissatisfied the fans are, the decision to ban the game has been made, and it has become an unchangeable fact that Zhou Qi will miss the next series between Hongyuan and Guangsha. For Hongyuan, the most important thing now is to go all out to prepare for this "life-and-death battle" on Thursday. The reason why this is a life-and-death battle for Hongyuan is because now Guangsha has regained the momentum of counterattack, although Hu Jinqiu and Li Jinxiao are sure that they will not be able to play in G4, but Hongyuan, who has lost Zhou Qi, obviously has no confidence to win. If this Hongyuan still loses, then they will face more pressure when they return to their home stadium, and I am afraid that they will play last year's script and be taken away by Guangsha in the case of taking the lead. I believe that Du Feng and Hongyuan players will definitely not want to repeat the mistakes of the past, what they have to do is to prepare for Thursday's game with all their might, and strive to eliminate Guangsha with a score of 3-1!