On April 24, Beijing time, the CBA officially announced the punishment for two vicious incidents in the last round of the playoffs, Liaoning foreign aid Moreland was fined 20,000 yuan for smashing the seat in anger, and Zhou Qi elbowed Li Jinxiao was suspended for 2 games and fined 100,000 yuan, and Guangdong coach Du Feng was also fined 10,000 yuan.
First of all, this punishment is reasonable, Moreland's fine of 20,000 yuan for destroying public property is a relatively high punishment, but the nature of Zhou Qi's elbow attack is bad, and the league has applied the terms of the lower penalty to ban 1-3 games instead of 3-6 games, which is also considered to be taken care of by the Guangdong team. After all, such a vicious elbow blow to the opponent, and causing the latter to be seriously injured and hospitalized, has even gone beyond the scope of sports, and there are lifetime bans abroad.
Zhou Qi's punishment is based on Article 24 of the CBA Manual, but in fact, the circumstances have exceeded the level of Article 27's maximum ban of 6 games, so this result makes Du Feng and Zhou Qi more acceptable, and even a little overjoyed. After all, Guangdong still holds the match point, as long as they win one more game, they can advance to the semifinals, and Zhou Qi's absence from two games will have little impact on the next round.