The CBA playoffs are in full swing, and the semifinals are now in full swing. The defending champion Liaoning men's basketball team will face off against the 11-time champion CBA Guangdong men's basketball team. The Xinjiang men's basketball team, which is second in the regular season, will compete with the Zhejiang Chouzhou Golden Rent men's basketball team!
The Liaoning men's basketball team and the Guangdong men's basketball team are both giants in the CBA league, and they have competed many times in history! Both teams are championship teams, so the matchup between the two teams will definitely have the attention of countless fans. According to the official schedule of the league, their first semi-final match will start on the evening of May 1. This series will be played in a best-of-five format (2+2+1). First play two games at the home of Liaoning, and then go to the home court of the Guangdong men's basketball team to play. If the first four games are a 2-2 draw, the fifth game will go to the home court of the Liaoning men's basketball team again for the final showdown. The defending champion Liaoning men's basketball team ranked first in the standings during the regular season, so they have an extra home field. That's why teams compete for rankings during the regular season. The top of the playoffs will have one more home field advantage!
The Liaoning men's basketball team is very hopeful of getting off to a good start! On the one hand, they are fighting at home and have a neat lineup! On the other hand, the two main players of the Guangdong men's basketball team are absent. Captain Ren Junfei was injured in the game with Zhejiang East Sunshine Medicine men's basketball team, and there is a high probability that he will not play in the first round. It is reported that Ren Junfei suffered a knee joint injury. Zhu Fangyu revealed on social media that Ren Junfei will not be able to play. Coach Du Feng also affirmed this in an interview. Another main player, Zhou Qi, was suspended for two games and fined 100,000 yuan for elbowing Li Jinxiao in the third game with Zhejiang East Sunshine Medicine men's basketball team. The first game with the Liaoning men's basketball team is Zhou Qi's second suspension!
Zhou Qi was suspended, but Liaoning men's basketball foreign aid Moreland angrily sprayed the CBA. He posted on social media that suspending Zhou Qi was a very bad decision in the CBA league! He hoped that Zhou Qi would come back soon to make the game more challenging! Obviously, Moreland wanted to play against the masters. After all, Zhou Qi is famous in the Chinese basketball world! And in Moreland's eyes, the current Guangdong men's basketball team is still too young!
In addition, some media revealed that the CBA league official is going to make a new decision and is ready to hire foreign referees to enforce the law. This is also because of the recent controversy caused by the decisions of domestic referees. In the fourth game between the Guangdong men's basketball team and the Zhejiang East Sunshine Medicine men's basketball team, Xu Zhonghao, a player of the Zhejiang East Sunshine Medicine men's basketball team, violated others five times in one game. And Ren Junfei was carried out of the field because of this. And in order to ensure the fairness and impartiality of the game, the CBA decided to hire foreign referees to enforce the law. What will be the result?