In the end, the miracle did not happen. Guangdong Hongyuan lost to Liao Basket 95-116 away, and the big score was 2-3. Objectively speaking, G5 Hongyuan has worked hard enough, but without Zhou Qi, without Erfei, relying on the young Xu Xin and Zhang Mingchi, Guangdong has never been able to create a miracle again. Throughout the series, Guangdong and Liaoning sparks were flying, and everyone seemed to be unable to count the various actions and arguments on the field. However, Zhou Qi's injury did determine the direction of this round of the series. Du Feng, who was distressed by Zhou Qi's injury, seemed to have lost his patience and didn't even bother to do superficial work, and directly ignored Yang Ming in the handshake between the two head coaches after the game. In an interview with the media, he bluntly said that Zhou Qi was injured and "felt a little chilling".
If Zhou Qi can't get on, Hongyuan can't win, this is the experience that Hongyuan has summed up for everyone with one defeat after another since the third stage. Although Zhou Qi was injured this season, the intensity of the playoffs still exceeded everyone's expectations. In an interview, Du Feng almost made it clear that it was the Liaoning men's basketball team that injured Zhou Qi. "Zhou Qi, as the most important player in the team, was injured on the field, I hope everyone cares about the outstanding talents of the national team, I am very worried when I watch the video, he has been knocked down and fallen down many times, Zhou Qi is such a soldier who has won glory for the country, and it feels a little chilling to be treated like this."
Is Du Feng right? Yes, because Zhou Qi was indeed frequently "on the body" and "on the move" by the opponent throughout the playoffs, including playing Guangsha and Liao Basket, especially the precise blow to his waist. Not to mention that Zhou Qi played with an injury, even if he was completely healthy, after such a hot playoff baptism, he would inevitably be injured. To say that it directly caused the recurrence of Zhou Qi's back injury, it was Moreland and Han Dejun in G4, including Liu Yanyu, who kept pushing and pulling Zhou Qi's waist with small movements. Moreland even made a WWE move to Zhou Qi, shaking his hands and holding and falling. Don't blame Du Feng for being unbearable, could it be that Zhou Qi is a national player and an excellent center in the CBA, so he should be treated so ruthlessly?
But to go deeper, the root cause of Zhou Qi's injury is actually the referee's connivance with dangerous actions. Xu Zhonghao made many dangerous moves in Guangsha G4, and he staged them again and again in front of the referee, but the referee just didn't blow it, and he didn't stop until Xu Zhonghao finally injured Erfei. In Liaoyue G4, the referee watched Moreland and Zhou Qi get entangled again, and he just watched the actions of the two gradually escalate, just not interfering, and waited until Moreland hugged Zhou Qi before blowing a ridiculous foul on both sides. In fact, Du Feng should criticize the referees of Chinese basketball, and the referees are the source of all this sadness!