On January 15th, Beijing time, the 31st round of CBA regular season continued. In a recently concluded match, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team defeated Shanghai Men's Basketball Team 117-114 at home, ending the latter's 16-game winning streak. A simple review of the game: I personally believe that this match was absolutely at the level of a playoff game. Liaoning Men's Basketball Team started with accurate outside shooting, quickly opening up a double-digit lead, but Shanghai Men's Basketball Team showed great tenacity and soon found their offensive rhythm in the second and third quarters, leveling the score.
Entering the decisive fourth quarter, Shanghai Men's Basketball Team's super foreign aid, Bradso, was ejected by the referee for accumulating one unsportsmanlike foul and one technical foul. This led to Shanghai Men's Basketball Team losing a major offensive core. Li Tianrong, who was organizing the offense, seemed somewhat inexperienced, and his key shots were blocked by Li Xiaoxu. Ultimately, Li Hongquan failed to make a three-pointer, and Shanghai Men's Basketball Team suffered a narrow defeat.
Compared to the outcome of the game, fans discussed more about the refereeing of this match, especially the refereeing of Referee No. 57, which was simply absurd. Even the honest coach Lu Wei was so angry that he rarely exploded and kept roaring at the referees for their poor calls. What exactly happened?
It turned out that during the third and fourth quarters, Shanghai Men's Basketball Team had several momentum-building moments to catch up on points, but they were unexpectedly interrupted by the referees. Besides Bradso committing three consecutive offensive fouls against Yan Shouqi, the most obvious misjudgment occurred with one minute left in the third quarter. At this moment, Shanghai Men's Basketball Team had just completed an overtaking of the score. Foger made a jumper from the top of the arc, and Li Tianrong jumped near the free throw line to touch the backboard. The ball bounced into the hands of Shanghai Men's Basketball Team's big foreign aid. Before Shanghai Men's Basketball Team could launch a counterattack, Referee No. 57 on the sideline suddenly blew the whistle and gave Li Tianrong a foul for grabbing the rebound.
At this moment, the coaching staff and players of Shanghai Men's Basketball Team were confused, and Coach Lu Wei was even more furious, constantly extending two fingers and gesturing with his hands while roaring at the referees: "How did you blow the whistle? The third quarter is almost over, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team has only committed two fouls, and we have been called for full fouls. Where did Li Tianrong commit a foul?" Coach Lu Wei kept protesting, and the two assistant coaches beside him saw the situation escalating and kept pulling him. Referee No. 105 seemed to be fed up as well, simply nodding towards Coach Lu Wei.
At this point, Referee No. 57, realizing his mistake, approached Coach Lu Wei to explain and tried to calm him down, also issuing a warning. In the end, Coach Lu Wei still raised both hands to protest this call, but it still could not change the decision. Since the number of fouls had reached the limit, Fu Hao directly went to the free throw line.
In my personal opinion, through slow-motion replay, Li Tianrong had no problem in this rebound battle, and he did not touch anyone, so Referee No. 57 blew a ridiculous air foul, and the level of misjudgment was simply terrible. I suggest that the CBA publish the referee report for this game, which can also test the misjudgment rate of the three referees on the court. I think compared to Referee No. 57, the other two referees' refereeing standards have always been relatively normal. There is suspicion of "favoritism" with this Referee No. 57, and the CBA league should clean up such incompetent referees.
If Liaoning Men's Basketball Team won the game in this way, it would seem less glorious. Liaoning fans also hope for fair and just games, so that the games can be exciting and the team's problems can be discovered. Additionally, when Shanghai Men's Basketball Team's foreign aid, Bradso, was ejected, he made a provocative gesture towards the referees before leaving the court, which is clearly challenging the authority of the referees. According to CBA rules, Bradso is likely to face post-match punishment, with the result possibly being a one-game suspension or a fine of 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.
As Coach Yang Ming said: This game had lucky elements to hold on and win, and Shanghai Men's Basketball Team was also missing their super foreign aid, Lofton, so the game had little reference value. Finally, I wish both teams good health and excellent performances in the playoffs.