In the first round of the CBA playoffs in April 2023 during the
final stages of the third game between Shanghai and Jiangsu both
sides put on a poor match-fixing performance
Jiangsu which had led by four points kept making elementary mistakes and gave away points
Within just a few seconds Shanghai launched a 10-0 run
The final moment left the rival team in awe stunning all the fans
This match which can be recorded in the history of the CBA's match-fixing incident
What exactly happened
The regular season 42nd round finale game Li Chunjiang
directly went to the Shanghai team defeating the Beijing team
However Li Chunjiang still kept the season's MVP Wang Zhelin and the foreign player Bradshow on the court
He did this to humiliate the head coach of the Beijing team Ma Bu Li
When Ma Bu Li was a player he led the Beijing team to the CBA finals
The Guangdong team which had defeated Li Chunjian's team multiple times established a dynasty with three championships in four years
From then on Li Chunjian and Ma Bu Li became embroiled in a personal feud
After Ma Bu Li retired and became a coach every time Li Chunjiang 's
team faced Ma Bu Li they would give it their all and fight hard
So in the final game when Shanghai team led by
45 points in the fourth quarter Li Chunjiang still kept his main players on the bench
Beijing player Ma Yong known for his intense atmosphere pressured Bradley in the three
-point area and when Snow broke free he swung his hand horizontally towards Ma Yong
But Ma Yong reversed his hand and slapped Xue Bu on the back of his head again
Xue Bu completely enraged with his extremely long arm span punched Ma Yong
Then both were expelled from the field
Xu Bu was fined 140 000 Ma Yong was fined 100
And this became the catalyst for the match-fixing incident
This year's CBA playoffs the first round
uses a best-of-three format Shanghai team as
the fifth seed will be unable to play in the first round due to Bradshow's suspension
So the best scenario is to play a three-game series against the 12th seed Jiangsu in the first round
This second round match against the fourth seed Shenzhen Xu Bu can return for the second game After
the clear goal the Shanghai team management planned to play a few friendly matches with Jiangsu
The first playoff game Shanghai easily defeated Jiangsu
Before the second game the Shanghai team suddenly announced that Wang Zelin would sit out
Other main forces suffered heavy casualties implementing a strategic withdrawal
However it was unexpected that this side didn't want to win
On the other side he also didn't want to win
Because the Jiangsu team had already achieved their goal of entering the playoffs the players received their bonuses and felt
there was no need to play the third game so they wanted
to end the playoffs early and go home to enjoy their vacation
Then a funny scene occurred: the main
players from Jiangsu couldn't beat a group
of young players from Shanghai This really upset Li Chunjiang
Young children play the game seriously on the court
not holding back That would only mean bringing back the
experienced veteran players They are determined to
lose a game At halftime Shanghai leads by four points
Looking into the locker rooms of both teams a surprising
scene unfolded simultaneously: two foreign players
from the Shanghai team shouted "Do you have any
professional ethics If you can win easily why don't you win "
While on the other side Jiangsu coach Li Nan was
also yelling "Do you have any professional ethics
" "They are already lying down but you still
can't win " finally the Jiangsu team made a move
Shanghai team's defensive eyes completing the goal of losing the game
After the game a large number of nameless Shanghai team fans
surrounded the gym outside shouting for ticket refunds
shouting Li Chunjiang is fired
The crucial third game the Shanghai team united in determination
Li Chunjiang is determined to win the game and advance to the next round
otherwise he will lose his job
however what was unexpected was
The arrogant Shanghai team thought they could easily dominate Jiangsu but
instead of crushing them Jiangsu took
full advantage in the first three quarters
At this point Jiangsu's coach Li Nan who had already received
instructions quietly substituted out the foreign player Blakney and the entire team
played on skateboards the fourth quarter also delayed bringing in the foreign player
Even deployed several young players who are usually not in the rotation but despite
that Shanghai still trailed With two minutes
left in the game Jiangsu led by four points
At this point both coaches could no longer sit still - one desperate to
win the other desperate to lose - and thus a
dramatic moment etched into history unfolded
Blackney catches the ball in the backcourt
with his left hand but doesn't catch it
with his right hand and gives the opponent a steal and then gets a foul
At this moment Jiangsu team manager Shilinjie sat on the bench with a sly smile
This play was really clever Shanghai seized
the opportunity and made both free throws
The score was tied at 99 to 100
Jiangsu served the ball from the baseline
Ni Yongkang directly hit the ball behind the opponent
giving up possession of the ball
Then Wang Zhelin drove to the basket but missed the layup Jiangsu team grabbed
the rebound but turned the ball over again
Wang Zhelin dunked and stole the lead
Notably the player from the Jiangsu team
who grabbed the rebound Li Lutong is the son of head
coach Li Nan who has had no opportunity to play in the regular season
But was put back into use at this moment
Next round Jiangsu's corner kick
Li Lutong received the ball made another mistake
Shanghai team counterattacked scored two more points
Take the lead advantage to three points
In the next round Blakeney lost the ball near the center circle
was blown back into play giving the ball back to Shanghai
But that wasn't enough
Blake complained to the referee and was given
a technical foul resulting in a free throw for
Shanghai At this point Jiangsu was already out
of the game as Shanghai continued to score
The team was eliminated with a final score of 108 to 104 against Jiangsu As the
head coach of Jiangsu Li Nan surprisingly
did not call a timeout in the final moments
Sitting on the bench completely indifferent After the
game Slinjie smiled widely and shook hands with Shanghai'
s general manager Jiang Yusheng To someone who didn't
know it might have looked like Jiangsu's team had advanced
After the game Jiangsu foreign player Blakeney posted on Insta
Such a poor performance made the fans very angry
On the morning of the incident the Chinese Basketball Association overwhelmed by pressure demanded a thorough investigation
Two days later the Basketball Association issued a historic penalty
citing passive play as the reason
Cancel the two teams' season rankings and
competition qualifications Club fined 5 million
each Li Chunjiang's coaching qualification
revoked for 5 years Li Nan banned for 3 years
Shih Linjie banned from basketball-related activities for 5 years
Jiang Yusheng banned for 3 years
Two future Hall of Fame coaches ended their careers after just one game
It would erase a lifetime of achievements
Worse yet Li Nan
even ended up harming his own son
Here's how Yao Ming responded to this
And countless others were born in their history
The special figure Tang's story
But the more we talk about these
things the more we feel heartbroken
The more we feel heartbroken
I think for sports competitions the most
important thing is integrity even more
than ability Integrity
is a secret passed
down by each of us a secret of every team
Of course it is also a secret of our
league and association The incident left a
deep impression on us The lesson was
profound We need to learn from this matter
Change something But make the costs
already paid meaningful
I can only say this
What we want to express is our clear stance
and our heavy hearts
Thank you all
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