With the second champion banner of Liaoning men’s basketball young pioneer team history rising, the new season’s CBA League kicked off. At a time when China’s men’s basketball is in the mud, CBA League has attracted more and more attention from fans. Minor issues will be discussed and analyzed under a magnifying glass, and the first one is the old referee issue.
“Confrontation and pulling are two different things”
“The referee played very well, very, very good. From the preseason to now, I think the referee’s blow penalty is Very Good, Very Good, praise has been unable to satisfy. I think it is very beneficial for us to blow penalties like this in the league, which is a great exercise for us. I still want to praise the referee, which is very beautiful.” After defeating Zhejiang East Sunshine (Guangsha) 74-64 in the first game of the league, Guo Allen, the core of Liaoning team, left the above paragraph in an interview. However, as long as the fans watched the game, it is not difficult to hear from it. The expression of Guo Allen is not a literal compliment, but more ironic.
As the winner of the league championship and runner-up last season, Liao and Zhejiang teams scored only 138 shocking points in the first opening match. Among them, two state-owned defenders, Sun Minghui, scored only 8 points in the 15th vote. Although Guo Allen recorded 16 points, he only hit 6 times in 21 shots, however, in addition to the fact that the players themselves are not in the best state with such low efficiency, the referee’s penalty scale has also become the focus of attention from the outside world.
The most typical example occurred in a round at the end of the second quarter of the game. In the process of getting the ball in the back court and pushing it to the front court, Guo Allen at least followed Xu Zhonghao, zhu Junlong and Sun Minghui had physical contact, but the referee did not make any indication, and this round ended with Guo Allen’s failure to win the basket. Shortly afterwards, Xu Zhonghao, a Zhejiang dongsunshine player, hit his opponent fiercely in the process of defending the foreign aid of Liaoning team, but the referee took this obvious malicious foul action, it was only punished by ordinary fouls, which made people feel confused.
Regarding the familiar referee and the too loose penalty standard, Jilin Foreign aid Dominic Jones wrote on social media: “Encouraging physical confrontation and pulling hard are two different things.” But soon afterwards, he explained, “I am not talking about CBA league, but American football. I like the new CBA rules. I am stronger than everyone, which is good for me.”
To adapt to FIBA rules and scales
The penalty scale of Liao-Zhejiang confrontation will undoubtedly become the vane of the new season. According to Su Qun, a basketball media person, encouraging physical confrontation is only a form of expression. The real reason is that the Chinese Basketball Association has taken back the management power of the referee, and decided to completely unify the rules and standards of CBA with the FIBA in the new season, so that Chinese players can adapt to the penalty standards of FIBA.
It is understood that at the end of last month, CBA company invited commentary reviewers to participate in a large-scale online and offline joint meeting, of which three senior referees were responsible for explaining the relevant contents of the penalty work, in addition to the changes in the rules of the International Basketball Federation and so on, it emphasizes the key link in FIBA’s penalty system-“high-quality non-sentencing”, that is, the referee should be able to judge what is “minor contact without affecting the game”, so as to avoid frequent whistle and keep the game flowing.
It is reported that the reason for such changes is mainly to make domestic players adapt to the penalty scale of international competitions. In recent years, the performance of Chinese men’s basketball in international competitions is not ideal, and it is not suitable for the penalty standards and the intensity of confrontation in FIBA. Compared with the CBA league, FIBA matches admire physical confrontation more. This is not difficult to find in the European Cup, but at the same time, how to grasp this degree is tested by the Chinese Basketball Association, the wisdom and ability of CBA companies and judges.
Simply speaking, encouraging physical confrontation is not the same as not blowing foul. Judges should strike hard for obvious starting actions and foul violations of cylinders. What is certain is that the starting point of the Chinese Basketball Association is good, and it is hoped that it will be able to put things right in terms of judging, but the reality is somewhat overcorrecting, moving from one extreme to another, too loose penalty scale can easily evolve into unnecessary conflicts, which will have adverse effects on players’ health and league reputation.
It is worth mentioning that after the game was over, Sun Minghui, a Zhejiang dongsunshine player, went to the hospital for examination and treatment. It is reported that he suffered from the pulling of the defensive player in the first quarter, resulting in the recurrence of his old shoulder injury, with injury, he insisted on playing the whole game. Although Sun Minghui’s injury is not directly related to the referee’s punishment scale, it also reminds everyone that players are still the leading role of the league and the most precious wealth, don’t lose big because of small things, and eventually cause irreparable losses.
(Oriental Sports Daily reporter Xue Sijia)
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