The third stage of the CBA regular season starts on March 1st, and Beijing Shougang will challenge Xinjiang Guanghui away. On the afternoon of February 28, Shougang went to Urumqi for Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium training, but the Xinjiang team did not show up in the past two days. The person in charge of the media of Guanghui club said that the reception work of the visiting team was still the same, but whether the Xinjiang team played the first game was “waiting for notice”.
On February 17, the Chinese Basketball Association announced a series of penalties for Xinjiang men’s basketball, including the failure to register new players within one year and Zhou Qi’s recovery of freedom. The next day, Guanghui club issued a statement that it did not violate the relevant provisions of the CBA league and asked the Chinese Basketball Association to withdraw the punishment; Later, Guo Zhun, the chairman of the club, made another “five-point supplement” to the statement “, it is possible to withdraw from the next competition or even from CBA.
The first game of the third stage is approaching day by day, and whether the Xinjiang team can participate in the competition normally has attracted much attention. On March 1st, the first home court show will be staged. The new home court of Xinjiang team, Urumqi Olympic Sports Center, has no home court atmosphere inside and outside. The competition venue only lays floors and places basket support as required. The Beijing News reporter learned that the Xinjiang team planned to go to the new home court for training on February 27 and 28, and finally failed to make a trip. The person in charge of the media said that the team training was arranged in the base, while waiting for the notice of whether the game was going on.
On the afternoon of February 27, Beijing Shougang arrived in Urumqi. On the 28th, according to the coordinated time, he went to the field for training from 3 pm to 5 pm. The Beijing News reporter got the news that after the team arrived in Urumqi, the reception of the visiting team in Xinjiang had been carried out in accordance with the requirements of the CBA alliance. On the other hand, Shougang also heard some news that they were not sure whether the game could start, but they would still prepare for tomorrow’s battle step by step.
The head of the media of the Xinjiang team said that if the team decided to participate in the pre-match training on the morning of March 1, it would be open to the media according to regulations. According to the provisions of the CBA Alliance, the pre-match joint meeting will be held at 10 am on the match day, and both teams must be present.
(Text/Beijing News reporter Liu Chen)