CHINA?S UNFAIR TACTICS IN FIBA MEN?S BASKETBALL
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 16 Sep 2011
Host nation China, as expected, is resorting to unfair tactics in the FIBA Asia Men?s Basketball Championships which they are hosting in Wuhan.
South Korea?s head coach Hur Jae is reportedly very upset over what was termed unfair operations in which the Korean team could not get enough practice time and good facilities before their opening game in which they routed Malaysia 89-42.
In a post game interview the former outstanding national team member said ? We could touch the court for the first time just ten minutes before the game. We could not have any practice time on the court floor before the game. This is totally crazy.?
Hur Jae recalled ?Yesterday I asked for practice time on the main court. However, that request was denied. Organizing committee explained that every team cannot practice on the main court. But we already knew that the Chinese national team has been playing on the main court every day.?
Correspondent Jun Hwan Seo reported on the Asia Basket website that Hur Jae was also upset over the practice time assigned to the Koreans before the Malaysia game. The practice time assigned to the team on the so-called sub-court was 8:00 a.m. with game time at 3:30 p.m.
Seo reported what the Korean coach regarded as a ?nonsensical situation? where Korea faces India on September 17 at 1:30 p.m. but have no training time before the game. The practice time allotted to them was 8:00 p.m. which is about five hours after the game against India ends.
In an effort to resolve their problems the Koreans arranged for private facilities to practice but the gym is very far from their hotel.
In another questionable practice by the hosts, correspondent Seo pointed out that the FIBA referees are staying in the same hotel with the Chinese players which resulted in complaints by both Korea and defending champions Iran.
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