The referee squats on the
court and covers his injured eye with hand after a CBA league match
on Tuesday, December 25, 2007.
A referee became the sacrifice of the irritated local supporters
in a Chinese Basketball Association league match on Tuesday where
Shaanxi Dongshen was toppled by the visiting Dongguan team
108-99.
The incident occurred soon after the final buzz as an object
flew off the crowd and hit the eye of a referee who later squatted
on the court and was escorted away by mates.
It's the second straight reverse the Shaanxi side has seen in
three days, extending the team's winless row in the league to
nine.
It's not the first unrest at the Shaanxi's home court in Xi'an.
More than two hundreds fans besieged the vehicle of the visiting
Yunnan team on December 5 after a conflict between the two teams on
court.
The city's game organizer was also fined 5,000 yuan after a 9th
round league match earlier this year for unruly supporters throwing
water bottles onto the court.
(CRI.cn December 26, 2007)
