Here it comes! The first fine of the Finals! The 50-point scorer lost his composure

The QR code is already itching to collect...

The CBA officially announced:Guangsha's small foreign guard Brown intentionally kicked a door, fined 20,000 yuan, and must compensate for the damaged facilities at full cost; at Shanghai's home court, spectators repeatedly used phone flashlights to disturb visiting players during free throws. As a result, the Shanghai venue received a warning, and Shanghai Jiushi Club had 10,000 yuan deducted from its league funds.

Game 2: Shanghai narrowly defeated Guangsha 91-88 at home, taking a 2-0 lead in the Finals.

At the final moment of the game, Brown had a chance to make the winning shot but was stolen by Goodwin, who then hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer in transition.

Brown, who scored 50 points in the game, was extremely frustrated and kicked a door in the player tunnel after the match to vent his emotions.

50 points—a single-game 50-point performance in the Finals. This guy was definitely a valiant loser.

Brown has been a phenomenon-level foreign player in the CBA in recent years. In his two seasons with Guangsha, he has had six games with 35+ points. Last year's Finals, he averaged a staggering 30 points, 3.8 rebounds, 7.3 assists, and 1.5 steals per game, leading the team to its first championship. Calls for China's men's basketball team to naturalize him have been nonstop.

In this year's playoffs, Brown has still been otherworldly, averaging 32.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 1.2 steals per game so far, with shooting percentages of 46.8%, 39.4%, and 85.9%. In the two Finals games against Shanghai, he contributed 23 points, 2 rebounds, and 7 assists in the first, and 50 points, 3 rebounds, and 5 assists in the second.

However, this year is somewhat different from last year. Brown hasn't changed, but his teammates have. Currently, the only one on Guangsha who can support him is Hu Jinqiu. The two combined for 70 points in Game 2, accounting for 79.5% of the team's total score (88 points). But basketball is a team sport, and clearly, relying on just two players isn't enough to win games.

Game 2 stats for Guangsha are as follows:

Absolutely terrible, extremely bad.

Especially Sun Minghui, who chose to play with a cortisone shot despite the risk to his career. Under Shanghai's tough defensive system, he could no longer play the savior role as he did in the first two rounds. In the two Finals games, he only managed 0 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, and 5 turnovers (0-for-5 shooting) in the first, and 5 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 turnover (2-for-7 shooting) in the second.

In summary, if Guangsha wants to pull off a 0-2 comeback, they urgently need players other than Brown and Hu Jinqiu to step up. Otherwise, their championship defense is doomed to fail.