Two clubs have been kicked out of China's basketball league amid suspicions of match-fixing. The ruling came after the Chinese Basketball Association judged the Jiangsu Dragons and Shanghai Sharks engaged in unsportsmanlike conduct during a playoff series last week.
They will also be suspended from this year's regular season, fined the equivalent of $5 million, and have their managers and coaching staff barred from the league for up to five years.
Fan and media attention was drawn to a last-minute, come-from-behind win by Shanghai following a series of turnovers in the last of their three games to reach the quarterfinals.
In Friday's Game 3 of the first round of the playoffs, the Jiangsu Dragons led the Shanghai Sharks 100-96 with 1 minute, 36 seconds left to play.