Head coach Guo Shiqiang of Guangzhou Loong Lions reacts during the 4th round match between Zhejiang Lions and Guangzhou Loong Lions at the 2021-2022 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang province, Oct 24, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) has slapped Guangzhou Loong Lions head coach Guo Shiqiang with a five-game suspension after his controversial behavior led to an interruption of a CBA game on Sunday.

Thinking that Jilin's Dai Huaibo should have been given traveling violation before the foul took place, Guangzhou Loong Lions head coach Guo Shiqiang blamed the referees, also refusing to make substitutions as ruled

Guangzhou trailed the Jilin Northeast Tigers at 94-93 with 8.5 seconds to play, when Zhu Mingzhen was whistled his sixth personal foul, giving Jilin's Cui Jinming a pair of free throws.

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But thinking that Jilin's Dai Huaibo should have been given traveling violation before the foul took place, Guo blamed the referees, also refusing to make substitutions as ruled. He fielded another player onto the court around five minutes later.

In Monday's announcement, the league's ruling body said that Guo's behavior was a severe disturbance toward the game, thus banning Guo five matches and fining him 20,000 RMB ($3,126).

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After the game resumed, Cui missed both free throws. Chen Yingjun made a driving layup with 1.8 seconds remaining and helped Guangzhou escape with a 95-94 victory in a dramatic finish.

Guangzhou sits fifth among 20 outfits with a win-loss record of 5-2.