The Fener-Olympiakos referee had also wronged Panathinaikos

The arbitration in Euroleague presents several problems this year as well. After the complaints of Panathinaikos, he also came Olympiacos to be officially installed for yesterday’s match against Fenerbahce (79-77) and the last phase of the match, for no foul on Nigel Williams-Goss. Of course, this is not the only basis that the “red and whites” are complaining about, but it is certainly the most decisive one, since the American could have won two shots to send the match to extra five minutes.

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The referee who had the best visual contact with the phase was Uros Nikolics, however the Serb did not charge the offense. This referee was last week excluded from the EuroLeague, along with Robert Lottermoser. Although nothing relevant was announced, it is said that their absence from the definitions was due to the mistakes they made in the Panathinaikos-Maccabi match (81-86), where the “greens” protested for many phases. Among them, the foul attributed to Lessor against Sorkin in a rebound claim or for Nimbo’s push on Mitoglou before the follow-up that sent the match into overtime.

It is noted that Nikolic had… occupied him Panathinaikos and last season, when on January 11th he had lost 94-88 in OAKA to Fenerbahce in overtime. At that time, the “greens” had sent a letter of protest to the EuroLeague for the refereeing of the match, mainly for the phase in the 5” before the end of regular time, when with the score at 78-78, Devin Booker made flagrant foul on Mateus Ponitka, but the referees didn’t count it and after seeing the ball come out of the Pole’s hands on Instant Replay, they changed possession. In the trio of that match was not only Nikolic, but also Lottermoser.

Watch the disputed phase: