Tension prevailed shortly before the finale of the match between Near St and him Corivo Amaliadas for the 9th matchday of the Elite League.
Specifically, 13 seconds before the end, the referees left the court bound for the changing rooms, after tension was caused in the stands by friends of the home team, many of whom tried to enter the pitch.
It all started when at 24” before the end and with the score at 72-73, Near East won a foul and Delgas made it 74-73 with shots, however after challenge away team’s long overtime, the referees ruled that another player had taken the shots, disallowing the shots and charging Near East with a technical penalty.
After the shots and with the score at 72-76, there was a lot of tension behind the Korivos bench, resulting in a brief stoppage.
In the end, the game started at least 20 minutes late, with the visitors celebrating the victory with final 77-72moving up to 6th in the standings with a 6-3 record, as Near East fell to 2-7.
Detailed results and schedule of the ninth competition:
Saturday, November 16
Proteas Voulas-Hermis Schimatariou 109-94
Doxa Lefkada-Esperos Lamia 84-74
Iraklis-Trikala Basket 84-61
Psychic-Panerythraic 95-85
Eleftheroupoli-Papagou 88-96 (q.a. 80-80)
AO Mykonos-HANTH 81-66
Vikos Falcons-NE Megaridos 73-77
Sunday, November 17
17:00 Near East-Koroivos Amaliadas 72-77
Next matchday (10th)
Saturday, November 23
16:00 Korivos Amaliadas-Iraklis (TV from Action 24)
16:30 Esperos Lamia-AO Mykonos (Snapshots from Action 24-Online from the EEC Channel)
16:30 Papagou-NE Megaridos (Snapshots from Action 24-Online from the EEC Channel)
17:00 Psychiko-Vikos Falcons (Online from the EEC Channel)
17:00 Pan-Erythraikos-Near East (Online from EEC Channel)
17:00 Trikala Basket-Proteas Voulas (Online from the EEC Channel)
17:00 CHANTH-Eleftheroupoli (Online from the EEC Channel)
Sunday, November 24
17:00 Hermis Schimatariou-Doxa Lefkada (Online from the EEC Channel)
Source: Sport Fm
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