Badalona’s wrath in this referee’s ‘help’ to Valencia

The use of instant replay by the referees, especially in the final two minutes, has not put an end to the controversy and conflict associated with their decisions. Valuation errors still exist and it is not always possible to fix them. Another thing is that there is evidence that violations are detected and go unpunished.

It happened in the controversial final minutes Valencia Basket Joventut This Sunday, they scored a 101-97 win for “Taronja” in extra time. In normal last action, Peña For 96-97, Valencia The basket has possession and it takes 23 seconds to score and win the game.Valencia’s Cuban center for at least his nine seconds in that attack Jaciel Libero (finally MVP of the day) stayed in the zone, well over the 3 seconds allowed.

So far “all is right” with the leniency that the referee usually has for this infraction. Javier TorresThe closest to the action is at some point Libero Finally, after this interaction, Cubans are out of the zone.

Rule 26 Fiba A 3 second violation that prevents a player from staying in that zone while the team is in control of a live ball is very clear. It establishes several criteria for admissibility: Whenever a player attempts to leave an area, he or a teammate is shooting or dribbling to shoot the basket, he is allowed to enter the area. The Libero has not been in any of these situations for nine seconds and, moreover, with the ‘help’ of the referee, he probably left the scene.

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For 3 seconds in the zone, there is no tolerance for frivolity or non-utilization. Therefore, a player’s persistence in that space must be penalized as an offense.

Subsequent behavior was accompanied by many attempts to touch and stroke Dubrjevic solved by shortage Ante Tomic on the horn. On an instant replay, the referee recognized the existence of this shooting foul and led Montenegro to the free throw line. He scored one of two shots to force additional time in which Valencia went on to win.

“I’ve had a different experience than a lot of people in the arena, but I have nothing to say about arbitration. I don’t want to talk about it,” he said. Carlos Duran At the post-match press conference when asked about the action.

The fact is that there was resentment of players and coaches during the game Joventut It was evident in their faces, but it became more evident not only because of their actions, but in later iterations, causing all sorts of comments on social networks by many fans. Tomic and later do you live When a 3-for-1 throwing action is allowed in the last action of extra time Jones Almost from midfield, they left the black and green team with a sense of injustice, beyond their own mistakes.