Sole against Riga ruined the BCL with a missed shot that counted and was canceled after the game, causing the game to end instead of going to extra time

Sole’s game against Riga (the French won 74-73) in the second game of the Basketball Champions League will go down in history as the game that went to overtime, but… it didn’t go to overtime. As strange as it may sound, it is true, because a mistake by the secretariat caused chaos in the game and it took a clarification from FIBA ​​after the game for the world to understand what had happened.

The two teams fought for victory until the end of the game, with the score tied 74:74 at the end of the fourth period and preparations for overtime. Instead, the additional five minutes were never played. The reason; In the 4th period of the game (34th minute), the secretariat incorrectly assessed a missed shot by Eliza Clarence from Riga as correct.

However, after the game and after about 20 minutes of deliberation, the referees, amid protests from the Latvians, decided to cancel Riga’s point and give Sole the win!

FIBA ​​made all of this clear with its post-game announcement. Why was the game finally secured in Riga? The announcement emphasizes that “Article 48.3 states that if there is an error in the scoring and it is recognized after the match – and before the referees sign the score sheet – the error will be corrected, even if the correction has an impact on the final result. .