Give Me Control: Crucial no-call in Greek derby and unusual Moustapha Fall's habit

2025-03-16 09:02

Give Me Control returns after a short break and deep dives at some of the more interesting officiating plays in the Greek derby.

Credit: David Grau/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images, Pau Barrena/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images

Credit David Grau/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images, Pau Barrena/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images

Olympiacos Piraeus

76:74

Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens

Panathinaikos head coach Ergin Ataman had a lot to say about the officiating in last night's Round 29 Greek derby, which Olympiacos won 76-74.

Ataman often complains about officiating after losses, but he may also have a point. And what about Olympiacos head coach Georgios Bartzokas? Might he have some complaints, too?

Give Me Control returns after a short break and deep dives at some of the more interesting officiating plays in yet another exciting Greek derby.

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nmelas14259

"The trick is, of course, is to not get yourself down by 19 points with 3:38 left in the 3rd quarter and then have to claw your way back in order to try and win – and then to complain about the referees when your efforts fall short"

This comment has nothing to do with the officiating. When a team is down by 19, means that either the opponent is very good, or the team is not playing well, maybe both.

And vice versa when this team manage to be down by 2, also means that the players improved their performance, or the opponent is not playing well, or of course both.

So how does this affects the way the refs should perform? I really don't get it.

From your analysis is crystal clear the officiating level was not good enough for this game, and the crucial calls, or non calls in the crunch time are all against one team. So I guess this team's coach has the right to express his opinion as a fact and not as an excuse.

2025-03-17

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Flex Offense

I don't get the last comment and its use. What does it have to do with officiating?

Is "playing bad for 30 min" an argument for the refs to call incorrectly?

2025-03-17

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Stamatis

The foul criteria also affect the game development. Overall the referees should not become a factor of the game. If they have no visibility and yet interfere it can raise suspincions about the intentions.

I would also suggest that requesting that the teams should perform better in order to not be affected by bad ref decisions are unfortunate. Teams's bad performance has an impact on themselves. The question is is there one for refs bad performance?

There are more cases that were not mentioned and allowed the 19 pts spread before even the last minutes.

In my opininon, in the Mitoglou-Fournier play mentioned, the foul is made by Fournier with leg and knee prior to the shot, but whether this is called depends on the game criteria.

It is mentioned that Fall's double travelling wasnt visible in the camera in real time, however the players and coach quickly protested about it. There are 3 refs and the baseline ref should have a clear view. Unfortunately, we don't have challenges for these cases.

We never saw in IR whether Fournier's hand is in contact with Sloukas's on the last play, although for sure there is body contact getting in the shooter's cylinder during Sloukas's landing.

Vezenkov floats on the corner three flopping to win the +1 and he does.

Fall gets in Grant's cylinder and makes him lose his balance before blocking his layup. Nunn is called for 3 easy fould and becomes a non-factor for the game. Bartzokas enters the court to stop an easy basket on ther transition and doesnt get a Technical.

Different criteria in the officiating and game management errors are the issues not singular mistakes.

2025-03-16

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