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Nikola Mirotic hit a crazy buzzer-beater against Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade on December 30th to force overtime that should not have been counted due to an out-of-bounds violation.

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According to Mozzart Sport, the Estonian referee Aare Halliko who did not notice that Mirotic stepped on the sideline has been suspended for 4 games.

With 3 seconds to go on the game clock, Mirotic received the ball down by three. The Montenegrin forward faked out Filip Petrusev and hit a clutch triple to tie the game. However, Mirotic stepped on the sideline before he took the shot. The EuroLeague later released a statement, admitting that a mistake was made.

"As he received the ball, Nikola Mirotic stepped on the sideline and committed an out-of-bounds violation that should have resulted in possession of the ball being awarded to Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade with 3.3 seconds remaining on the game clock," the league's statement read.

One of the local journalists caught Mirotic after the game and explained the situation to him. The player was shocked.

"Seriously? I didn't know. That's new information for me. You see what the referees are like... How come they don't whistle? I'm shocked, honestly," Mirotic told. "These things shouldn't happen, given that we have so many cameras and systems for monitoring events on the court. I have no doubts about what is being said, I believe I stepped on the line but I didn't know it until now."

Barcelona ended up winning the game after overtime.

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