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Piotr Pastusiak got hit in the mouth and lost his tooth following a jump ball in the Umana Reyer-Lietkabelis game.

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In the 7DAYS EuroCup match between Lietkabelis Panevezys and Umana Reyer Venice, Polish referee Piotr Pastusiak got hit in the mouth and lost his tooth following a jump ball.

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Umana Reyer's big man Mitchell Watt accidentally elbowed the game official, while jumping for the opening ball.

The match was immediately stopped. A couple of minutes later, Pastusiak recovered after the hit and the game continued in the usual way, with three referees on the court.

Kristaps Konstantinovs and Nick van den Broeck are the other two officials on the crew.

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