EuroLeague admits crucial officiating mistake in a narrow Partizan win / News - Basketnews.com

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Following speculation surrounding a play towards the end of the fourth quarter during the Partizan NIS Belgrade-Slask Wroclaw game played on December 15, 2021 in Round 7 of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season, Euroleague Basketball's clarified the situation.

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In the fourth quarter, with 0:05 left on the game clock, the ball was inbounded by Ivan Ramljak of Slask Wroclaw.

The ball was passed to Lukasz Kolenda of Slask Wroclaw, who drove to the basket and made contact with Zach LeDay of Partizan NIS Belgrade, after which the ball went out of bounds.

The officiating crew judged the ball to have gone out of bounds from a Slask Wroclaw player, and possession of the ball on the end line was awarded to Partizan NIS Belgrade.

The contact with Zach LeDay of Partizan NIS Belgrade occurred while he was inside the defensive semi-circle and while Lukasz Kolenda of Slask Wroclaw was airborne and in the act of shooting.

Therefore, a defensive foul should have been called on Zach LeDay with two shots awarded to Lukasz Kolenda.

Partizan won the game 75-73 after Nemanja Dangubic's points at the very end.

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