Ergin Ataman ejected with two technicals in Greek league game / News - Basketnews.com

Ergin Ataman received two technical fouls and got ejected from Panathinaikos' game against PAOK for the Greek playoffs.

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Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens' Game 2 against PAOK for the Greek league playoff quarter-finals was reaching its final stage as less than seven minutes were remaining, when Ergin Ataman became furious at the decision of the referees not to call an unsportsmanlike foul in favor of Marius Grigonis.

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The Turkish coach accepted the referees' decision and went to the locker room after the game officials called a foul on PAOK's Justin Alston. The fans reacted, the referees interrupted the match, and consulted the video review.

Ataman erupted in the second quarter on a similar occasion, when the referees didn't call an unsportsmanlike foul on Alston, after the American big man grabbed Ioannis Papapetrou's hand.

Panathinaikos lead the series 1-0 and need one more win to qualify for the playoff semis. Game 2 will be decided in overtime, as Mathias Lessort stopped Kevin Porter Jr's last-second attempt in the end of regulation.

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