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Head coaches Georgios Bartzokas and Luca Banchi of Olympiacos Piraeus and Virtus Segafredo Bologna, respectively, received fines for actions in Round 30.

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Olympiacos Piraeus head coach Georgios Bartzokas and Virtus Segafredo Bologna head coach Luca Banchi were handed out fines for their conduct in Round 30 of the EuroLeague.

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According to an announcement by the EuroLeague, the two coaches were sanctioned "for the lack of respect towards a member of the officiating crew."

Bartzokas received a€2,000 fine, while Banchi received a€1,000 fine.

Both Bartzokas and Banchi were given two technical fouls and ejected in the fourth quarter of their teams' losses to Anadolu Efes Istanbul and Zalgiris Kaunas, respectively.

While the Olympiacos head coach came down on referee Alberto Baena at the end of the fourth quarter, Banchi was ejected at the beginning of the last period following persistent objections to head referee Sreten Radovic.

Full EuroLeague statement:

Luca Banchi, Head Coach of Virtus Segafredo Bologna has been sanctioned with a fine of €1,000, for the lack of respect towards a member of the officiating crew, on occasion of its away game against Zalgiris Kaunas, under Article 27.2.b) of the Euroleague Basketball Disciplinary Code, Georgios Bartzokas, Head Coach of Olympiacos Piraeus has been sanctioned with a fine of €2,000, for the lack of respect towards a member of the officiating crew, on occasion of its away game against Anadolu Efes Istanbul under Article 27.2.b) of the Euroleague Basketball Disciplinary Code. Like what we are doing? You can express your gratitude here.