Time for a change: EuroLeague's issue with coach's challenges and instant replays / News - Basketnews.com

In the 2022-23 season, coaches submitted challenges at a rate of 0.7 per game. Presently, this rate has surged to 1.8 challenges per EuroLeague game.

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The EuroLeague games are taking too long, and that has to change. This perspective has solidified after personally attending two live games that failed to align with the anticipated standard of a captivating and entertaining basketball experience.

The dynamic game of basketball that we all love eventually has transformed into a prolonged 2-hour event, with the actual gameplay taking only one-third of the entire program.

A notable instance occurred in Kaunas during a double-round week, where a 26-point blowout took nearly two hours, fromTibor Pleisswinning the jump ball to Zalgiris' final whistle, resulting in a 96-70 victory.

Former Anadolu Efes' head coach,Erdem Can, threw the red flag just 2 minutes and 24 seconds into the game, and his decision was entirely justified. The referees overturned the call in favor of Efes, but the ensuing video review consumed 1 minute and 52 seconds – almost equivalent to the duration of two timeouts combined.

Not to mention, a 9-point Partizan win over Zalgiris turned into

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