By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Panathinaikos’ appeal against the loss to Paris (84-80) in the third round of the EuroLeague in Paris was rejected, as officially reported.
Panathinaikos had filed an appeal concerning the sequence in which Ergin Ataman was assessed a technical foul for protesting in the 37th minute, followed immediately by Kendrick Nunn’s unsportsmanlike foul on Léo Cavalière, claiming that the referees’ initial decision should have annulled the second one.
The EuroLeague rules that apply to this situation are as follows:
Article 36: Technical foul
36.2 Definition
36.2.1 A technical foul is a player’s non-contact foul of a behavioral nature including, but not limited to:
• Disrespectfully dealing and/or communicating with the referees, the commissioner (if present), the table officials, the opponents, or persons permitted to sit on the team benches.
When the technical foul is called, the ball becomes dead as per rule 10.3 (Status of the ball), as the referee blows his whistle while the ball is live.
Article 10: Status of the ball
[…]10.3 The ball becomes dead when:
• […] A referee blows the whistle while the ball is live.
Article 37: Unsportsmanlike foul
37.1 Definition
37.1.1 An unsportsmanlike foul is a player’s contact that is:
• Excessive, hard contact caused by a player in an effort to play the ball or an opponent.
In this sense, according to Article 32.1.3 (Fouls):
Article 32: Fouls
32.1.3 If a foul is committed after the ball has become dead when […]
• An infraction is committed,
It shall be disregarded unless it is a technical, unsportsmanlike, or disqualifying foul.
Article 43: Free throws
43.2 Rule
43.2.1 When a personal, unsportsmanlike, or disqualifying contact foul is committed, the free throw(s) shall be awarded as follows:
• […] If the player must leave the game due to injury, having committed 5 fouls or having been disqualified, the substitute shall attempt the free throw(s).
The game is then resumed from the throw-in line in the frontcourt, with 14 seconds on the shot clock.