“There were 57 seconds left on the clock, Maccabi Tel Aviv player Josh Nebo grabbed an offensive rebound after Antonius Cleveland’s missed shot. Nebo, with the ball in his hands, runs towards the corner and throws the ball towards Panathinaikos player Mathias Lessort. It deflects off him, and the decision was made that the ball belonged to Maccabi Tel Aviv. After a detailed review of all the footage, there is no conclusive evidence that Josh Nebo stepped on the line because there is a possibility that his heel was raised, and there is no other camera angle.”
Then they addressed the controversial finish of the Olympiacos-Barcelona game. Olympiacos was disadvantaged because when the ball was inbounded, five seconds had passed.
“With 16.3 seconds left on the clock, player Tomas Satoransky had the ball in his hands for more than the allowed five seconds for inbound play. The referees should have called the five second violation and awarded the ball to Olympiacos.”
At the end, there was also talk about Filip Petrusev’s foul on Jabari Parker 0.5 seconds before the end of overtime. EuroLeague stated that it was a good decision by the referees. That would probably not happen if the referees had called the five second violation in regulation.
“One second remained on the clock. Defensive player Filip Petrušev made contact with his left hand as player Jabari Parker was going for a shot. The referees called a foul. This is a good decision.”