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A meeting of the LKL Disciplinary Commission was called on Monday to discuss the issue of the protest presented by Juventus.
The Disciplinary Committee ruled that in the Betsafe-LKL championship match between the Rytas and Juventus teams, 4 seconds before the end of the 4th quarter, the referee had been wrong in his assessment of the situation. During it, no foul was recorded by “Rytas” defender A. Marčiulionis against B. Crawford, who attacked from the 3-point zone. After this attack, the home team won 88:86.
According to LKL, this error is likely to affect the final result of the match.
In accordance with Regulation LKL 70.2.1. due to unskilled duties of the head of this party. Judge Artūras Šukis has been assigned a month and a half. disqualification in a Betsafe-LKL championship match. The referee for this match, Mindaugas Večerskis, who may have noticed this contact and recorded the violation, but did not, received a 2-week disqualification in the Betsafe-LKL championship match.
“On behalf of the Lithuanian Basketball League, we regret and apologize for the error made by the referees, which significantly violated the ability of the Utena Juventus team to win the aforementioned match and could have affected the final result of the match,” he added . says the LKL report.
