A pitched battle forces Madrid-Partizan to be suspended

Tremendous brawl at the Wizink Center in front of 10,267 spectators between the players of Real Madrid and Partizan Belgrade in the second game of the Euroleague basketball playoffs.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
27 April 2023 Thursday 15:24
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A pitched battle forces Madrid-Partizan to be suspended

Tremendous brawl at the Wizink Center in front of 10,267 spectators between the players of Real Madrid and Partizan Belgrade in the second game of the Euroleague basketball playoffs.

The referees stopped the game time at one minute and forty seconds from the end, when players from both teams pushed and hit each other in the center of the court. It all started with an unsportsmanlike foul by Sergio Llull on Kevin Punter. After this action, the sad image is unleashed on the field of the white fiefdom. In the images, Yabusele is seen throwing Exum to the ground and Punter hitting Musa in the face. Among the brawl there are many players involved: Llull, Punter, Exum, Lessott, Deck, Musa, Hezonja and Yabusele.

After reviewing the images for more than ten minutes and arbitration deliberation, together with a conclave between them and the coaches -Obradovic and Chus Mateo- the main referee Radovic decided to end the match with one minute and forty seconds to go. fight that has taken place on the track and with the result with defeat of the white team by 80 to 95 points.

It is an unprecedented decision, in which the competent authorities of the competition itself will have to take action. It will be necessary to see if the possible expulsions affect the next clash on Tuesday in Belgrade with an adverse result (0-2).

Real Madrid lost again the second game of the playoff and things were complicated in the competition ahead of qualifying for the final four at the Zalgirio Arena (Kaunas, Lithuania).