pepe1991 wrote:UcanUwill wrote:Funny thing about Lithuanian game currently, I am pretty sure NBA ref number 50 (I believe), Gediminas Petraitis, is reffing the game. He also expected to ref in the tournament... We always complained about NBA and FIBA reffing level, and here it is
My personal biggest issue with NBA officiating is how uneven it is. You have stars doing seven step layups and than out of thin air some random role player is being called for travel for doing like half of extra step.
And ball carry and "eurostep" that is excuse to make 5 steps in nba is just on whole different level.
Whole gather step is out of hands. You have people "gathering" for 3rd time in same dribbling
Reffing in todays game was pretty damn good, Lithuanian refs are often prone to make homecooking calls, but Petraitis in particular made some good calls that went against Lithuania. Tho reffing level in Eurobasekt expected to be lower just cause high ranked European and Euroleague ref, Gytis Vilius, was head referee today, and those top level European refs that have Euroleague job, aren't reffing in FIBA tournaments.
Mamu impressed for Georgia, I though Goga was pretty pedestrian tho, if I didn't know who he was, he wouldn't have stuck in my memory. Lithuania has classic problem of not having back up playmaker, when Jokubaitis sits, game level drops. Velička tho had his moments at the end of game.
Israel will pretty convincingly beat Greece.
Another game happens tonight, that I haven't mentioned. Portugal will play Argentina.
