rusher said:Say it to Barons and Ventspils fans after their games against Siauliai at home when both teams had to win the games comfortably and were leading by +7 to +10 but lost in the last seconds with -1. Some said after that game that Latvian referees help everybody except Latvian clubs. Of course, Estonians have the right to say otherwise after such a game like Barons- Kalev.
rusher said:I can't say bad things about Estonian referees, the worst ones are in Lithuania as Latvians think (not about the professionalism of them but somehow playing in Klaipeda or Siauliai you get either unexplainable offensive fouls (this year Siaulia at home vs Valmiera) or you shoot 15 free throws when your opposition sth like 40 (some years ago important overtime game in Klaipeda vs Valmiera when at the end Valmiera won it and Vairogs scored I think little over 40 or sth in the process) .
LuDux said:Neptunas shot 58 ft's while Valmiera 39. In Valmiera host won by 15 points but Neptunas shot 12 more ft's (32:20) so it could be difference in style
Vairogs scored 33 points including long 2point buzzer-beater to win the game
C-ka said:Is that our refs are the worst, or our teams the best?..![]()
Seriously (and I'm not saying I wasn't serious with my first statement), as there are more experienced referees in Lithuania, I'm sure they aren't any worse than LV or EE, also considering the overall basketball level in the countries. I don't believe in the bias either. I don't believe referees would be supporting Siauliai, while most of them everywhere are tend to help smaller teams when playing against Zalgiris or Rytas.
BTW, Some very enthuasiastic voices are coming from braliukas Latvia.nothing bad about that though, you have to believe, only humbleness is what I miss from my point of view here...
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And well the newest UEFA releases about corruption in European football reveals that our cold Estonian brothers are right there among the other two beloved neighbours, considered as suspiciuos countries.
If this action was included to the report link is heading to, then it looked like Okorn was showing pointing finger, not the middle one. But his actions surely had to be awarded with the ejection.Demarr said:Ventspils coach Gasper Okorn was ejected from the field and sent to the locker room because he showed middle finger to one of the referee's (?).
http://213.35.156.10/etv/14122007_korvpall_turock.wmv
sashikas said:If this action was included to the report link is heading to, then it looked like Okorn was showing pointing finger, not the middle one. But his actions surely had to be awarded with the ejection.
Rytas beats Neptūnas by almost 40 point margin. It is notable, that Vilnius' team was playing with their second string players mostly. Neptūnas surely is a huge disappointment this season. I kinda hoped, that after the one they had last year they will become at least a good bronze medal contender in Lithuanian championship.
Žalgiris beats Barons also with quite a large margin and resting their main players 93:66.
C-ka said:Zalgiris lost @ Venspils 70-77
DC Collins, Marcus Brown, Micheal Bradley and Eurelijus Zukauskas all didn't play, while Motiejunas got injured in the first quarter so Zalgiris had no center at all for the rest of the game. And yet Zalgiris played too relaxed (as if it was a friendly game) except only last minutes, when they just didn't have the luck on offense while seemed tired and slow in defense. Also the same short squad had a game a day before.
Of course it's not so nice to lose to a Latvian team, anyway it doesn't change pretty much anything while the result is quite fair considering the circumstances.![]()