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Monaco players blame referees after loss to Partizan: 'It's a shame'
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Monaco players emphasized the supposedly uncalled 8-second violation before the unsportsmanlike foul by Motiejunas.

The center called it an embarrassment for the league and a shame.

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade defeated AS Monaco after overtime on Tuesday.

However, the referees caught the most attention from the visiting players after the game.

Player of the Game EFF25 James Nunnally Points 23 Accuracy 7-11 Rebounds 5 Assists 2 Namely, Monaco players were angry about the call during the last minute of the overtime, where Donatas Motiejunas was awarded an unsportsmanlike foul with 9.

8 seconds left on the clock.

Multiple players from the team went to social media to express their displeasure with the call.

They argue that there was an eight-second violation before the foul could have even been committed.

Zach LeDay rebounded the ball with around 20.

5 seconds left on the clock, and PJ Dozier still had the ball in his hands in the backcourt with around 12 seconds remaining before passing it to Alen Smailagic, which would constitute an uncalled eight-second violation.

The episode in question:Motiejunas, who complained about a non-call during the previous possession when he missed a layup, directly confronted the referees in a post-game interview with SKWEEK.

"We went five against eight, I just said it.

I mean, I don't know.

It's embarrassing for [the] EuroLeague.

What happened right now, it's embarrassing for the EuroLeague.

Never in my career [do] I talk about refs or their bad decisions, but this was one after another,' the Lithuanian center said.

"We just had a home game where there was a similar situation - we reported eight situations, six out of them were mistakes.

I'm curious [about] this end right now [and] what it will show," he continued.

"It's a shame for the tournament.

That type of officiating is a shame for the tournament.

"Motiejunas later added a remark on his Instagram account.

"Someone needs to rewatch this game.

A LOT of one-way calls during the last few possessions of this game," he wrote.

Jaron Blossomgame, Matthew Strazel, John Brown III, and Alpha Diallo joined Motiejunas on social media, emphasizing refereeing.

"Can't win five against eight," Diallo wrote.

"Sometimes you just can't win in Belgrade," Strazel added.

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