Bartzokas accuses Partizan assistant of cursing at them; says fan pushed him

2024-11-28T23:26:16+00:00 2024-11-29T01:46:02+00:00.

Antonis Stroggylakis

28/Nov/24 23:26

Eurohoops.net
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There was quite the tension in the finale of Partizan – Olympiacos

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Olympiacos Piraeus coach Giorgos Bartzokas accused one of Partizan Belgrade’s assistant coaches of cursing at the Reds’ bench during the game. He also mentioned that a Partizan fan entered the court after the final buzzer and pushed him.

“The assistant coach of Zeljko – I don’t know his name – was cursing at us from the bench the whole game. I exchanged some words with him and then Tyrique Jones attacked me,” Bartzokas said in the post-game presser when asked about what happened between him and Partizan center Tyrique Jones right after the end of the match. The camera showed Bartzokas exchanging some words with some Partizan personnel and then Jones moving aggressively towards the Greek coach.

The two of them had a small verbal altercation before players from both teams intervened to calm things down. According to videos that were presented in Serbian media, before that Bartzokas had a verbal spat with the assistant coaches of Zeljko Obradovic and apparently pushed Vladimir Androic.

However, a Partizan fan was also involved in the whole tension.

“One fan from the stands came down and pushed me,” added Bartzokas. Olympiacos tweeted a photo of the fan, alleging that he made it to the center of the court and attacked the Greek coach.

They also mentioned that they notified the game officials and the EuroLeague of the incident.

Partizan beat Olympiacos 78 – 70, handing them their first loss following six straight EuroLeague wins. Bartzokas’ players were up even by 14 points and were leading 53 – 60 early in the fourth quarter but then the Serbian team made a 19 – 3 run to take the win.

“Congratulations to Partizan. They played 40 minutes fighting for the game,” Bartzokas commented. “They took advantage of some problems we had during the game in our execution. We were up 7 points and we didn’t manage it to win the game. Just not turning the ball over, sharing the ball, and having a better selection in our execution. Of course, we had problems because we didn’t have Moses Wright and Sasha Vezenkov on our frontline. Evan Fournier was sick and questionable to play. I don’t think these are excuses – we controlled the game and pace but we needed 40 minutes of consistency. We didn’t have that.”

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