Greece's government condemns basketball team's walkout
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government has condemned a walkout by the basketball club Olympiakos during a Greek Cup semifinal game against rival Panathinaikos following complaints over the refereeing.
Olympiakos forfeited the game at Olympic Stadium in Athens on Wednesday, leaving at halftime and trailing 40-25. A spokesman for the team said he was “disgusted” with the quality of the refereeing.
The action handed Panathinaikos and American coach Rick Pitino a place in Sunday’s cup final against PAOK in Crete.
Giorgos Vassiliadis, the deputy minister for sport, described the game as a “blow to the sport” but said he could not interfere with the referee selection process.
Pitino tweeted after the incident, “Well, in 42 years of coaching, I thought I had seen it all.”
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