Fight overshadows Serbian basketball final : Partizan vs Hemofarm
Video News : A massive fight erupted in the Serbian basketball league final where players from both Partizan Belgrade and Hemofarm threw punches at each other.
Video : Partizan vs Hemofarm fight during finals game 2
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The best of five series which Partizan Belgrade leads 2-0 after Wednesday’s game was marred by the massive brawl which erupted towards the end played in Vrsac.
Hemofarm, in the absence of center Boban Marjanovic went 78-77 ahead of Partizan when all hell broke out with several players throwing punches and kicks at each other while several other players were seen trying to stop the fight.
The video of the fight which has since gone viral on many Video sharing websites including Youtube has shown that the whole incident started after a squabble between Partizan’s Australia international Aleks Maric and Hemofarm’s Rasko Katic.
As Partizan’s Lawrence Roberts through a three pointer a battle ensued to get the ball under the board in case of a rebound but at that moment both Maric and Katic fell to the ground after losing their balance but Maric was seen throwing a punch.
Maric then got up and was seen confronting Katic about the incident though it was he who seemed to have started the whole thing.
Katic also stood up and that is when all hell broke loose with many payers getting involved in the scuffle.
Many of the players ended up with bruises in the face, bleeding noses and mouth.
Police had to intervene with the fans that had also become violent due to the incident. According to officials several supporters were detained.
The game however was hugely marred as 18 players; nine from each team, were ejected from the game causing the final moments to be played with three men aside.
Aultimatly Partizan was the winning side edging past Hemofarm 86-81.
Hemofarm coach Zeljko Lukajic after the game spoke of his shock and shame regarding the incident. Lukajic said “I have nothing to say, what has happened is shameful! They will fill these unpleasant images on YouTube. Now there will be speculation as to who is to blame, who first started it but really, we are all wrong!”
“This should not be happening. I think the smart people need to sit down after such things, think things through and start working so that this will never happen again.”
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