Virtus Bologna’s victory against Brescia earned them the record in the LBA. But immediately after the end of the match, controversy broke out in the Germani household over the refereeing. Tuttosport talks about a “very bad refereeing“: “In the third quarter there were real boulders from the coach to Christon (fourth foul, after yet another foul in attack) and then Gabriel’s fifth, plus one from the bench to enrich the concert of disciplinary whistles: refereeing very badly rejected, on this there is little doubt.”
Speaking of refs, coach Alessandro Magro he said “we have to work harder and not let the referees get nervous because we can’t control them”, while CJ Massinburg he added: “Aside from a few doubtful whistles, I am inclined not to place the responsibility for this defeat on the referees. Of course in some cases they penalized us, but it also happened to the opponent. I think we are the ones who need to mature under certain wait.” He is not of the same opinion Semaj Christon: according to Il Giornale di Brescia the point guard published a story on Instagram, then deleted, with the writing: “I know you want certain teams to win, but playing eight against five is truly madness.”
