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NBA Veteran Evan Fournier Ejected From Greek League Finals For Obscene Gesture Toward Fans
- Former NBA guard Evan Fournier was thrown out during the third contest of the Greek league championship series on Friday at OAKA Arena after he directed offensive gestures at Panathinaikos supporters.
- The ejection followed tensions from earlier fouls and fan heckling, continuing a series marked by prior physical altercations and ejections involving coaches and players.
- Fournier scored 15 points in 23:38 before leaving the game, as Olympiacos secured a 99-88 victory to take the series lead three games to one in their contest against Panathinaikos.
- In response to Fournier's three obscene gestures, a fan threw a promotional panel onto the playing surface, briefly halting the game and leading to the subsequent ejections of Panathinaikos coach Ergin Ataman and player Kendrick Nunn.
- With Game 4 scheduled for Sunday as a potential season decider, Greek authorities demand guarantees to end the violence amid threats to cancel the championship and possible legal actions against Fournier.
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Former NBA Player Evan Fournier Ejected From Game in Greece for NSFW Gesture at Fans
Former NBA player Evan Fournier was ejected from Game 3 of the Greek basketball league finals on Friday after chaos erupted following an obscene gesture he made toward the crowd in Greece.
NBA Veteran Evan Fournier Ejected From Greek League Finals For Obscene Gesture Toward Fans
After a successful 12-year NBA career, French guard Evan Fournier is now playing out the back end of his basketball career overseas for Greek club Olympiacos. On Friday, Fournier got a taste of just how seriously the Greeks take their basketball after he was ejected from Game 3 of the league’s finals for making an obscene gesture toward fans. The incident occurred in the third quarter of the game against rival Panathinaikos. The game, which was …
In Game 3 of the Greek championship final against Panathinaikos, Frenchman Evan Fournier was expelled following an obscene gesture in an already tense encounter.
The controversial phase occurred in the fourth period of the match, with the referees sending off the Olympiacos player, following the tension and the unsportsmanlike foul that Nan had committed against him, a little earlier.
Olympiakos won the third game of the series 99:88 on the away field in Athens, and thus took a 2:1 lead in the Greek league playoff final.
In the third match of the Greek Basketball League final series, Olympiakos defeated its arch-rival Panathinaikos in the tough OAKA away game and took a 2-1 lead in the series. However, the events that took place after the match took precedence over the sporting rivalry. Panathinaikos Head Coach Ergin Ataman lashed out at the Olympiakos front and especially the club's general manager Nikos Lepeniotis. The experienced coach, who published a state…
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