In the latest Give Me Control column, Todd Warnick breaks down the five fouls called on Nunn, and he also takes a full dive into the overall consistency and some inconsistencies on other plays in this game.

Credit: Vangelis Stolis
Credit Vangelis Stolis

During and after their 2025 Final Four semifinal loss to Fenerbahce, 82-76, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens expressed some unhappiness, to say the least, with the officiating. 

As covered by BasketNews, Panathinaikos owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos aggressively confronted the referees at halftime of the Panathinaikos-Fenerbahce semifinal game.

Meanwhile, after the game, EuroLeague MVP Kendrick Nunn criticized the referees for some "bull**it calls" and expressed astonishment that he fouled out of the game. 

In this Give Me Control column, BasketNews referee consultant Todd Warnick breaks down the five fouls called on Nunn, and he also takes a full dive into the overall consistency and some inconsistencies on other plays in this game. 

Todd also breaks down the biggest officiating error of the game, which was made in favor of


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Todd Warnick
Todd Warnick
Referee Consultant
Todd Warnick is a referee consultant for BasketNews. He refereed for many years at the top levels of Israeli and international basketball. After his retirement, he consulted, coached, mentored, and evaluated referees on behalf of the officiating departments of the Euroleague, FIBA, and Israel.
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I love these analyses! I presume that all readers of this page will know, but Ataman is named as coach of Fenerbahce instead of Panathinaikos
2025-05-25
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Give us you input please for the follwoing as well

1st quarter

7:10 Birch fouls

6:15 Birch fouls

5:20 Hall fouls

0:52 Biberovic fouls

2nd quarter

9:49 Birch fouls

4:46 Hall fouls
2025-05-24
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