Canadian men\u2019s basketball head coach Jordi Fernandez refused to blame the officiating for their loss to Serbia in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup semifinals. Fernandez stated, \u201cIt\u2019s part of the game of basketball. It\u2019s like two teams of 12 \u2013 five of each team are on the court, and there are three officials. Those officials, their job is to judge, and our job is to coach. Those two guys have two fouls, and I have to sit them out. And from there, we kept playing.\u201d He further added, \u201cI think we lost because we didn\u2019t defend. I\u2019ll let the officiating for whoever judges the officials. I can only say to them, \u2018Thanks for doing their jobs.\u2019 Without officials, we couldn\u2019t play the game of basketball. So, we just got to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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