{"id":495106,"date":"2026-05-01T19:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=495106"},"modified":"2026-05-01T19:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:13:22","slug":"security-controversy-at-valencia-guard-grabs-nikos-rogkavopoulos-during-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/security-controversy-at-valencia-guard-grabs-nikos-rogkavopoulos-during-game-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Security controversy at Valencia: guard grabs Nikos Rogkavopoulos during Game 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the fourth quarter of Game 2, a Valencia Basket security guard insistently demanded that Panathinaikos\u2019 BC AKTOR athlete Nikos Rogkavopoulos sit back on the bench, even grabbing him by the arm, an action clearly beyond his jurisdiction. This was just one of many incidents involving security personnel at the Roig Arena, all of which we have officially reported to the EuroLeague.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"el\">\u039a\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03ad\u03c4\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03ad\u03c0\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 Game 2, \u03ac\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c3\u03c6\u03ac\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 Valencia Basket \u03b6\u03b7\u03c4\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c4\u03b1\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03b8\u03bb\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03a0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u03b1\u03ca\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd AKTOR, \u039d\u03af\u03ba\u03bf \u03a1\u03bf\u03b3\u03ba\u03b1\u03b2\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03bf \u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03af\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c0\u03ac\u03b3\u03ba\u03bf \u03c0\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03ac\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf \u03c7\u03ad\u03c1\u03b9, \u03c7\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03c2 \u03c6\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac \u03bd\u03b1 \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03c3\u03af\u03b1 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03ac\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ba\u03ac\u03c4\u03b9\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YR7LxA6nO3\">pic.twitter.com\/YR7LxA6nO3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Panathinaikos BC (@Paobcgr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paobcgr\/status\/2050245478231466307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security controversy at Valencia: guard grabs Nikos Rogkavopoulos during Game 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":495105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[19],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-495106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","typology-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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