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Maccabi coach booted off floor in friendly game against Knicks
By The Associated Press
Tags: Maccabi Tel Aviv 

The New York Knicks beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 106-91 on Sunday in an exhibition game that featured a bizarre delay in the third quarter when Maccabi coach Pini Gershon refused to leave the floor after he was ejected.

The game was halted for about eight minutes when Gershon continued to linger near Maccabi's bench - a delay that included a rabbi trying to intervene by asking the NBA's replacement referees calling the game to allow Gershon to stay.

Gershon eventually left after a lengthy discussion with the officials, his assistant coaches and NBA security personnel. A security official said Gershon told them he didn't care if the game was stopped before he eventually agreed to leave.
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Alan Anderson scored 20 points for Maccabi Tel Aviv. D'or Fischer added 19 points and 16 rebounds.

Apparently frustrated by the officiating, Maccabi picked up four technical fouls, including two to Gershon in a 53-second span of the third quarter.

Strangely, the second came after he screamed at an official in front of his bench following an offensive foul called on the Knicks' Al Harrington.

With fans chanting "Macc-ab-i!", Gershon didn't seem to be listening to any of the basketball officials.

So Rabbi Yitchak Dovid Grossman, founder and dean of orphanage Migdal Ohr, tried to get involved by talking to the referees. But rules are clear that anyone who is ejected must leave the court, and finally Gershon did.

The Knicks also beat the Israeli team in a 2007 exhibition. Maccabi visits the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday.

The 2007 game drew the largest crowd for an exhibition at Madison Square
Garden. That was a night contest; the game on Sunday began at 1 P.M. EDT, a more convenient time for Maccabi's fans overseas, but it left the upper section of
seats empty.

Maccabi's roster featured Maciej Lampe, a second-round pick of the Knicks in 2003. He was traded early the next year to Phoenix, where he would later play for Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni, in the deal for Stephon Marbury. Lampe finished with 14 points.

Proceeds from the game will benefit Migdal Ohr, the world's largest orphanage
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