Sports · PBA officiatingGinebra San Miguel referee suspended for rest of playoffs after wrong Game 4 callAired November 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:00Ginebra San Miguel referee suspended for rest of playoffs after wrong game forecall.0:07A referee called a foul on Scotty Thompson when George King had committed traveling.0:11The PBA has suspended that official for the rest of the playoffs.0:14The mistake came late in a game that forced Ginebra into a deciding fifth game.0:18How far does the league's response go?0:20Now that the series has been decided, San Miguel beat Barangay Ginebra108102 at0:25Smart Arneta Coliseum on November6, that tied their best of5 Governors' Cup0:29quarterfinal at two.0:31Ginebra had lost its chance to finish the series that night.0:34The disputed possession came inside the final twenty seconds, with San Miguel ahead0:38by three.0:39Lasseter inbounded to King while Thompson guarded him.0:42The referee's whistle put the foul on Thompson.0:44The PBA acknowledged that George King should have been called for traveling.0:47Instead, Scotty Thompson was penalized for a foul.0:50The league accepted that the officials had made an error on that possession.0:54That correction changes how the possession should have been handled.0:57It can't tell us who would have won the game.0:58San Miguel's six point final winning margin came after the disputed whistle when its1:03lead had been three.1:04Commissioner Willy Marcel said the referee was suspended for the rest of the1:07playoffs.1:07That removes the official from the remaining playoff assignments.1:10Marshall disclosed the punishment on November tenth, four days after Game Four.1:15Marshall hasn't named the referee or given a fuller public explanation of the1:18disciplinary assessment.1:19The announced punishment runs through the remaining playoffs.1:22Chris Ross should also have received a technical foul during Game Four, Martial1:26said.1:26That was another officiating failure involving a San Miguel player in the same game.1:30Marshall's words mean, For me, that should already have been a technical.1:34His acknowledgement concerned the separate Ross incident.1:36The suspension followed the wrong call involving King and Thompson.1:39Ginbra then settled its place in the next round on the court.1:43The series reached its deciding game on the same day Marcel disclosed the referee's1:46suspension.1:47Jinbra beat San Miguel one hundred and ten ninety-four at Narris Center in1:51Antepollo.1:51San Miguel had extended the quarterfinal with its Game Four win, but Ginebra took1:56the deciding contest and the series.1:58The later victory left the league's admission and the referee's suspension in place.2:01Ginevra's playoff run continued after the disputed defeat.2:04San Miguel's one hundred and eight one hundred and two victory made the series two.2:08Two Ginevra's one hundred and ten ninety four win completed a three two series2:12victory and sent it into a semi-final against TNT.Story timelineHeyDex
