Posted on May 19th, 2010 by refpolice
Orlando Magic Bigman Dwight Howard clobbered Celtics forward Paul Pierce in another frustrating loss at home to Boston. Replays showed apparent intent to harm Pierce, and the NBA commissioner’s office will no doubt be reviewing the tape of the play. He was accessed a flagrant 1 foul during the game, but could face suspension for [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2010 by refpolice
It has become an annual rite: the first round of the NBA Playoff means mostly boring match-ups and coaches and players whining about how they’re treated by officials. This year is no different Except for two things: Some interesting match-ups (Bulls-Cavs & Lakers-Thunder) and some stern talk from Commissioner Davis Stern on the official-bashing. It [...]
Posted on December 19th, 2009 by refpolice
The Mavericks Eric Dampier was ejected in an overtime game last night against the Rockets after officials reviewed a flagrant foul called on Aaron Brooks. After 8 minutes, they tossed Dampier because it was his second technical in the game, and the Mavs went on to lose without their starting center. But the NBA rulebook [...]
Posted on December 9th, 2009 by refpolice
CBS dedicated 40 minutes on Sunday night’s 60 Minutes news magazine to the Tim Donaghy interview. Donaghy has just been released from prison and now faces a life with no money, no family and handful of mobsters tracking him. But the interview was intriguing because of the way Donaghy described the fraternity of NBA officials [...]
Posted on June 15th, 2009 by refpolice
Disney CEO Robert Iger: David, what the f***? You promised me 6 games!
NBA Commissioner David Stern: Oh not this again. I told you rigging NBA series isn’t as easy as it used to be. Plus, if you watched game 4 you’d notice we did just about everything we could, if the Magic could make a [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2009 by refpolice
The Orlando Magic didn’t help themselves tonight in Game 4 of the NBA Finals (they missed like 15 free throws, including 2 by Dwight Howard with 0:10 to play and a three point lead), but they didn’t catch any break from the officials. I counted 2 muggings on Howard in OT that went uncalled and [...]