Posted on May 5th, 2009 by refpolice
Leave it to David Stern to throw the first “You Have to be Kidding me!” wet blanket on an otherwise great start to NBA playoffs. Kenyon Martin’s foul on Nowitski is available everywhere to see, and the more you watch it, the more you have you wonder what goes into the NBA play review process [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2009 by refpolice
Ah Spring, that special time of year when the air smells of blooming flowers, the days get longer and warmer, and the NBA referees get back to their business of wrecking playoff games. Last night in Boston, they did so first by bouncing Ray Allen with two ticky-tack calls in the final two minutes of [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2008 by refpolice
Only hours before tip-off of game 3 of the NBA finals, a letter sent by Tim Donaghy’s lawyer attempting to gain leniency as the penal phase of his trial begins, was made public. To no one’s surprise, it made references to playoff series in 2002 and 2005 that were allegedly tainted by rigged officiating and [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by refpolice
David Stern has screwed the Suns again. During last night’s testy game 4 in Atlanta between the Hawks and the Celtics, tempers escalated after Boston forwward Kevin Garnett threw a late elbow at Atlanta back-up Center Zaza Pachulia. TV replays showed players stepping off both benches and, it was assumed, that because of last year’s “Rules [...]
Posted on February 20th, 2008 by refpolice
“Do not put pressure on the referees to make the correct call” No joke, these words came from Hubie Brown’s mouth after a blown out-of-bounds call on a key jump ball in a 2-point game with 3 minutes to go in tonight’s entertaining Lakers-Suns game in Phoenix. After last year’s disaster, you’d expect better officiating from [...]
Posted on July 24th, 2007 by refpolice
Why is just about no one surprised they finally caught an NBA referee who had a stake in his own games and made calls to influence a point outcome. Did anyone who wasted any time watching NBA games and the NBA Playoffs say to himself “Gee, this looks legit to me.” Or, “Wow, and can’t wait to see how [...]