Tim Donaghy Screwed the Suns
Tim Donaghy is the NBA referee under investigation by the FBI for fixing games and betting on games he officiated. He has since resigned from the league. The above video shows numerous questionable calls by Donaghy and crew member Eddie F. Rush.
Bill Simmons had this to say in his column two days after Game 3 between the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs.
Congratulations to Greg Willard, Tim Donaghy and Eddie F. Rush for giving us the most atrociously officiated game of the playoffs so far: Game 3 of the Suns-Spurs series.
Other than the latest call in NBA history (a shooting foul for Manu Ginobili whistled three seconds after the play, when everyone was already running in the other direction), my favorite moment happened near the end, when the game was already over and they called a cheap bump on Bruce Bowen against Nash, so the cameras caught Mike D’Antoni (the most entertaining coach in the league if he’s not getting calls) screaming sarcastically, “Why start now? Why bother?” What a travesty.
NBA commish David Stern has a gigantic problem on his hand and it serves him well. Stern has always been cocky about his officals and the superb job they do according to him. Anyone who has watched the NBA the last decade knows otherwise.
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