Sports Wednesday: NBA Ref Scandal Resurfaces

SportsSports Wednesday: NBA Ref Scandal ResurfacesSports Wednesday: NBA Ref Scandal ResurfacesThe Associated PressKobe Bryant leads Lakers past Celtics in must-win Game 3; Disgraced NBA ref Tim Donaghy alleges officials rigged playoffs games; Vinny Del Negro named new Bulls coach; Dontrelle Willis sent to minors; Marc Crawford out as Kings coach. (June 11)Kobe Bryant and Sasha Vujacic (VOO'-yah-CHICH) helped the Lakers climb to within 2-1 in the NBA Finals. Bryant poured in a game-hihg 36 points and Vujacic came off the bench to add 20 as the Lakers beat the Celtics 87-81 at Los Angeles. Ray Allen had 25 points for the Celtics, who carried a two-point lead into the fourth quarter. After a day off, the series resumes Thursday night with game four in Los Angeles. NBA referees rigged a 2002 playoff series to force it to a revenue-boosting seven games. That's what a former referee at the center of a gambling scandal is alleging. Without identifying anyone or naming teams, disgraced referee Tim Donaghy (DAHN'-uh-gee) also claims the NBA routinely encouraged refs to ring up bogus fouls to manipulate results but calls against star players. Speaking before the start of the NBA finals Game 3 featuring the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, NBA commissioner David Stern calls the allegations baseless.Vinny Del Negro (NAY'-groh) has accepted an offer to coach the Chicago Bulls and will be introduced at a news conference Wednesday. Del Negro was the Suns' general manager this season and has never been a head coach.Dontrelle Willis will be pitching in Florida again. The Detroit Tigers have sent the former Marlin down to Class A Lakeland in hopes the struggling lefty can find his control. The demotion came a day after he matched a career high by giving eight earned runs on five walks and three hits in 1 1-3 innings against Cleveland.Marc Crawford was fired Tuesday as coach of the Los Angeles Kings after his team finished with the fewest points in the Western Conference this season. Crawford coached the Kings to a 59-84-21 record in his two seasons. And Ron Wilson is an NHL coach again. Wilson was hired by the Maple Leafs, less than a month after he was dismissed by the Sharks. ^Dave Ferry, the associated press, with AP sports Wednesday.

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[collector26]

2002 playoffs kings vrs lakers game 6 , look it up . the game is fixed . ref admitted there was a fix in game six . david stern is a lying scum bag

[TypeDoubleR]

Pistons and Celtics series was fixed!!!

Lakers v Celtics finals was fixed!!

Its all about Ratings and profits

[ITALIANeagles22]

You don't even need the refs to admit the nba is rigged when most of retiring players just come out to the media and flat out tell the people it is.

[darwin20121]

Pretend your a CEO of one the sports teams and you want to maximize your profits. From a business point of view games are fixed no doubt about it. If you stop caring about whether a team wins or loses, or what a player does on or off the court you will see this is in fact true. If your gonna watch the games do so with a clear mind and not with emotions (energy).

[goofivable]

@green7822 Its sure as hell a lot easier to make the ball go in the hoop when a team's best defender is in foul trouble..

[vanhalen1583]

@green7822 yes they do

[green7822]

refs dont make the ball go in the hoop

[Stoolie33]

BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT. It's all about $

It's pro wrestling that tries to pass itself off as legit. If you think it is on the level, you are out of touch and the NBA will take your money.

[MrRiceowlex]

Fuck Stern, he's a lying sack of shit, ask his brother Larry Silverstein. It's ALL ABOUT THE MONEY FOLKS. When you finally pull your heads out of your asses start acclimating to the real world. You've been ripped off and lied to from birth. WAKE THE FUCK UP ALREADY !!

[YOHOHOHOmerryxmas]

Betting money on the line or some other reason, the refs just need to whistle up a team's star(s) and/or not give him any calls. Said stars are either forced to sit or go 1 for 20 topped off with a technical or ejection. It’s why I stopped watching for about 5 years during 2000-2010. These skin-tight shirt and pants wearing zebras who get some quality cardio exercise along with a NICE salary piss the hell outta me. They're APPARENTLY UNTOUCHABLE. These PIECE-OF-SH*T “OFFICIALS” RUIN THE GAME.

[YOHOHOHOmerryxmas]

When Lebron’s Cavs and eliminated the Pistons one year, Rasheed Wallace sarcastically said about the low Finals TV ratings, “They (the NBA and its refs) put their darling (Lebron’s Cavs) in the finals and look what happened. No one watched.” Once again, it seemed almost by chance this was reported by the media.

[YOHOHOHOmerryxmas]

Stern won't do anything about the refs because he's in cahoots with them. I recall when Shaq was with the Lakers. After a loss and some unfavorable calls against Shaq in the game-end, on-court interview, Shaq said "Referees decide games. That's why the league's losing money. REFEREES DECIDE GAMES." Of course they couldn't silence this live cast but they were totally hush-hush about it as there NO MENTION whatsoever of Shaq's comment in the media afterward.