July 22, 2007
NBA referee Tim Donaghy resigned Tuesday following allegations by the FBI that he was involved in a mafia-run gambling ring, bet on NBA games, and affected the point spreads in contests that he personally officiated.
Phoenix Suns fans, still smoldering over the Spurs Playoff Series because the fallacious and lopsided suspensions of Boris Diaw and Amare Stoudamire in Game 5, and the gashed nose of Steve Nash that kept him out of the end of Game 1, will no doubt be even more furious watching this:
Below is video highlights of Tim Donaghy absolutely butchering Game 3 of the same series. The officiating is so atrocious that the national TV announcers, Mike Breen and Jon Barry, actually call him out by name.
Makes you wonder if, barring events outside of their control in Games 1, 3, and 5, Phoenix could have swept the series, nevermind win it. Instead they went down in six.
Trevor Timm is a Blast Magazine staff writer


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