За тие, што се уште мислат дека во НБА огромната разликата во досудени фаули/слободни фрлања, меѓу два тима во битни плејоф утакмици е само случајност и се уште во 2012
се оптимисти дека во НБА нема местење утакмици и се е чисто (и не случајно го ставам текстов баш овој период , тазе пример game 2 Miami - Boston !)
најдобриот пример во историјата на НБА, кој беше потврден и со пресуди, сведочења= суд, game 6 LA -Kings 2002 west finals, кога ЛА беа со помош на судиите спасени и серијата беше одведена во 7-ма утакмица.
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ОДИМЕ :
The 2007 NBA betting scandal was a scandal involving the National Basketball Association (NBA) and accusations that an
NBA referee has bet on games. In July 2007, reports of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were made public, which alleged that during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 NBA seasons, referee
Tim Donaghy bet on games in which he officiated and
made calls affecting the point spread in those games.[1] On August 15, 2007, Donaghy pleaded guilty to two federal charges related to the investigation, and a year later he was sentenced to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
As a result, the general reaction by the media was that the NBA's popularity would be hurt by the news of this scandal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NBA_betting_scandal
Sentencing
On June 11, 2008, Donaghy alleged in a statement through his lawyers that several series in the NBA Playoffs had been improperly refereed according to the NBA's instructions. He alluded specifically to a playoff game where "personal fouls [resulting in obviously injured players] were ignored even when they occurred in full view of the referees" because
"it was in the NBA's interest to add another game to the series."[14]
The game referred to was widely believed to be Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings, in which the Lakers shot 27 free throws in the fourth quarter.[15] Donaghy also referred to a playoff series where "Team 3's Owner alleged that referees were letting a Team 4 player get away with illegal screens. NBA Executive Y told Referee Supervisor Z that the referees for that game were to enforce the screening rules strictly against that Team 4 player."[14] The playoff series was believed to be the first-round encounter between the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks in the 2005 NBA Playoffs. The Rockets led 2–0 in the series before losing in 7 games,[16] and then-Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy was fined $100,000 for stating that a referee was targeting Houston center Yao Ming.[17]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Donaghy
The 2002 Western Conference Finals is widely regarded as one of the classic series in NBA history, with the final 4 games coming down to the final seconds. Two games were decided on game winning shots and
Game 7 was decided in OT.
However, it was marred by allegations of corruption. On June 10, 2008, convicted NBA referee Tim Donaghy's attorney filed a court document alleging that Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and Kings was fixed by 2 referees.
The letter states that Donaghy "learned from Referee A that Referees A and F wanted to extend the series to 7 games. Tim knew Referees A and F to be 'company men', always acting in the interest of the NBA, and that night, it was in the NBA's interest to add another game to the series." The Lakers won Game 6 106-102, attempting 18 more free throws than the Kings in the fourth quarter, and went on to win the 2002 NBA Finals. The referees weren't named, but the Western Conference Finals was the only 7-game series that year. The document claimed that Donaghy told federal agents that in order to increase television ratings and ticket sales, "top executives of the NBA sought to manipulate games using referees". It also said that NBA officials would tell referees to not call technical fouls on certain players, and states that a referee was privately reprimanded by the league for ejecting a star player in the first quarter of a January 2000 game. Stern denied the accusations, calling Donaghy a "singing, cooperating witness".
In Game 6, O'Neal scored 41 points and had 17 rebounds.
Many calls went against the Kings, fouling out all their centers for the game. The Lakers won 106-102, narrowly setting the stage for Game 7 in Sacramento, with the winner advancing to the NBA Finals. Bryant added 31 points in support. There are allegations that this sixth game was affected by the referees in relationship to the Tim Donaghy scandal.[9]
The Lakers shot 40 free throws overall, 27 in the fourth quarter alone,
and the Kings' big men were plagued with foul trouble (Divac, Webber, Scot Pollard, and Lawrence Funderburke were called for 20 fouls, Divac and Pollard both fouling out). Webber nearly had a triple double (26 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists), Bibby scored 23, and Divac had 12 points and 12 rebounds.[10] The Washington Post sports columnist Michael Wilbon responded to the calls in Game 6: "I wrote down in my notebook six calls that were stunningly incorrect, all against Sacramento, all in the fourth quarter when the Lakers made five baskets and 21 foul shots to hold on to their championship."
For example, Wilbon pointed out that Kobe Bryant did not get a foul call after elbowing Mike Bibby.[11]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_NBA_Playoffs
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3436401
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вреди да се види на youtube, типот има направен одличен "документарец" во кој се обработува скандалот од 2002 и сите мистериозни одлуки во корист на ЛА таа серија !
филмот е поделен во неколку делови од user NFLrankingDOTnet
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUEXwPtrWXv_rQgnJVln5e5A&feature=plcp