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Originally Posted by seifer0406
If the other 2 referees called these fouls, then you can't really say that Tim Donaghy altered the game outcome because the outcome of the game was mostly decided by Howard getting tossed. What Donaghy could've done was altered a 8 point game and turn it into a 13 point game or something like that with or without Howard being on the floor. A lot of fans are interested to know whether or not Tim Donaghy had enough influence or willingness to change a loss to a win for certain teams. So far, from the stats at nba.com they have only shown that the games that Donaghy officiated the point totals were higher.
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you my friend... have no clue on how sports betting works...
if stats from nba.com tell you that they usually just scored more when Donaghy was officiating, why is the mob involved? how is he making his money? the fact is that there are lines for EVERYTHING in vegas. It could've been easily something as small as who scores more: Dwight or Amare? the obvious in this game would've been amare. let's go a little higher to the 1st half line and total, that can be altered by ONE referee that blows his whistle on the most important player early in the game... in the first 19 min?? $$ would follow first half and the game line, and it would be extremely EASY $$$$$. I'm going to ignore the fact that you even said that it wouldn't have matter all that much with Dwight being in the game.
He didn't foul out dwight, but he obviously had a hand in it. it's a very simple scenario.. NBA ref wants lots of $$ and does it by doing his part to try to make sure it happens. How many "bad calls" have you seen? i'm assuming a lot, so imagine if all those calls really WERE bad calls, but you didn't know there was a reason behind those calls... is that so hard to believe?
its stupid to think that taking out dwight that early in the game AND putting them in foul trouble on makes a 5 point difference. it makes no sense to have vegas set the line at PK and "ironically" Dwight fouls out and they end up losing by 14.
Vegas has very very rich professionals that are DAMN good at making sure that Vegas wins money by setting the lines. They are more often than not within 3-5 points of the line that is set. those lines are set for the "public" so that they can make $$, they do that by making a certain team look attractive so they can make even more money. Bottom line, these guys are goooood, and it makes no sense for orlando to lose at home by 14 after losing dwight that early in the game... in a game that was set at PK (pick em, which you also probably didn't know).
Donaghy, like all referees in the NBA, have the power to break the vegas bank (which is why the mob cut him a fat check).
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Originally Posted by hobojoe
Dwight played 94 total games last season, and fouled out exactly TWO other times, but somehow managed to foul out in 19 minutes in this game? Not ONE of the foul calls against Dwight was defensive, not ONE. All of his calls were away from the ball and offensive. It was ridiculous, if you had watched the game you would know that.
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That pretty much sums it up.