Spurs: Spurs/Suns 2007 series was rigged

**Thread** · 08-05-2016

Well then he must be right about the Fakers/Kings series too right?

I guess this is the part where you tell me it's the rigged officials fault that the Suns players left the bench,

Nobody forced Amar'e and Diaw to go full re and leave the bench. They did that on their own. It's the rules, hijo. Leave the bench during a "fight" = Suspension

I'm done with this conversation, Angel. Already have two posts about the opinions of Tim Donaghy. That's two too many....

Thank God they did. Had they held fast in the ranks I wouldn't have a pot to piss in, nary window to throw it out of.

**LkrFan** · 08-05-2016

**Reck** · 08-05-2016

Originally Posted by Leetonidas

Tim Donaghy: “2002 kings vs Lakers was fixed”

what's your point got

OP has that Trump gene. Says that can easily be refuted in 2 seconds.

**Sean Cagney** · 08-05-2016

2002..........

**JoeTait75** · 08-05-2016

Donaghy is the Henry Lee Lucas of controversial NBA playoff games.

**ambchang** · 08-05-2016

Conceivable but not likely given DOnaughy mentioned that Nunez wanted to go back to San Antonio because he enjoyed the lifestyle. Nobody enjoys the lifestyle in San Antonio.
Also, by that logic, most series New York and LA played in would be crooked, because most people enjoys the lifestyles in NY and LA.
Finally, how exactly did Nunez influence the officiating? He is only one ref and that was a 6 game series, so there were 18 refs in the series. Did he go around and start penalizing refs who called correct calls against the Spurs?

**Splits** · 08-05-2016

2011 article?

**Thread** · 08-05-2016

Originally Posted by JoeTait75

Donaghy is the Henry Lee Lucas of controversial NBA playoff games.

WTF?

**Splits** · 08-05-2016

Originally Posted by Thread

WTF?

Another hero of yours, standing shoulder to shoulder with McVeigh?

**DMC** · 08-06-2016

Originally Posted by KobeOwnsDuncan

Former 13-year NBA referee Tim Donaghy was at the center of a huge NBA gambling scandal before resigning in 2007. He served time in prison and since has been critical about NBA refs call games.

In an interview with chicagonow.com, Donaghy spoke on the 2007 San Antonio Spurs-Phoenix Suns playoff series. Take it for what you will, Donaghy talks about how another NBA referee was steering the series in San Antonio’s favor, the infamous Robert Horry hit on Steve Nash, and more

Again these are Donaghy’s words and strictly his own and not of this site. This is just for your consideration.

Donaghy on whether the 2007 Spurs-Suns series was stolen from Phoenix:

TD: I write in the book that there’s no doubt I feel the Phoenix Suns were the best team in in the league in 2007. And that whole series was officiated poorly, and I give the reasons in the book as to why I feel it was officiated poorly. And one of the reasons is that Tommy Nunez was the supervisor of officials in that series. And he had a dislike for the (Suns) owner Robert Sarver, and he enjoyed the lifestyle in San Antonio, and liked to get back in the next round of the playoffs and continue to go to San Antonio. So it was a situation that he was steering the series to San Antonio in tape sessions.

Donaghy on whether the series was gambled on by refs or if it just came down to poor officiating:

TD: People don’t realize that at that time we weren’t even betting any more because the guy who was involved in the scheme ended up going into rehab, so we were done betting at that time for about a month. So that was just a poorly officiated series from game one all the way until the last game.

Donaghy on the scuffle between Horry, Nash, Spurs and Suns:

TD: Certainly that was mishandled with the subjectivity of the league office as to whether to suspend somebody for doing what they did. Look at what happened with the Miami-Dallas game. Do you think they would have suspended all those players for a game 7? Had there been a game 7, with all those players leaving the bench area the way they did. The rule clearly states you can’t leave the bench area to get involved in an altercation, whether the time out exists or not. In all reality, I doubt they would have suspended all of those players for a game 7. and I don’t think it was handled properly with Phoenix in 2007.

Their 1st 1st, they had it in the case and they gave it back, from the bench even. Then Diaw, bless his heart, he floats around the league acting cripple and just like that becomes our best guy for much of the 2014 Finals. Wikileaks needs to investigate.. but the ring isn't going anywhere.

**Tully365** · 08-06-2016

It's funny how conspiracy theories are always aimed at teams that the theorist doesn't like. I've never once in my entire life heard a fan say, "Yeah, my team won that series but to be honest I think it was fixed in their favor."

**UNT Eagles 2016** · 08-07-2016

Originally Posted by DMC

Their 1st 1st, they had it in the case and they gave it back, from the bench even. Then Diaw, bless his heart, he floats around the league acting cripple and just like that becomes our best guy for much of the 2014 Finals. Wikileaks needs to investigate.. but the ring isn't going anywhere.

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He sets trends.