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The Pistons beat the Pacers tonight in Game 6 and Reggie is done. They gave him a nice ovation when he left the game with about 15 seconds left and one of the coaches even took a timeout so that they could have a little more time for it.
However, I did find it a bit odd that after the game one of the officials went up to Reggie and paid his respects just as many of the players were doing. While I realize that the NBA is a profession and all of the people involved are part of the show for the paying fans, which makes the coaches, players, and officials all co-workers when you think about it, to me the official's actions were out of character with the neutral role of the referee. Wouldn't it have been better to meet Reggie in the hallway and thank him there out of view of all of the TV cameras and spectators?
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