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Originally Posted by Brad
There has to be more to this story, although I'm not sure that we will ever hear it. I don't believe that Crawford tossed Duncan just for laughing -- even though that is all that we see on camera. There had to be more that was said.
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Ronnie Nunn reviewed this technical foul on this week's "Making the Call". He said that the second technical foul assessed to Duncan did not meet the any of the criteria for assessing a technical foul. He also mentioned in passing that an official with Crawford's experience should have known not to issue that technical foul. In hindsight, I'd guess this referred to the previous Spurs-Mavericks games officiated by Crawford, but that's only a guess.
I think the punishment is extreme, but it appears that Crawford had been put on a short leash by Stern and Nunn. If so, this is a difficult working condition to endure and the union should complain. "Double Secret Probation" is hard to pass through unscathed. Ask Robert Knight and Mr. Blutarsky.