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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Italy
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
Are you sure of the year this was taken? The NBA didn't start using three officials until 1988.
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Advent Of The Third Referee - Hoopedia
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During the 1978-79 season, the NBA added a third referee on an experimental basis. The following season, 1979-80, the NBA did not retain the three-referee experiment. In 1988-89, the NBA decided to permanently add a third referee for all games.
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