FBI investigating NBA ref

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I know I, for one, am never going to be able to watch and NBA game again. Now, I need to figure out what to do with the extra hour next year. Maybe I'll shine my boots or something productive.

I know what you mean. I've got an extra 45 minutes of leisure time now too.

[rainmaker]

Just to set the record straight:

"Donaghy could have influenced the overs simply by calling more fouls. There have been reports that he topped the league in technical fouls called, but the NBA said Monday he ranked in the lower half of technicals called in each of the last two seasons."

I copied this out of an article on MSN.

[gsf23]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/s...rtstatsdonaghy

An article that shows some of the trends in Donaghy's games. A few key quotes here:

In 2006-07, Donaghy refereed 73 games. In those contests, the two teams combined to score 201.37 points and the average over/under was 187.9 points, a difference of more than 13 points per game.

"Vegas is too good for that to happen," Bell said. "The standard range should be somewhere around five or six, maybe. Not 10 or 13."
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At the start of the 2007 calendar year, Bell said, there were 10 straight games in which Donaghy was part of the officiating crew and the point spread moved a point and a half or more before tip-off, indicating big money had been wagered on the game. In those 10 contests, according to Bell, the big money won all 10 times. Pretty damaging evidence there
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During the two years in question, teams in Donaghy's games hit the over 57% of the time, in the two years before the years in question, teams in Donaghy's games hit the over only 44% of the time. (my summary, not quote from article)
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Just as interesting are the numbers from April 15 to the postseason. During that stretch, there were eight games in which Donaghy was part of the officiating crew and the line moved more than a point and a half before the tip, Bell said. And in those games, including over/under bets and win/loss wagers, the big money was just 2-7.

From the last quote it at least seems like he didn't try to influence any pivitol games towards the end of the season and into the playoffs.