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Jimgolf Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:31am

Salvatore Bennett Interview on True Hoop
 
ESPN's True Hoop blog will be running a series of articles detailing an interview Henry Abbott had with NBA official Salvatore Bennett. The first of the series is at http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/...re-Speaks.html

Quote:

I ask him if he has ever made the wrong call. "Sure! Absolutely! I remember one, it must have been 15 years ago. I had a call in Sacramento. It was at the end of the game, and I had scored it a three-point basket, and in fact it as a two. I was wrong. I didn't know I was wrong until afterwards. But it cost the team a game, and I was sick about that. We go in the locker room afterwards, I was sick. I can't repeat on the tape what I said. And I think maybe that's the thing that the general fan doesn't understand the most -- and that's how much we care about our job. And we do. There is no one more upset that the referee if they make a mistake, than that referee. Whenever I talk to anybody, rule number one is -- we make mistakes. We don't want to, but we do."

Jimgolf Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:21am

Parts 2 through 4 of the Salvatore Bennett interview are at:
http://myespn.go.com/nba/truehoop?ta...e+of+the+Story

JugglingReferee Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:18pm

As an FYI, his name is Bennett Salvatore. His # is 15. I believe Salvatore is Italian for Savoir.

Jimgolf Mon Nov 19, 2007 08:42pm

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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
As an FYI, his name is Bennett Salvatore. His # is 15. I believe Salvatore is Italian for Savior.

You're right of course. Senior moment. Next thing you know I'm gonna think Yao Ming's last name is Yao. ;?


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