Donaghy: NBA Games Rigged

Yesterday, ‘Nova grad and ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy made a filing in federal court claiming the NBA influenced referees to make certain calls during at least 2 playoff series.

The one game in question is the famed Lakers-Kings Game 6 of 2002, where the Lakers got 27 free throws in the fourth quarter. The Lakers, down 3-2, rallied to win the series and the NBA title. David Stern said “there are this continuing flow of allegations from, don’t forget, an admitted felon. So they’re baseless.” Yes, an admitted felon, who committed the most heinous of crimes, murder gambling on basketball games.

Donaghy apparently wasn’t going to reveal any of this, until the NBA attempted to make him pay $1 million for its internal investigation related to him. Ha, ha, ha, the NBA deserves anything it gets. Now if you really want to find a rigged sport, how about the NFL? It’s the only major sport that uses radios!

2002 Lakers-Kings Game 6 at heart of Donaghy allegations [ESPN.com]