Ref Scandal and the Bulls

The NBA referee scandal is permeating all of the NBA news these days, as player trade talk has been drowned out by noise about the alleged cheating perpetrated by former referee Tim Donaghy. One recent article about the Donaghy and the Bulls made it into the New York Times the other day. The article alleges that the ref in question aided a Warriors player in avoiding a three-second violation in the waning moments of a February 9th Chicago Bulls-Golden State Warriors game. The call would have helped the Bulls win the game, but instead allowed the game to go into overtime, where the Warriors eventually won.

Some of the potential allegations against the Tim Donaghy seem like they could be very blatant cheating, especially if you have seen the YouTube videos of the Suns-Spurs game three from this year’s playoffs. This incident however doesn’t seem like much of anything. In fact, a ref speaking anonymously pointed out that not calling a foul like a three second violation in a close game is common practice.

Basically, we might be going a bit too far about the whole thing. Or, maybe we’ve just scratched the surface. Either way, one thing is for sure: you can still get your Chicago Bulls tickets at Stubhub.com.