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Magic game involved in ref scandal? 

Post#1 » by MagicalMan » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:39 pm

Maybe this was already known, but here is a quote implicating another ref, with logs of times that calls were made before and after a Magic-Heat game.

Donaghy’s phone records for one of those days, Dec. 30, obtained by Fox News, reveal the following:

— 10:34 a.m. – Donaghy calls Foster.

— 10:35 a.m. – Donaghy calls another referee.

— 10:36 a.m. – Donaghy calls Martino, the “middleman” between him and his bookie.

— 10:39 a.m. – Donaghy calls Foster.

— 5:15 p.m. – Donaghy calls Martino.

— 5:23 p.m. – Donaghy calls Martino.

— 7 p.m. – Donaghy referees game between the Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic. The Magic win in a rout, 97-68.

— 8 p.m. – Foster referees a game between the Toronto Raptors and the Memphis Grizzlies in Memphis. The Grizzlies win 110-104. Foster and Donaghy speak 12 minutes after the game.

— 11:27 p.m. – Foster and Donaghy speak for at least the fourth time of the day.

— 11:38 p.m. – Foster and Donaghy speak for at least the fifth time of the day.

The following day, Donaghy spoke with Foster at 1:37 p.m., for two minutes. One minute later, at 1:40 p.m., Donaghy spoke to Martino, also for two minutes.


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Post#2 » by theTHIEF » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:49 pm

there was a list posted last year sometime that had about 6 Magic games on it that TD was attached to...I'm pretty sure that every team in the NBA has been effected by this...
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Post#3 » by SOUL » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:52 pm

Guess the refs made the Heat suck every game.
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Post#4 » by MagicalMan » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:53 pm

yeah I remember seeing a list of Magic games he was a part of. But I dont recall any of them having specific evidence of phone conversations between Donaghy and his bookie before and after the game.
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Post#5 » by Optimus_Steel » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:57 pm

Not that the refs mattered in that game. To be honest I could care less anymore, unless its blatanly happening still.
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Post#6 » by MagicFan149 » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:17 pm

check the records for the game we played phoniex when dwight got like 4 fouls for breathing on amare ... im sure old donaghy had a hand in that one...
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Post#7 » by magicfanatic23 » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:03 pm

prorl wrote:Not that the refs mattered in that game. To be honest I could care less anymore, unless its blatanly happening still.


I agree. It is time to move on. The league just better hope that Donaghy was the only crooked ref.
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Post#8 » by trebone » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:41 pm

Everybody had a game screwed with
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Post#9 » by glennathan » Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:12 pm

MagicFan149 wrote:check the records for the game we played phoniex when dwight got like 4 fouls for breathing on amare ... im sure old donaghy had a hand in that one...


I saw that game on TV. It was an embarassment to watch. Wasn't that the same game that Rashard Lewis was obviously fouled and nothing called at the end so the magic lost by one?
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Post#10 » by MagicFan149 » Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:19 pm

no lewis was not in it... donaghy was already done reffing when lewis came to the magic
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Post#11 » by glennathan » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:31 pm

Ok because I knew there was a game where the Magic had Lewis and they lost to the Suns by 1 point becuase of an obvious foul by Barbosa and it was not called. I thought that was the same game
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Post#12 » by theTHIEF » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:37 pm

glennathan wrote:Ok because I knew there was a game where the Magic had Lewis and they lost to the Suns by 1 point becuase of an obvious foul by Barbosa and it was not called. I thought that was the same game


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Post#13 » by glennathan » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:01 pm

Thanks for the Correction Thief. Like I said I knew there was a game where Lewis got fouled. Anyways in the past and I hope Donaghyor how ever you spell his name rots in jail. :)
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