Word: ref
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...Kevin Durant: It will be fun to try to stop LeBron James, though it's not going to happen at all. It will be a task at hand-I'm going to need a couple of guys, and maybe even the ref-to help...
...perfect world, an NBA referee is like a kid at a 1950s dinner table - seen, not heard, and most definitely not trying to be the center of the attention. The ref just needs to the keep the contest under control, be fair to both sides, and not miss the obvious call that could decide a game. The playoffs should be remembered for the hot shooting of the upstart Golden State Warriors, the acrobatics of New Jersey's Vince Carter, and the wizardry of Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash...
...Okur, not Howard, had instigated a mini-scuffle after the Houston forward committed a tough, but not intentional, foul. Last weekend, referee Bob Delaney went so far as to call a technical on Phoenix Suns assistant coach Mark Iavaroni at midcourt during halftime. And even before the playoffs, longtime ref Joey Crawford grabbed headlines when he kicked the league's stoic superstar, Tim Duncan, out of a game for laughing on the bench after a foul call against one of his teammates. As the two exchanged words in the aftermath, Crawford also asked Duncan if he wanted to fight...
...random, officiating can be. Few coaches, players or fans will deny that superstar players like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James or Dwyane Wade - as was ridiculously evident in last year's NBA Finals - get more favorable calls, or that home teams invariably get more of the benefit of a ref's whistle. But their willingness to call technical or flagrant fouls in crucial situations for actions that a few years ago would have been ignored has led many observers to believe that the refs' egos are getting too big for their own, and the game's, good. "The bothersome thing...
...paid the ref off—helped a bit,” Suchde admitted after the match...