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Lakers vs Suns: Pau Gasol Leads LA in Phoenix

PHOENIX -- In a rematch of last year's Western Conference Finals, the Lakers faced the Suns in the champs' first road contest of the season. This was the third time in the last five meetings between the teams that the Suns were playing on the second night of a back-to-back, while the Lakers were coming off of at least a...

Joey Crawford Leads Game 7 Ref Crew

The officials for tonight's Celtics-Lakers NBA Finals Game 7 have been announced: Joey Crawford, Danny Crawford and Scott Foster. Joey Crawford was the lead official in Games 1 and 5 of the Finals, and he lived up to his reputation as the NBA ref least likely to suffer a fool: his crews doled out three technicals in each...

Suns Still Defenseless Against Lakers

LOS ANGELES -- The Suns appear to be setting. The Lakers took a commanding 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals with a 124-112 win at Staples Center on Wednesday night. Someone might want to ask former Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni if he's a believer in the notion that the Suns' defense has improved, as they gave up...

To Get Back on the Court, Older Refs Need to Swallow Self-Interest

The latest details from the again broken-down referee labor negotiation come from ESPN's Chris Sheridan and Howard Beck of the New York Times. Beck reports that the executive board of the refs union initially approved the latest offer from the NBA on Sunday with a 3-2 vote, effectively endorsing the plan for the fuller...

NBA Trying to 'Robotize' Its Referees

Let's face it, one of the reasons the NBA is trying to push out some of its older officials is because of the perception that some of those older officials tend to view themselves as bigger than the game or that they interject themselves too much into the action. While there is no doubt most of the league's best officials...

Background on Joey Crawford

Joseph "Joey" Crawford (born August 30, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) has been an American professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) since 1977 and wears the uniform number 17. Crawford is one of the most experienced, strict officials in the NBA and has developed a reputation for assessing technical fouls against both players and coaches.

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