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<blockquote data-quote="deeeznutz" data-source="post: 231563" data-attributes="member: 837"><p>I don't think the nba rigs their officiating in the traditional sense (tell them how to call a game) but they absolutely will assign certain crews to do games knowing their tendencies. If you look at the stats, some refs are more or less likely to be swayed by a hostile crowd and call games reflecting that. When they want to even out a series where one team is down and going home, they'll give them a timid crew who will call fouls to pacify the crowd. It's high level gamesmanship, and the Tim Donaghy mess opened the door to looking at it but the league slammed it closed. Some guys are generally able to predict playoff ref assignments just based on where a series is at in terms of w-l.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deeeznutz, post: 231563, member: 837"] I don't think the nba rigs their officiating in the traditional sense (tell them how to call a game) but they absolutely will assign certain crews to do games knowing their tendencies. If you look at the stats, some refs are more or less likely to be swayed by a hostile crowd and call games reflecting that. When they want to even out a series where one team is down and going home, they'll give them a timid crew who will call fouls to pacify the crowd. It's high level gamesmanship, and the Tim Donaghy mess opened the door to looking at it but the league slammed it closed. Some guys are generally able to predict playoff ref assignments just based on where a series is at in terms of w-l. [/QUOTE]
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