11/12/06 

Mav’s 103 Blazers 96 - Devean Geoarge hits 2 late FT to cover spread.

 04/10/07

Nets 96 Wizards 92 Vince Carter makes 2 late FT to push spread.

02/26/07

Tim Donaghy was one of the three officials at the Miami/New York game this past February. The Knicks shot 39 free throws to the Heat’s 8. The Knicks were favored (-4) in the game. They beat the spread by 2.

01/03/04

“Detroit regained the lead and the ball with just 30 seconds left and Chauncey Billups drove the lane and collided with Brain Cardinal. Crew Chief Dick Bavetta called the play a charge but was overruled by referee Tim Donaghy who called the play a block and awarded Billups two free throws. Upon looking a replay of the events, it was a very close call, but appeared to be a charge which would have given the Warriors ball and a chance.”

01/19/07

The Spurs had to go most of Friday with Carlesimo guiding them. Popovich picked up his first technical foul for yelling at referee Joe DeRosa after the official called a foul on Tim Duncan for bumping Hornets center Tyson Chandler. Popovich took his seat, but continued to bark at referee Tim Donaghy, who was standing near the bench.

Donaghy calmly stared at the opposite end of the court as Popovich voiced his complaint about the “(expletive) call.” But when Popovich shouted, “Yeah, I’m talking to you,” that seemed to be all Donaghy needed to hear. He turned and ejected the coach.

01/19/2000

“That may have been the worst call of my career,” said a dumbfounded Karl afterward. “An important game like this and then to take me off the bench. For what I said? That’s a sad commentary on officiating. “That was the cheapest throw-out of my career.” Karl got the heave-ho from referee Tim Donaghy with 4:54 left in the first half during a three-point play by Bucks forward Glenn Robinson. Karl received the first technical for telling Donaghy that Indiana’s Jalen Rose was riding Robinson on a drive, a call that referee Mike Mathis ended up making. Karl then strolled out to midcourt to ask Donaghy why he had received the technical. “What the hell did I say?” Karl inquired of Donaghy. Donaghy’s only response was to whistle-up Karl again, providing him with his walking papers. “That technical was the worst job of officiating that I can remember,” said Karl. “Maybe it was something personal from before, but I don’t remember anything.”

04/09/05

Tim Donaghy, the referee who tossed coach Doc Rivers against the New Jersey Nets at Continental Airlines Arena April 9, officiated last night. Rivers picked up two technicals in just 1 minute 41 seconds in that game. It was the quickest ejection of a coach during the regular season.While Rivers admitted he deserved the second T, he thought the first was unwarranted and believed Donaghy had something against him. The next day, Rivers called the league and lodged a complaint. Last night, however, Rivers said he was fine with Donaghy being assigned Boston’s first playoff game. (Boston won)

12/12/06

Coach Hill stormed the floor to throw his body in front of the Suns early in the final quarter. Actually, an enraged Hill was on the court protesting another foul on Howard, the 6 foot-11 center who virtually vanished in the fury and flurry of the Suns’ pinball offense.
Howard, no match for counterpart Stoudemire, already had been whistled for a technical foul.
It was Hill’s turn, and he had to be held back by several Magic players from going after referee Tim Donaghy.

05/20/02

Shaq got taken out of the ballgame,” Jackson said. “The NBA has been watching these games for how many years? We played them in the playoffs forfour out of the five years? Every time at the beginning of the game, Vlade does all the same stuff, and the referees fall for the same Vlade flop stuffyear in and year out. And if they don’t know enough - and I went over to thereferee [Tim Donaghy] and said, ‘If you don’t know enough to [let them] playthrough that stuff, you’re just eliminating Shaq from the game.’ You don’twant to take him out of the game. You don’t want to make this game differentfrom what it should be. And players shouldn’t be rewarded for this kind ofan act. You’re rewarding this guy for this act. That’s totally unfortunate.”O’Neal would only say that Sunday’s game was “predetermined,” presumably bythe referees.

11/28/00

Both Portland coach Mike Dunleavy and guard Bonzi Wells were ejected in the fourth quarter. Wells whipped his headbandacross the court at referee Tim Donaghy and knocked over a watercooler before leaving the court. “If there was contact between Bonzi and the official I think itwas accidental and done out of frustration,” said Dunleavy, whowas watching on television from the locker room at the time. “I think from the look on his face, he was really that he got a technical.”

05/12/07

The Suns’ coaches and players had a running dialogue with referees Greg Willard, Eddie Rush and Tim Donaghy in Game 3. And Nash said part of mental toughness includes getting over questionable calls quickly. “Sometimes you have to voice your opinion, and sometimes it’s good to be passionate and emotional,” he said. “But it can be to a detriment if you get too emotional. You have to learn to use it to your advantage.” D’Antoni said: “You can plead, cry, whine do all those as long as it doesn’t affect your focus on the court. You can’t whine, and then be soft or out of position. You have to play basketball.”

Wallace confronted Donaghy, who had given him a T, on the Rose Garden’s loading docks. Eyewitnesses say Wallace cocked his fist and, when the ref recoiled, said, “You better flinch, you motherf—— punk…. I am going to kick your f—— ass.” (Wallace denies that he threatened Donaghy with his fist, and the players’ union plans to appeal his suspension, which, if it stands, will cost him $1.26 million in salary.)

05/29/06

Referee Tim Donaghy called a foul on Johan Petro on the opening tip - 1 second into the game - for bumping Yao on the jump.

January 2005

“In January 2005 his next-door neighbors in suburban Philadelphia sued him for harassment and invasion of privacy for a pattern of discord that had reportedly gone on for several years. Peter and Lisa Mansueto claimed that Donaghy vandalized their property and stalked them, even to the point of following Mrs. Mansueto around Radley Run Country Club, where Donaghy and the Mansuetos were members. After an internal investigation, Donaghy was suspended from Radley Run for the summer and early fall of 2004. The suit also alleged that Donaghy set fire to the Mansuetos’ tractor and crashed their golf cart into a ravine.”