Tim ‘Crooked Ref’ Donaghy stats: 2006-2007

Okay, Phoenix fans… game 3… 2 early fouls on Amare by Donaghy. Amare had 7 points in under 6 minutes in the first quarter. The next minute and 30 seconds he received two foul calls, and Donaghy was a hero to everyone who had their money on the Spurs that night. Oh yeah, Eddie Rush was officiating that night too (See Below).  De Ja Vu… Game 3 against the Lakers in ‘06, same Tim Donaghy.

Did the mob help the Spurs win? It’s starting to look like it.

Donaghy Referee Stats:

Home Team Against the Spread: 30-41-3
He was in the bottom 13.3 % of all refs in this category, road teams had to love him, it was all about the spread. Scary thing is that 7 refs were worse, including Eddie Rush.

Over/Under
He was in the top 5% of all refs in the category (43-29 O/U). Jim Clark & Olandis pool were the only worse. 65% of the time the over was the way to go when he was officiating.

Compare to his stats from 2005-206
Home Team Against the Spread: The improbably perfect 32-32-2
Over/Under 36-30 in favor of the over.

In 2004-2005:
Home team ATS: 35-26-4
Over/Under in 2004-2005 was 29-35

In 2003-2004:
Home team ATS: 35-35-0
Over/Under: 30-39

$mart money is on the ref$.

Donaghy’s official NBA biography:

NBA experience: 12 seasons, currently in his 13th NBA season
Born: January 7, 1967 (Delaware County, PA)
Resides: Bradenton, FL
HS: Cardinal O’Hara (Springfield, PA)
College: Villanova University ’89

“The feeling among many referees was that Garretson and Donaghy, the two senior referees, could have been much more assertive in calming things down before the incident hit its flash point when a fan threw a cup of ice at Artest as he lay prone on the scorer’s table.” (Chris Sheridan’s ESPN blog)

“Donaghy also was involved in another controversy a few years back when he engaged in a shouting match with Rasheed Wallace on the loading dock of The Rose Garden in Portland, an incident that led to a seven-game suspension for Wallace, who was then with the Portland Trail Blazers. Donaghy and the two other referees who had worked that game passed by Wallace as they walked to their cars, and Wallace was said to have threatened Donaghy, who had assessed him a technical foul earlier that night during a Grizzlies-Blazers game.” (Chris Sheridan’s ESPN blog)