Tim Donaghy, the former NBA referee who spent 11 months in prison for relaying inside information to gamblers, is reviewing the performance of his former colleagues during the NBA Finals. Here’s a quarter-by-quarter breakdown of Game 2, with accompanying video. From Deadspin.com
A lot of strange moments in this one, but the main takeaway is that Kobe Bryant didn’t get the star treatment calls in Game 2 that he got in game 1.
Here is the first quarter as a preview with time counting down from the start of the quarter:
11:45 [TIE 0-0] Derek Fisher and Kobe Bryant both foul Ray Allen going through the lane — they impede his progress. Allen then sets an illegal screen on the low block. Three obvious fouls missed in the first 30 seconds.
9:32 [LAL 7-2] Bryant reaches in and whacks Kevin Garnett; no foul is called.
9:22 [LAL 7-4] Garnett fouls Pau Gasol, maybe out of frustration with the non-call. He’s sent to the bench with two fouls.
8:35 [BOS 8-7] Illegal screen called on Andrew Bynum. Not much contact on this play.
8:31 [BOS 8-7] Screen set by Paul Pierce with his foot on the out-of-bounds line. This is a violation. When setting a screen you must be completely inbounds; otherwise it’s a foul.
6:13 [LAL 13-10] Illegal screen set by Kendrick Perkins, but no foul is called as he takes out Fisher. Allen hits a three-pointer because of this.
27.7 [BOS 29-22] Good call on Odom. He charges into the set defender
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