Published 5/28/2008
by Michael Lee
at Wizards Insider
The conspiracy theorists thinking that the league office is purposely attempting to have a Los Angeles Lakers-Boston Celtics NBA Finals began lining up the moment it was announced that official Joey Crawford had been assigned to Game 4 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night. And when Crawford held on to his whistle and didn't call a foul after watching Derek Fisher bump San Antonio's Brent Barry on Barry's last-second, desperation shot, the chorus grew...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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