Joey Crawford - League of Clutch (video)

And Your Western Conference Champion is…

Posted 5/29/2008 on Real Sports Bloggers

The Los Angeles Lakers are up 3-1 after a very controversial call Tuesday night in San Antonio at the end of game 4. Joey Crawford, the referee (whom I think is one of the best refs around in any sport) made the call that Brent Barry was not fouled by Derek Fisher, and the game ended [...]

Lakers Blow The Final Whistle

Posted 5/28/2008 on LABallTalk.com

Whistle… Whistle… Whistle… Lamar Odom has 4 fouls… Whistle… Whistle… Whistle… Derek Fisher has 4 fouls… Sasha Vujacic has 4 fouls… Jordan Farmar has 3 fouls… Pau Gasol has 3 fouls… THATS ONLY THE END OF THE 3RD QUARTER. At the end of the 3rd qaurter of game four in San Antonio at the AT&T Center, the Los Angeles Lakers led ...

League Moves One Step Closer To a Lakers Final

Posted 5/28/2008 on Hoops and Other Pop Culture

Now, I know the league doesn't want the ratings-sucking Spurs in the finals, but, um, folks.....Spurs are at home. Fisher lands right on Brent Barry. And Joey Crawford (who once challenged Tim Duncan to a fight) is the senior referee on a crew that looked on with their whistles somewhere in their pants pockets??? How can Joey Crawford be allowed to do a Spurs game? I mean, come on. He ...

Ballin: Lakers 93, Spurs 91

Posted 5/28/2008 on The Big Lead

Yes, D Fish fouled Brent Barry with less than two seconds remaining. No question. But as Barry, Pop, Fisher and Kobe said - you can’t call that . Go ahead and conjure up some Joey Crawford conspiracy , or talk about how uneven the game was refereed - the Spurs went to the line 26 times in the first three quarters, and then zero in the fourth; Kobe ( 28 points ) didn’t attempt one ...

Yes, That Was a Foul

Posted 5/28/2008 on Dan Shanoff

Leave it to Henry Abbott for the early and definitive word on last night's game-/series-/league-changing non-call by Joey Crawford on that Barry 3 over Fisher. For those of us who think the NBA is ever-so-slightly rigged (but only when the possibility presents itself), this was "Exhibit A" fodder. The NBA's original sin was having Joey Crawford ref this game, knowing his history with the ...

Right Call, But the Wrong Ref

Published 5/29/2008 on washingtonpost.com - NBA

Derek Fisher's contact with Brent Barry in the final seconds of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals should not have been a foul, but Joey Crawford shouldn't have been making the call.

The Fix Was In For LA? Not Quite

Published 5/28/2008 on 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 ...