Joey Crawford will always be linked to San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan for an infamous ejection, but there's another moment in their bizarre history that the former NBA referee wishes he could redo.
Because Crawford and his crew let something slip by them—and they lost some money as a result.
Crawford, whose officiating career came to an end earlier this season because of a knee injury, spoke to ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk about his 39 years in the NBA. While there were plenty of interesting tidbits in the interview, perhaps the most noteworthy details came when Crawford revealed his crew was fined for a miscue in the 2013 NBA Finals, which featured the Spurs and Miami Heat.
Fortunately for the refs, it wasn't a championship-deciding error.
Anybody who watched Game 6 will never forget the shot that Ray Allen knocked down in the final seconds of regulation to tie it. Miami pulled out a 103-100 victory in overtime and won Game 7 two days later, stealing a championship right out of the Spurs' grasp. But Crawford can only think about what happened in the immediate aftermath of the shot:
I am looking at Duke ...
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Joey Crawford Says He Was Fined for Miscue During Heat-Spurs Finals
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