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Old 07-24-2007, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by detteam View Post
They must be looking at Bavetta pretty close too.
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Dick Bavetta (born December 10, 1939) is an American referee for the National Basketball Association. As of February 8, 2006, Bavetta had officiated 2,135 NBA games - a league record for most games officiated.
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Bavetta was at the center of controversy in game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals between the Utah Jazz and Chicago Bulls. In the first half of that game, Jazz guard Howard Eisley made a 3-point shot that replays clearly showed was released before the shot clock expired, but Bavetta mistakenly disallowed the shot.[4][5] The call had an impact on the game, as the Bulls won by one point, with Michael Jordan hitting the game winning shot after Jordan scoring over Jazz guard Byron Russell.[6]
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During the 1980s, Bavetta would be forced to officiate an NBA game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics by himself after his partner, Jack Madden, broke his leg in a collision with Celtics' player Dennis Johnson. In this game, he, alone, ejected Larry Bird and Julius Erving.


During the 2006-07 NBA season, Bavetta was the referee for a December 16, 2006 game between the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets. The game involved a brawl where all ten players on the court at the time of the altercation were ejected by Bavetta and his officiating crew.[2]
Dick Bavetta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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