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Court documents filed by Donaghy's lawyer detailed the "inner-
workings" of a plot in which top league executives used referees to
manipulate the games. Donaghy claims two referees were "company men"
whose job was to extend a playoff series in 2002 to a seventh game.
The documents did not name the series, but the Lakers-Kings Western
Conference finals was the only series in 2002 that went to a seventh
game, with the Lakers winning both Game 6 and 7 to reach the NBA
Finals.
"Personal fouls (resulting in obviously injured players) were ignored
even when they occurred in full view of the referees," the document
says of the unnamed series. "Conversely, the referees called made-up
fouls on Team 5 in order to give additional free throw opportunities
to Team 6."
Two players from Team 5 fouled out in the game, the document said, and
the "referees' favoring of Team 6 led to that team's victory that
night." Team 6 also went on to win Game 7 of the series, according to
the document.
