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The most dramatic pieces of evidence:

In 2008, former NBA referee Tim Donoghy was sentenced to 15 months in prison for betting on games he officiated and accepting cash payments from gamblers.

Donoghy told the FBI that the NBA sometimes used referees to “manipulate results,” and that Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals was one of the games in which the league did so.

He alleged in his book Blowing The Whistle, that **** Bavetta, one of the referees assigned to the game, was generally assigned to manipulate games in which the league wanted a particular result.

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