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[Haberstroh] Chris Paul’s teams have been favored in 15 of 20 playoff games with Foster officiating. They went 3-17 and lost by an average of 11.2 points. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Handcuffed@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Haberstroh wrote an article about CP3 and Foster on his substack but he tweeted out this stat and it's astounding.

https://twitter.com/tomhaberstroh/status/1727596935534559437

reddit wants me to add more thoughts so I'll just add that Scott Foster is closely tied with a corrupt gambling ref and shouldn't have been allowed to officiate for the last 20 years.

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/scott-foster-recipient-of-134-tim-donaghy-phone-calls-refereeing-celtics-heat-game-3/

Foster is the official who received 134 phone calls from disgraced referee Tim Donaghy between October 2006 and April 2007, as originally reported by FOX News. That was the same period during which Donaghy admitted to betting on NBA games. The report said that Donaghy called Foster more than any other ref and that he didn't call any other official more than 13 times.

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[–] RosaReilly@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Foster is the official who received 134 phone calls from disgraced referee Tim Donaghy between October 2006 and April 2007

Foster calls loads of refs all the time. Donaghy's crimes were spotted by patterns in the betting. These patterns do not exist for other referees.

[–] jseed@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, because no one has noticed any patterns with Foster's reffing. Especially with particular players or scenarios. Or given him a nickname like the "Extender" for some reason: https://twitter.com/bigjimmurray/status/1518632378360598530?lang=en

[–] RosaReilly@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

That's not what I meant. I meant changes in the betting line from opening. There were huge changes for Donaghy games, because he was fixing them and people were betting large amounts, which changed the odds.