Stern: Refs don't manipulate games
LOS ANGELES — NBA commissioner David Stern came to the defense of his beleaguered referees Thursday, saying they don't manipulate games.
Speaking to the media at an NBA finals that has been increasingly overshadowed by the Tim Donaghy scandal, the commissioner said Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference finals might have been officiated poorly, but honestly and not illegally.
