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Refs having wrong kind of impact

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Thursday, May 28, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- Wednesday night I wrote that the Nuggets missed a great opportunity to steal a game in Staples Center, and they certainly believed that. But they also believed one other thing, even if most of them were unwilling to risk a $25,000 fine by communicating it -- that the officiating was a major factor in their defeat, and that Phil Jackson's criticism of the refs after L.A.'s loss in Game 4 was a major factor in the officiating. One Nugget, who understandably didn't want to be iden ...

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