Was there a regulation in the past in the NBA games in which the referees called on an illegal offense?
923808
There was never an illegal offense, the illegal defense rule has been modified in recent years.  It used to be a warning for the 1st offense and a free throw for everyone after that.  It is now an automatic free throw.
342526
Most NBA players and teams are obnoxious when it comes to blaming the refs for every loss.\n\nJust about every team thinks they'd be 82-0 if it weren't for the refs.\n\nGuess they all figure that the refs are 'disrespecting' them, and you don't do that!
1044098
The ref was correct, in my opinion.\n\nHere are some of the pertentent free throw rules for the NBA (I know, not college or high school, but I believe that they are similar):\n\na. After the ball is placed at the disposal of a free throw shooter, his attempt shall be within 10 seconds in such a way that the ball enters the basket or touches the ring before it is touched by a player. The shooter shall be within that part of the free throw circle behind the free throw line. \n\nc. A player who occupies a free throw lane space shall not touch the floor on or across the free throw lane line, nor shall any player 'back out' more than 3' from the free throw lane line. A player who does not occupy a free throw lane space must remain behind the three-point line. This restriction applies until the ball leaves the free thrower's hands. \n\nThese two rules might be slightly different for college or high school ball, but I am not sure.\n\nNow, here is the ruling on penalties levied:\n\n(6) If there is a free throw violation by each team, on a free throw which is to remain in play, the ball becomes dead, no point can be scored and play shall be resumed by a jump ball between any two opponents at the center circle. \n\nThese are NBA rules, but I believe that, though the mechanics might be a little different (jump ball, for example), the generalities are still the same for college and high school.\n\nThe shooter and the defender both violated rules, and there is no precendent for one rule or the other, and so the ball becomes dead, perhaps, in this case, being awarded to the other team?
946028
Maybe you meant the player's being disqualified?  If so, that would mean that a player either accumulated 6 personal fouls and has "fouled out" (This means that they are no long eligible to re-enter the game) or they have been given two technicals by the officials and have been tossed from the game. \n\nHope this helps.
638172
So I'm not the only one that has noticed this..?! It's becoming evident in these playoffs that something needs to change, because the referees should NOT have the power to affect the outcome of a deciding game...! Take the Spurs/Mavericks game last night for example. I was watching the final seconds of the 4th quarter, and saw a "phantom foul" called on Bruce Bown--that, coincidentally, would bring Dirk to the line to tie the game and take it into overtime. There has been several "questionable" calls, and most of them have affected the outcome of games. SOME SORT of system needs to be put in place, because like football, human error happens--but it shouldn't be the reason a team losses a game if the call wasn't the right one to begin with!
664781
In NBA...\n\na player fouls out with 6 personal fouls.\n(a) personal foul\n(b) technical foul (accounts for 3 personal fouls)\n(c) flagrant foul (also accounts for 3 personal fouls)
839001
I believe it is now classified as a contact sport.\n\n"basketball has been classified as both a contact sport (Huang et al., 1999) and a no contact sport (Zillmann et al, 1974). Although the degree of contact in basketball is somewhat less than in football or rugby because players cannot deliberately hit to bring each other down, physical clashes are frequent, and athletes must be strong enough to deal with it."
658108
I don't know about a complete rigging of a game, but ref's do have the luxury of calling some flops and not calling others, calling some excessive contact and not calling others, etc, etc.  The Pacers, especially J. O'Neal, haven't had much luck with the refs lately.  And those crucial moments may indeed cause the game to end in an unfair result.\n\nWhen those "fouls" are reviewed on SportsCenter, ESPN, general news...they appear weaker than my great-grandmothers hip bone!
800888
i wish i knew, most of the games seem  boring, maybe it's because there are fouls called for every little bump now. and the players are just not playing with the same level of intensity.
1096311
Wow!!! What a very informing question. Informing in the way that you made so much sense in your theory. I agree that the NBA cannot fix games in the sense of having a team just quit, but sabotaging a certain team with the crappy officiating now I can believe that. Coming from Utah and being a Jazz fan I can see this in every game since the refs totally hate Jerry Sloan. Not that you care or anything but Karl Malone said something interesting during an interview during all the hype of his statue and number retirement her In SLC i will quote the best I can he said,: I was out doing something other than basketball related things and ran into a NBA referee that refer ed many of the Jazz's games he told straight up that he was sorry that he coast the Jazz and Me a championship due to his bad  call in the finals" this was concerning the push off Jordan did on Bryon Russell. So this comment gives your theory a good leg to stand on.
1098718
"Home court"...So THAT'S what they call biased referees?
1012975
They are paid in US dollars, if they make it themselves, it's counterfeiting.\nSeriously, NBA referees are paid somewhere between $90,000 and $225,000 per season, depending upon experience and Post season assignments.
669217
The NBA has had the 6 foul sistem for some time. In high school, College and other leagues it is 5. Always remember that technical fouls dont count towards the person fouls in the NBA. In college it is a different story. But yeah. . . get six and your out!
1090613
They did get a lot of free throws, but dont forget its the referees that are calling the game not the players. On top of that Shaq  missed most of  his free throws
1060947
I want you to look at the link I have here and tell me thats not a foul.\n\nhttp://i5.tinypic.com/14vmbte.jpg...\n\nNow, it wasnt a foul on Nowitzki, but thats irrelevant. Wade was fouled. \n\nIf you can HONESTLY tell me thats not a foul, then dont give me best answer.\n\nOh, and no, I dont think it was a bullshit call. \nGo HEAT!
1090220
C'est en 1981 que la NBA décide d'introduire la ligne à 3 points afin de rendre le jeu plus spectaculaire en élargissant le périmètre défensif. La règle sera adoptée en Europe en 1984.
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Official Rules of the National Basketball Association can be found here,http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_index.html