The Warriors game a retired NBA referee can’t forgive or forget

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Joey Crawford has a brain full of memories from his 39-year career as an NBA referee — not all of them the kind that give you a warm feeling in the ol’ breadbasket. In a recent sit-down with ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan, Crawford admitted he was a hot-head on the court. His quick trigger earned him a suspension and $25,000 fine for ejecting Tim Duncan from a 2007 game. Duncan’s crime? He was laughing on the bench. The episode led Crawford to begin seeing a sports psychologist. “It really shook me,” he told MacMullan. “That’s when I realized, ‘I gotta do something about this.'” At least there was some redemption to be had after that altercation. Crawford couldn’t say the same for an ugly incident he

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