Joey Crawford
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Joseph Crawford is an American retired professional basketball referee who worked in the National Basketball Association between 1977 and 2016. Crawford, who wore uniform number 17, was regarded as on
Crawford in 2008
Tim Duncan was ejected from a 2007 game after Crawford gave him two technical fouls, both while on the bench.
Technical foul
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In basketball, a technical foul is any infraction of the rules penalized as a foul which does not involve physical contact during the course of play between opposing players on the court, or is a foul
Former NBA player Chauncey Billups at the free throw line after a technical foul was called.
The act of disrespectfully addressing or contacting an official, or gesturing in such a manner as to indicate resentment, is an example of a technical foul.
When shooting a free throw for a technical foul, only the free throw shooter, in this case Andrei Ivanov, is allowed within the area below the free throw line extended.