According to former All-Star and Rookie of the Year Amar’e Stoudemire, the Cleveland Cavaliers should have faced the Phoenix Suns in the 2007 NBA Finals. Not the San Antonio Spurs, who the Suns lost to in six games in the 2007 Western Conference semifinals.
In an interview with Basketball Society’s Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson, Stoudemire would cite “discrepancies” in the officiating as a major factor in their loss. Tim Donaghy, who was an NBA referee from 1994 to 2007, was an individual Stoudemire would mention in particular.
“There were a lot of discrepancies with San Antonio,” he said.