European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 19 2007 stars and stripes Page 55 ref suspended Duncan fined 5 f altercation with Allstar gets Crawford tossed Donna spurs guard Tony Parker looks Down As referee Joey Crawford makes a Call during the second half on sunday the Day urn Duncan was ejected by Brian Mahoney the associated press new York Joey Crawford is done ejecting players and coaches this season on tuesday he was the one getting tossed the Veteran Aba referee was suspended indefinitely by com missioner David Stern for his con duct toward Tim Duncan who contends the official challenged him to a fight during a game in Dallas Crawford has worked More postseason games than any Active ref his suspension will last at least through the Aba finals and he apparently will have to meet with 50 years of service were celebrating take 25 off your Auto Loon v i service credit Union is celebrating 50 years of service and we would like to include you in the festivities enjoy 25 off our published Auto loan rates now through May 312007 new used refinances Are eligible free pre approvals apply online at a local Branch or by phone military org 06s00472s200c Best Auto loan rate 514 if you Are a member of record As of Rall cred worthiness of each applicant and subject to Stanje without notice Aura rates shown includes 35 discount for direct Deposit new Sci members wll Recei i 25 off approved into Ken Sci Auto Loans quaff Yin for additional funds of s2soo or More Stern after that to discuss rein statement especially in Light of similar prior acts by this official a significant suspension is warranted Stern said in a statement although Joey is consistently rated As one of our top referees he must be held accountable for his actions on the floor and we will have further discussions with him following the season to be sure he understands his responsibilities Crawford ejected Duncan from san Antonios loss after railing a second technical foul on the spurs Star while he was laughing on the Bench he looked at me and said do you want to fight do you want to fight Duncan said if he wants to fight we can fight i dont have any problem with him but we can do it if he wants to i have no reason Why in the Middle of a game he would yell at me do you want to fight Crawford was cited for improper conduct1 and inappropriate comments made to Duncan during the game Stern said Crawford actions failed to meet the standards of professionalism and game management we expect of Aba referees the Aba also fined Duncan for verbal abuse of an offi Cial Crawford said Duncan referred to him with an expletive Crawford was the first referee suspended since Rodney Mott was banned three games on Jan 12 for making an obscene gesture toward a fan and also using inappropriate language in Portland Crawford comes from an officiating family his brother Jerry is a major league Umpire As was his father shag Joey Crawford is in his 31st sea son As an Aba referee he has officiated More than 2000 games during the regular season and 266 in the playoffs including 38 in the Aba finals but his temper has gotten him noticed before especially in game 2 of the 2003 Western con Ference finals a matchup involving the same teams As in sundays game Crawford called four tech Nical fouls in the first 10plus min utes leading to ejections of the mavs coach Don Nelson and assistant Del Harris Nelson and Harris now with Golden state and Mavericks owner Mark cuban All declined to say anything about Crawford suspension before the warriors played Dallas on tuesday night All i can do is get in More Trou ble Nelson said Crawford also called a technical in a recent game against Dun can who said sunday that Craw Ford has a personal vendetta against me Duncan was called for his first technical foul sunday with remaining in the third Quarter for arguing about an offensive foul Crawford hit him with the Sec Ond technical later after Dun can was on the Bench laughing about a Call that went against the spurs with Duncan gone the Maver icks rallied to beat the spurs end ing san Antonios Chance of earn ing the no 2 seed in the Western conference