Directly after the Golden State Warriors ' 137-131 overtime win against the Denver Nuggets on Thursday, "Inside The NBA" aired on ESPN. The show did not begin with a discussion of the thrilling game that had just concluded, nor the one that preceded it, the Oklahoma City Thunder's 141-135 overtime win against the Indiana Pacers . "We'll get to the highlights of those two games in just a bit," Ernie Johnson told viewers. For the next 11-plus minutes, the topic was the gambling scandal that has become the biggest story in the NBA.

That morning, the FBI announced that more than 30 people had been charged in two separate but related criminal investigations. Terry Rozier of the Miami Heat and Damon Jones, a former Cleveland Cavaliers player and assistant coach, were among the s

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