Hue Hollins

Hue Spencer Hollins Sr. (November 28, 1940 – July 4, 2013) was an American professional basketball referee for the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his 27-year career in the NBA, Hollins officiated 19 NBA Finals games and five NBA All-Star Games. He is notable for working the Finals every year during the 1990s and for a notorious call during a 1994 NBA Playoffs game between the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks. Hollins was probed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over the 2007 NBA betting scandal involving former referee Tim Donaghy.

Personal Early life Hollins grew up in Waco, Texas. He was involved in sports, playing basketball and baseball throughout his childhood, while focusing on baseball during high school. He graduated from the school with a double major in sociology and psychology and was later hired as a high school counselor. Television replays indicated that contact was made after Davis had released the ball.

Hollins defended the call after the game saying, "I saw Scottie make contact with his shooting motion. I'm positive there was contact on the shot."

The Knicks went on to win the Bulls-Knicks series in seven games, and proceeded all the way to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Houston Rockets, also in seven games.