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I'm not the expert at them but I'm sure someone will help out if I screw this up.
1- Calling official always ends up tableside on shooting fouls. This saves time since he/she (Eli had a female partner tonight! I thought she handled herself quite well) doesn't have to switch to opposite table.
2- On shooting fouls, all 3 officials switch, unless the slot or trail tableside calls the foul. Then the other two officials switch.
3- They normally don't switch on non-shooting fouls.
4- Rotations on transition from T to L are smoother. If the ball is going to the weak side, the new L continues to move across the endline and the new T follows and becomes the slot, C. This happens smoothly even if the T has crossed the division line yet.
5- Of course, they don't have a central reporting area and don't have to come to a stop when reporting. They use both hands to report numbers. If I'm not mistaking, players also entered while they were reporting.
6- Foul mechanics are sharper and demonstrate moreso what actually occurred than some of the NF signals do. The whistle stops the clock, not a raised hand. I've always said that timers stop the clock when they hear the whistle, not when a hand goes up.
7- I did not care for the way they count 5 seconds. Chops go high above the head with 1 finger extended. A similiar motion is used to chop the clock. It looks like a quick "We're #1!" I didn't care for it.
That's a few things and I may not be completely clear on all of it. Watch the NBA on NBC and you'll see the differences that I'm talking about.
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