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Carolyn Gillespie was the name of the fill-in. She has done WNBA and is going to the Olympics with Billy (Mildenhall, the guy that got smashed). I thought they did a great job, considering either of them had never refereed players of that calibre before, and the fact that Carolyn did the women's game beforehand.
I saw that game as well... The officials did as good a job as possible with what they had - namely 2 officials.
I don't see how anyone could think that 2 officials can adequately cover a game of that caliber. The takedown incident with Vince Carter in the first 2 minutes, and the collision with the Bill and Vince as well, should strongly encourage FIBA and other organizations to pursue 3-person officiating.