2015 NBA Finals Officials

APG

2014 NBA Finals Officials: https://forum.officiating.com/basketball/98020-2014-nba-finals-officials.html

Game 1

CC: Monty McCutchen
R1: James Capers
R2: Jason Phillips

Alternate: Tom Washington

Game 2

CC: Scott Foster
R1: Tony Brothers
R2: Zach Zarba

Alternate: John Goble

Game 3

CC: Danny Crawford
R1: Marc Davis
R2: Derrick Stafford

Alternate: Ed Malloy

Game 4

CC: Joe Crawford (50th NBA Finals Game)
R1: Mike Callahan
R2: Ken Mauer

Alternate: Jason Phillips

Game 5

CC: Monty McCutchen
R1: James Capers
R2: Jason Phillips

Alternate: Ed Malloy

Game 6

CC: Scott Foster
R1: Marc Davis
R2: Zach Zarba

Alternate: Derrick Stafford

kstiles99

APG wrote
Game 1

CC: Monty McCutchen
R1: James Capers
R2: Jason Phillips
Alternate: Tom Washington

My predictions are:

Crew chiefs-
Joey
Danny
Scott
Monty

Referees-

J capers
J Phillips
M Davis
D stafford
K Mauer
E malloy
T brothers
T Washington
M Callahan
Z zarba

Alternates-

Z zarba
T Washington
B spooner
J goble
S wright
D stafford
M Davis
R garretson

APG

kstiles99 wrote
My predictions are:

Crew chiefs-
Joey
Danny
Scott
Monty

Referees-

J capers
J Phillips
M Davis
D stafford
K Mauer
E malloy
T brothers
T Washington
M Callahan
Z zarba

Alternates-

Z zarba
T Washington
B spooner
J goble
S wright
D stafford
M Davis
R garretson

There are 12 officials selected to work the finals...and going off of last year, 3 alternates. If you're selected to work a game (which all 12 officials are guaranteed at least one game), you will not be an alternate in any other game.

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Hopefully my boy John Goble will get on the floor this year!

Jay R

AremRed wrote
Hopefully my boy John Goble will get on the floor this year!

Goble is very good. If he isn't doing the finals this week, it won't be long.

Nevadaref

APG wrote
There are 12 officials selected to work the finals...and going off of last year, 3 alternates. If you're selected to work a game (which all 12 officials are guaranteed at least one game), you will not be an alternate in any other game.

1. Do the 12 selected each work once during games 1-4?
2. If yes for #1, how are the officials for games 5-7 determined? Are the officials graded and the bottom three dropped?

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Nevadaref wrote
1. Do the 12 selected each work once during games 1-4?
2. If yes for #1, how are the officials for games 5-7 determined? Are the officials graded and the bottom three dropped?

Much harder to play Fantasy Referee Administrator with basketball refs than soccer. There isn't a rhyme I have noticed. I'm sure a couple guys get graded out but I'd wager they pretty much know the top 6 refs in the league and give those guys games 6 and 7 if it comes down to that. Expect some combination of Foster, Joey, Danny, Duke, Monty, and Mauer/Capers/Brothers/Washington (those four tied in my mind) for the later games.

I'd wager we don't see Brothers again this series, he was pretty poor tonight.

Nevadaref

AremRed wrote
I'd wager we don't see Brothers again this series, he was pretty poor tonight.

The foul that he missed when Lebron got whacked across the arms with around a minute remaining was truly egregious.
I think that alone would warrant any league with decent accountabilty standards to not assign him again during the current postseason.

luvhoops

Nevadaref wrote
The foul that he missed when Lebron got whacked across the arms with around a minute remaining was truly egregious.
I think that alone would warrant any league with decent accountabilty standards to not assign him again during the current postseason.

He also missed Lebron's travel on the same play. Two obvious no-calls directly in front of him on one play? Ouch.

kstiles99

I'm pretty sure Joey will work game 3 or 4 with Mike Callahan and Ken Mauer. Alt. Ed Malloy.

The other crew would probably be Dan Crawford with Davis and Stafford.

I also agree, Brothers is probably done working this season.

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luvhoops wrote
He also missed Lebron's travel on the same play. Two obvious no-calls directly in front of him on one play? Ouch.

Wasn't Brothers at Lead with the play right in front of him? Traveling isn't his call there, that's Trail.

Raymond

Ronnie Nunn discussing Game 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwzSJDNDn3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwzSJDNDn3s

Hugh Refner

Ahhh - for the good old days when we could watch Mendy Rudolph and Earl Strom. 🙂

Raymond

So Joey C., Duke Callahan, and ... for Game 4?

Jay R

BadNewsRef wrote
So Joey C., Duke Callahan, and ... for Game 4?

Ken Mauer?

Nevadaref

Is there any basis in the NBA rules for Nunn's take on the jumpball needing to be retossed once it comes below the player's shoulders without being tapped?

Is this just his personal interpretation without anything in the rule book? I have never heard this thought in almost 20 years of officiating.

Raymond

BadNewsRef wrote
So Joey C., Duke Callahan, and ... for Game 4?

Jay R wrote
Ken Mauer?

Oh yeah, was thinking he worked already.

tmagan

Pretty bad miss as with 1:44 left in the fourth quarter as Derrick Stafford clearly held up an open palm and was pointing at the Warriors sideline, then it was inbounded and four seconds was allowed to run when it never should of.

kstiles99

tmagan wrote
Pretty bad miss as with 1:44 left in the fourth quarter as Derrick Stafford clearly held up an open palm and was pointing at the Warriors sideline, then it was inbounded and four seconds was allowed to run when it never should of.

Yeah there were some flukes.. Especially when there was an inadvertent whistle and then went back to review and fix it. Nobody really knew what was going on.

Still not as bad as Game 2 (particularly Tony Brothers.)

bballref3966

Joey Crawford telling Mosgov to "Do me a favor and shut up" is one of the greatest things I've ever seen.

If only I could get away with telling coaches that at my level. 🙄