Referees for Mavs/Spurs 4-18-09

[Artest93]

D. Bavetta










T. Brothers











J. Capers

[Spursmania]

Yeah!!! Yeah!!! NO fucking Joey Crawford!!!

[AussieFanKurt]

We will see if slimey joey appears at any stage

[Mel_13]

Tony Brothers reffed in the Hornets game.

Anyone recall a ref calling two consecutive games in the same building?

[Thomas82]

D. Bavetta










T. Brothers











J. Capers



Not bad

[superbigtime]

Glad to not see Ed Rush or Crawford. Or Salvatore I hate him too.

[jrmp317]

Bavetta is a sucker for the home team, so this is good for the Spurs.

[FromWayDowntown]

Glad to not see Ed Rush or Crawford. Or Salvatore I hate him too.

Look, you're going to see -- very likely -- at least a couple of those guys in this series, no matter how long it goes.

In the First Round, there are 8 crew chiefs, all of them officials who will work the NBA Finals. Last year, those 8 were: Bavetta, Dan Crawford, Joey Crawford, Delaney, Derosa, Javie, Rush, and Salvatore. It appears that Javie, Salvatore, and Bavetta are still crew chiefs this year; it also appears that Rush has been dropped from that status in 2009 and replaced by Mark Wunderlich (Rush is the second official today in Boston).

Because every game in this series will have one of the crew chiefs, I think it's pretty fair to assume that we'll see the majority of those officials. I'd be shocked if the crew chief for Game 2 isn't Javie, Wunderlich, or Salvatore.

[arodz]

Bavetta is a sucker for the home team, so this is good for the Spurs.


Agreed. I'd like to see Steve Javie in Dallas. He's a road ref.

[sonic21]

they're keeping crawford for game 3 and 4 in dallas.

[ElNono]

agreed. I'd like to see steve javie in dallas. He's a road ref.

+1

[angel_luv]

Don't laugh Timmy!

[Creation88]

woo hoo!

[exstatic]

Glad to not see Ed Rush or Crawford. Or Salvatore I hate him too.

Naw. Stern's got him babysitting the vulnerable Celtics today.

[spursfan1000]

T Brothers had a couple bad calls in the Hornets game but overall I guess its good because there is no Joey Craword.

[Obstructed_View]

Tony Brothers is the most anti-Spur ref I've seen. More than Crawford. More than Grillo.

[Thompson]

They can't have Joey ref every Spurs playoff game, that would be too obvious. Just wait for it, he's coming.

[AussieFanKurt]

They can't have Joey ref every Spurs playoff game, that would be too obvious. Just wait for it, he's coming.

i dread that

[BUMP]

Only SpurFan would start a thread on whose reffing the game

[duncan228]

Only SpurFan would start a thread on whose reffing the game

A Rockets fan started it. :)

[Obstructed_View]

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