GAME 6 REFS: Joey Crawford, Mike Callahan, Ken Mauer

[TheGreatYacht]

Tonight's refs for Game 6 will be:
JOEY CRAWFORD
Mike Callahan
KEN MAUER

Lord protect the Spurs.

[SAScrub]

Callahan's the one to worry about.

[BillMc]

I, like most Spurs fans, don't like Joey. But I'll give him this, he's not usually affected by the home crowd. Could work out OK.

(Though, if there is a a Game 7 that means Kennedy and Foster are up next).

[Creation88]

we just gotta do what we did in G3 and G5...play with a lead the entire game. don't let the refs even have a chance to decide the game.

[The Reckoning]

one of the heat big 3 or birdman are getting T'd up IMO

[temujin]

If it wasn't this particular Spurs team, I'd say, on to Game 7.

[Jenks]

Well my day is ruined

[TampaDude]

This is actually good news. Joey has been good for us on the road. I believe we've won every game he's reffed in these playoffs.

Spurs close it out tonight.

Birdman gets ejected. :lol

[D-rob fan]

Didn't Joey Crawford ref game #2?

Edit: Just checked. Yes he did along with Ken Mauer. Mike Callahan reffed game 4.

[Harry Callahan]

Yes

[TheGreatYacht]

This is actually good news. Joey has been good for us on the road. I believe we've won every game he's reffed in these playoffs.

Spurs close it out tonight.

Birdman gets ejected. :lol
We actually lost Game 2 on the road in Miami with Joey, but it wasn't his fault. It was mostly the Spurs fault, but the worst ref that game was Ed Malloy

[Kuestmaster]

Didn't Joey Crawford ref game #2?

yes, him and the soprano looking ken mauer were in game 2. let's hope they just don't affect the outcome tonight.

[boutons_deux]

If it wasn't this particular Spurs team, I'd say, on to Game 7.

No 2-3-2 champion has ever lost Game7 at home.
Tonight's The Night!

[Kidd K]

So basically we've lost every game each of these guys has officiated so far in in the Finals thus far? And in a blowout each time?

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/5435/curb.gif

[Juggity]

Ken Mauer / Joey Crawford

Jesus.

[Slutter McGee]

So basically we've lost every game each of these guys has officiated so far in in the Finals thus far? And in a blowout each time


But not because of the refs. I can live with this crew.

Slutter McGee

[smaka]

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Let's hope Joey, as per usual, won't be affected by home crowd. But anyways, the Spurs are good enough to beat the cHeat in any way. Tonight is the night. Go Spurs Go

[G-Nob]

Good call, FWD!

[TheGreatYacht]

Stern just doesn't care if people know the league is rigged. He doesn't want to give Popovich the championship in his last year. Im glad Hitler killed his parents

[TampaDude]

346985146240618496

Let's hope Joey, as per usual, won't be affected by home crowd. But anyways, the Spurs are good enough to beat the cHeat in any way. Tonight is the night. Go Spurs Go

Yeah, at least Joey is not intimidated by the home crowd. He's also not afraid to T up someone like LeBron or Wade.

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Callahan's the one to worry about.

Agree, that A-hole has let the Spurs opponents get away with pulling, pushing hacking the crap out of them and will call the slightest contact a foul against a Spurs player.

Joey actually has called pretty good games this playoffs. Mauer, well he is just inconsistent either way. I am just glad Foster or Kennedy aren't reffing. Those two have been the worse for the Spurs this Playoffs. Having Foster, Kennedy and Callahan in game 4 was horrible to watch.

[SpurAddict561]

I called this shit a few days ago. Here's to not getting blown out by blown whistles.

[PublicOption]

crawford, callahan and mauer......crawford and mauer fucked us out of game 2.

[FromWayDowntown]

I'll revise my Game 7 guess slightly:

Danny Crawford
Scott Foster
Monty McCutchen

[TampaDude]

The Spurs just need to blow out Miami tonight and take the refs out of the equation. :hat

[PublicOption]

crawford, callahan and mauer......crawford and mauer fucked us out of game 2.

[FromWayDowntown]

Callahan fell for the fineable Bosh flop in Game 4; the play didn't really mean anything at the end of the day, but seemed pretty egregious in the moment and showed itself to be a really bad call when reviewed. I don't think it's fair to judge an official based upon a single call, but missing a big one is worrisome.

At this point, the Spurs just need to play their game and not worry about whistles or no-calls or flops. Just play each play hard and with poise.

[hyhy]

No 2-3-2 champion has ever lost Game7 at home.
Tonight's The Night!


No champion has lost game 7.

[polandprzem]

Joey is the best for us of the three! And I think he does not like james much :lol This is the guy with big ego.

[PublicOption]

no 2-3-2 champion has lost at home.........of course not....then they wouldn't be champions. LOL. its game 7. what has happened to the 2-3-2 champions when they lose game 7.......they are the runner ups. which is what is going to happen. I think there is such a disparity in the outcpomes of the games because Lebron knows how to take advadtage when he knows the refs are helping him.....believe it.

[maverick1948]

We will see on the court. But I don't have a problem with Joey. He has been fair with the Spurs since the Duncan incident a few years back. I guess losing 25 to 30 grand in money got his attention.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

I'm not that worried, Joey loves pissing off home crowds, especially the Miami crowd. And he and LeBron don't get along. I could see the pressure causing Miami to start off poorly, then SA jumping up to a big lead early, resulting in frustration and a technical for James.

[widowmaker]

Wow. Right on cue.

[davidbowie]

http://badbooksgoodtimes.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/fresh.gif?w=652

[Kamala]

My initial response is f*ck me. Spurs have won 5 on 8 in championship runs before though. This all raises the important point- We should not even know the names of these putos. Go Spurs!

[SupremeGuy]

Ken Mauer / Joey Crawford

Jesus.Just ruined my day, tbh.

[Dex]

Holy hell. Could there be a worse officiating crew?

Joey has been pretty reasonable thus far...but I still wouldn't put it past him to blow some gigantic, game-changing call late in the 4th quarter of a game 6.

Lest we forget the last time he choked on his whistle:
http://hoopdini.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/fisher_barry1.jpg

[james evans]

this is fukin bullshit. last year crawford and crew jerked us in OKC in game 6. fuk this shit!!!why does he continue to officiate in our games?

[dbestpro]

Mauer is the one that worries me. He sees what he wants to see.

[TheGreatYacht]

this is fukin bullshit. last year crawford and crew jerked us in OKC in game 6. fuk this shit!!!why does he continue to officiate in our games?It wasn't Joey Crawford. It was Bill Kenney. He is the Spurs worst enemy. Scott Foster is the Heat's bff.

[Horse]

The only good thing is they can't be worse than they were in game 5.

[Marcus Bryant]

Buck drinking coffee at the hotel, scanning SpursTalk for his next column.

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

So basically we've lost every game each of these guys has officiated so far in in the Finals thus far? And in a blowout each time?




When your team loses in a blowout, it's hard to blame the refs.

It's when your team loses in a close game that the officiating becomes more of a valid question.

[SA210]

I just :lol at the ones that say they prefer Crawford on the road. It's like they completely forgot who this fuck really is, and what he has done. I don't give a fck if its at home or on the road, the motherfucker should NOT even be in the NBA anymore.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

These playoffs, home team gets 24.9 FTA vs 22.6 for the away team. Same amount of fouls, 22.8 for each team. 97.1 points for the home team vs 93.5 for the away team.

Home team wins 58% of the time, his lowest % since 2004.

[SA210]

Former NBA Ref Questions Choice Of Joey Crawford

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/06/18/former-nba-ref-questions-choice-of-joey-crawford/

DALLAS (105.3 THE FAN) – In a controversial move, veteran NBA official Joey Crawford has been selected by the NBA to officiate Tuesday’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals.
The selection has drawn criticism by many due to Crawford’s history with Spurs forward Tim Duncan.

In 2007, Crawford ejected Duncan in a game against the Dallas Mavericks for laughing on the bench. Duncan claimed that Crawford held a “personal vendetta” against him and that Crawford even asked him if he wanted to fight before the ejection.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOygTd1NWCM

After a series of on-court incidents, Crawford was suspended indefinitely for what the NBA cited as “improper conduct and a lack of professionalism”.
Tim Donaghy, a former a former NBA referee who pled guilty to betting on games he officiated, joined New School on 105.3 The Fan to discuss the NBA’s decision.



“There’s other referees that they could put on this game besides him,” said Donaghy. “Why they do stuff like this is just another strange and unusual thing you can throw into the bucket of the NBA.”

Donaghy went on to call NBA Commissioner David Stern “arrogant” for making such a decision, noting that the NBA would love to see a Game 7.

Crawford also worked Game 2 of the finals, a 103-84 Heat win. Duncan had his worst game of the season, scoring 9 points on 3-13 shooting.
“Do I think this is a little bit of a ploy by the league office? Absolutely I do,” said Donaghy. “I think that they’re not going come down on [Crawford] too heavily if he misses a couple of calls that go against San Antonio.”

[T Park]

On cue Spurstalk with their tinfoil hats out.

[FromWayDowntown]

If there's anyone less credible than Donaghy on the NBA officiating conspiracy notion, I'm not sure who that would be.

[Dro210]

I'll revise my Game 7 guess slightly:

Danny Crawford
Scott Foster
Monty McCutchen

Bill Kennedy
Scott Foster
Ed Malloy

:makemyday

Let's not go to 7

[hater]

Heat win

[Sasha]

Stern just doesn't care if people know the league is rigged. He doesn't want to give Popovich the championship in his last year. Im glad Hitler killed his parents

I don't believe you said that.

[perfectdark]

lol remember okc last year getting pretty much carried by the refs ?
yea......

[SA210]

I suck NBA office dick


So do I. always have

[td4mvp2k]

SA210 STFU!

[SA210]

^^ Yea, he can't resist me :lol

[Sean Cagney]

crawford, callahan and mauer......crawford and mauer fucked us out of game 2.

LOL no they didn't, do you guys blame every loss on Refs? We got our butts kicked late in that game, Mike Miller started hitting everything.

[Kidd K]

When your team loses in a blowout, it's hard to blame the refs.

It's when your team loses in a close game that the officiating becomes more of a valid question.

I'm not sure why you think it isn't possible for games to be effected by the refs unless it ended up close. When the Spurs got blown out, it wasn't a wire to wire blowout. They were without 5 in the 4th for one of them, and within 3 late in the 3rd for the other. They actually were close games. They just didn't end up that way.

Though I didn't even mention anything about them fixing either game in the post. Just that we lost every game those guys officiated.

[Mel_13]

More than six months after the alleged offense, Stern makes good on his threat to impose substantial sanctions.

[FromWayDowntown]

This is the sort of game that I always used to hope was a Javie game.

[SA210]

:lol Javie from 2006 Mavs vs Spurs

[ElNono]

More than six months after the alleged offense, Stern makes good on his threat to impose substantial sanctions.

told ya back then... you don't fuck around with David...

[Mel_13]

told ya back then... you don't fuck around with David...

Spurs had to play 5 v. 8 in Game 6 last year. They were never going to get a fair whistle from Stern. Pop made sure that everyone in the NBA sees that.

[TheGreatYacht]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1vN7iQjmCM

[HI-FI]

Mauer is the one that worries me. He sees what he wants to see.
This.

I remember reading Mauer was involved in some shit from 2010, and there are a couple of incidents, but this one is memorable....he officiated the game 6 of Boston/LA finals, the one where Lakers received a ton of help in an elimination game, per par. 19 FTAs to 10 for Boston. Mauer bothers me more than Crawford, who i can't stand but I think has mellowed a bit.


If it wasn't this particular Spurs team, I'd say, on to Game 7.
yep, after seeing this news, it confirmed the nervous feelings I've had after the elation over game 5. This particular Spurs team though has been executing at an amazing level, so it's possible we can overcome the shit that is coming.

[Brunodf]

No way the Heat loses this game

[Luxic]

Mauer and Callahan scare me more than Crawford... and that says it all!

[FromWayDowntown]

In the Big 3 era, the Heat just don't lose with Callahan. Something like 10-2 over the last 3 playoff years.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

The evil powers that be want the Spurs to lose. But the Spurs have destiny and the basketball gods on their side.

[Creation88]

get ready for the ultimate screw job in a Dan Crawford/Scott Foster/Bill Kennedy line up for G7. Spurs will have no chance unless we play with a healthy lead.

[PublicOption]

Danny Crawford gives us the best chance to win. We win when he is out there.

[TheGreatYacht]

Danny Crawford gives us the best chance to win. We win when he is out there.I agree. Not only that but we need Danny Crawford and two other refs whose name is not Bill Kennedy and Scott Foster. Otherwise the Spurs are probably fuc*ed.