FWIW: Dan Crawford is one of the Game One Refs

[Harry Callahan]

Saw him at the hotel I'm staying at in Downtown SA......

Not sure that is a good thing or a bad thing for the Silver and Black.

This will be my first playoff game to attend in person. I imagine this will be a different vibe tonight.....

[Spur|n|Austin]

Saw him at the hotel I'm staying at in Downtown SA......

Not sure that is a good thing or a bad thing for the Silver and Black.

This will be my first playoff game to attend in person. I imagine this will be a different vibe tonight.....

Different vibe indeed, hopefully the Spurs get the W. Have fun :tu

[DarrinS]

He's ok

[Dex]

Officials for Game 1:

Official 1: Danny Crawford
Official 2: Marc Davis
Official 3: Derrick Stafford
Alternate: Zach Zarba

[EVAY]

It's Derrick Stafford that I'm worried about. Danny Crawford seems mostly fair to me. Stafford seems like a prima donna who makes some tuly bone-headed calls and then T's up whoever has pointed out the boneheadedness of it.

Frankly, I am hopeful that Crawford keeps a leash on Stafford.

[Budkin]

Saw him at the hotel I'm staying at in Downtown SA......

Not sure that is a good thing or a bad thing for the Silver and Black.

This will be my first playoff game to attend in person. I imagine this will be a different vibe tonight.....

Nothing like a Spurs playoff game, it's flippin nuts live. Have fun and bring the noise!

[Jimcs50]

Stop worrying about the refs.

Spurs will not worry, we should not not either

[FromWayDowntown]

Stop worrying about the refs.

Spurs will not worry, we should not not either

True enough, Jim Popovich.

You control what you can control and don't worry about what you can't control.

[Jimcs50]

True enough, Jim Popovich.

You control what you can control and don't worry about what you can't control.

Eloquently stated. :toast

[hyhy]

True enough, Jim Popovich.

You control what you can control and don't worry about what you can't control.

We cant control anything though :lol

[Dex]

We cant control anything though :lol

You apparently are not familiar with with the work of Amuseddaysleeper.

[hyhy]

You apparently are not familiar with with the work of Amuseddaysleeper (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=309).

He did his work on Ibaka alr :wow

[hsxvvd]

Refs clearly on keep game close mode right now.

[FromWayDowntown]

Good to win at home with that crew. Almost no officials in these playoffs have been as anti-homer as Danny Crawford and Derrick Stafford. Road teams were 7-2 with Danny Crawford coming into Game 1 and were 6-3 with Stafford (road teams were only 3-5 with Marc Davis).

If you were going to get them at home, surviving that game was crucial.

[Mugen]

I can see Tony Brothers lickin' his chops for Game 2. And by chops, I mean Mama Durant's fat pig arms tbh.

[DPG21920]

Yup - it was a really inconsistent game from this crew. Luckily, Spurs got the calls in the fourth when it mattered.

[RD2191]

I can see Tony Brothers lickin' his chops for Game 2. And by chops, I mean Mama Durant's fat pig arms tbh.

:lol

[T Park]

Stafford and Marc Davis were putrid. Absolutely putrid

[Sean Cagney]

Survived game one vs the Thunderrefs.

[FromWayDowntown]

To say the least, I thought Game 1 wasn't really an officiating clinic. Spurs fans overreacted to some things that were understandable missed calls on some bang-bang plays, but I also thought the officials did a horrible job of assuming fouls at times and seemed to get sold by flops a few times.

I thought there were several points where the calls were, um, curious. I thought a lot of that favored the Thunder in the first half and I thought the Spurs got some benefit from it in the second half.

It would be nice to see Kawhi get some respect on the offensive end from the officials, too, particularly when he attacks the rim, but his willingness to just play through those things is one of his great strengths.

[testies]

we are much more disciplined in playing hard D but not fouling.. I think Kobe mentioned that during his Spike Lee thing

refs reward that... Tony Brothers scares me though

[hsxvvd]

Just pray Brothers stays on the East coast.

[DPG21920]

That's because Tony Brothers is the worst official in the NBA.

[FromWayDowntown]

At least it seems likely that Brothers isn't a crew chief in this round; that would be a big surprise to me. In each of the last two playoffs, there have been 5 crew chiefs in the Conference Finals round and those 5 have been the same in each year: Danny Crawford, Joey Crawford, Monty McCutchen, Scott Foster, and Ken Mauer. We already know that Foster and Danny Crawford are crew chiefs in this round, and it seems virtually certain that Joey Crawford and McCutchen will be chiefs in this round, too. It seems likely that the 5th will be either Mauer or Mike Callahan. If Brothers was to jump over any of those guys, I'd be very, very surprised.

In any event, the best bet is to hope you get Brothers at home. As bad as he can be -- and as much as he has apparently been really good to OKC -- he's pretty much the biggest homer to this point in these playoffs; home teams are 7-1 in his games so far.

Brothers was a crew chief in each of the first two rounds, so I think it's pretty much a lock that he'll work both conference finals series (and if those series go long, that he'll work 3 games in this round) and he will likely have 2 Finals games, too.

[T Park]

Mccutchen game 2 joe Crawford game 3 mike Callahan game 4 please

[ElNono]

At least it seems likely that Brothers isn't a crew chief in this round; that would be a big surprise to me. In each of the last two playoffs, there have been 5 crew chiefs in the Conference Finals round and those 5 have been the same in each year: Danny Crawford, Joey Crawford, Monty McCutchen, Scott Foster, and Ken Mauer. We already know that Foster and Danny Crawford are crew chiefs in this round, and it seems virtually certain that Joey Crawford and McCutchen will be chiefs in this round, too. It seems likely that the 5th will be either Mauer or Mike Callahan. If Brothers was to jump over any of those guys, I'd be very, very surprised.

In any event, the best bet is to hope you get Brothers at home. As bad as he can be -- and as much as he has apparently been really good to OKC -- he's pretty much the biggest homer to this point in these playoffs; home teams are 7-1 in his games so far.

Brothers was a crew chief in each of the first two rounds, so I think it's pretty much a lock that he'll work both conference finals series (and if those series go long, that he'll work 3 games in this round) and he will likely have 2 Finals games, too.

Thanks for the insight

[FromWayDowntown]

Mccutchen game 2 joe Crawford game 3 mike Callahan game 4 please

There's a good chance you'll get your Game 2 wish, TPark, but I'd be surprised if those hopes work out for Games 3 and 4.

The crew for Game 2 of MIA/IND tonight is Joey Crawford, Mike Callahan, and John Goble. From that, we basically know that McCutchen will either have Game 2 of SA/OKC or one of the Game 3's. We also know that Callahan is not a crew chief in this round.

[TampaDude]

There's a good chance you'll get your Game 2 wish, TPark, but I'd be surprised if those hopes work out for Games 3 and 4.

The crew for Game 2 of MIA/IND tonight is Joey Crawford, Mike Callahan, and John Goble. From that, we basically know that McCutchen will either have Game 2 of SA/OKC or one of the Game 3's. We also know that Callahan is not a crew chief in this round.

Joey will deliver the goods for Miami tonight, no doubt. Heat in 5.

[T Park]

There's a good chance you'll get your Game 2 wish, TPark, but I'd be surprised if those hopes work out for Games 3 and 4.

The crew for Game 2 of MIA/IND tonight is Joey Crawford, Mike Callahan, and John Goble. From that, we basically know that McCutchen will either have Game 2 of SA/OKC or one of the Game 3's. We also know that Callahan is not a crew chief in this round.


Just hoping for Joey in game 3 or 4

[Beaverfuzz]

The real primadonna on that crew is zarba

[FromWayDowntown]

Game 2:

Mauer
Garretson
Malloy

This likely means that the Game 3/4 officials will be 2 of the following 3 groups:

Foster/Kennedy
McCutchen/(and likely) Brothers
J. Crawford/Callahan

[SpursFanInAustin]

Just hoping for Joey in game 3 or 4

Remember the last time Joey reffed a Spurs game at OKC in the playoffs? The Game 6 screwjob

[TheGreatYacht]

He's back

[UZER]

Stop worrying about the refs.

Spurs will not worry, we should not not either


True enough, Jim Popovich.

You control what you can control and don't worry about what you can't control.



Like other people worrying about the refs