Heat: Game 4 Referee Assignments

[unforeseen]

Let the whining about referee calls begin...


Official 1
Joe Crawford

Official 2
Mike Callahan

Official 3
Tom Washington

Alternate
John Goble



http://www.nba.com/news/referee.html

[Clipper Nation]

League trying to rig yet another game against LeBron, nothing new here

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

League trying to rig yet another game against LeBron, nothing new here

Posted elsewhere, but thought I'd put it here too:

Joey, Callahan, and Washington are about as experienced a Finals crew as the league could reasonably put together for a game this early in the series. Joey will work his 49th Finals game tonight (for sake of comparison, the other 11 Finals officials this year have worked a ulative total of 96 Finals games over the courses of their careers; if you take Danny Crawford out of that, the other 10 Finals officials have ulatively worked 66 Finals games (or only 17 more than Joey has by himself)). Callahan has called at least one game in all but one Finals since 2003 and 15 Finals games total. Washington is working his 4th Finals since 2008 and is working the 4th Finals game of his career tonight.

Joey Crawford

Miami is 10-6 in the Big 3 era with Joey; they are 8-2 at home over that span; they are 3-2 in the Finals. The Heat are 2-0 in the 2014 Playoffs with Joey (won Game 5 vs. Brooklyn; won Game 2 at Indiana).

Spurs are 23-16 since 1990 with Joey; 8-12 on the road; 5-3 in the Finals. The Spurs are 2-1 in the 2014 Playoffs with Joey (won Game 1 vs. Dallas; won Game 2 vs. Portland; lost Game 4 at OKC).

Callahan

Miami is 14-2 in the Big 3 era with Callahan; they are 9-0 at home over that span; they are 4-1 in the Finals. The Heat are 3-0 in the 2014 Playoffs with Callahan (won Game 1 vs. Brooklyn; won Game 2 at Indiana; won Game 6 vs. Indiana).

Spurs are 17-12 all-time with Callahan; 4-7 on the road; 3-3 in the Finals. The Spurs are 1-1 in the 2014 Playoffs with Callahan (won Game 5 vs. Dallas; lost Game 4 at OKC).

Washington

Miami is 5-4 in the Big 3 era with Washington; they are 2-2 at home over that span; they are 1-0 in the Finals. The Heat are 1-1 in the 2014 Playoffs with Washington (won Game 4 at Charlotte; lost Game 5 at Indiana).

Spurs are 11-9 all-time with Washington; 2-8 on the road. He's never called a Spurs Finals game. The Spurs are 1-2 in the 2014 Playoffs with Washington (lost Game 3 at Dallas; won Game 1 vs. Portland; lost Game 3 at OKC).

[Muser]

Crawford is the best ref the Spurs could get in a crunch away game, happy with this tbh.

[unforeseen]

League trying to rig yet another game against LeBron, nothing new here

Good spin. No Lyf3 with the goods.

[spurraider21]

i'm not a fan of ing about refs before the game even starts, personally

[LkrFan]

League trying to rig yet another game against LeBron, nothing new here

Negative son. He hates Duncan. Congrats on your 15 point win.

[spurraider21]

LeBron is the posterchild of the NBA, and the Spurs are the "ratings nightmare," yet people here still talk like the NBA has incentive to push San Antonio over the top

[IrisHockey]

Callahan is my guy..

[Thebesteva]

League trying to rig yet another game against LeBron, nothing new here

Clippers lost PERIOD

[Clipper Nation]

Clippers lost PERIOD

And that has what exactly to do with LeBron or the Finals?

[Double-Up]

Who the is John Goble?

[unforeseen]

Who the is John Goble?

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...oblejo99r.html

[gnsf0946]

Crawford is ok, Washington is the one I'm worried about

[ElNono]

If we shoot 98.75% again, it won't matter, tbh...

[Thebesteva]

And that has what exactly to do with LeBron or the Finals?

You're a Clippers fan PERIOD. Stop deflecting

[Clipper Nation]

You're a Clippers fan PERIOD.

And that has what exactly to do with LeBron or the Finals?

This schtick needs some work, tbh....

[Thebesteva]

And that has what exactly to do with LeBron or the Finals?

This schtick needs some work, tbh....

Instead of all this pseudo-trolling, you could really be making a change in this world

[Kidd K]

League trying to rig yet another game against LeBron, nothing new here

LeBron's Heat are a combined 17-2 at home with Crawford and Callahan reffing, and are 5-0 in this year's playoffs with them.

Spurs are 5-5 in this year's playoffs when these guys ref their games.

But you think the ref assignments are somehow NOT meant to help Miami? Come on dude.

[Franklin]

2-2 after this game, tbh