Finally, someone let me outta my cage...
#RaceforSeis
Going to the game tonight! Can't wait!
The real test is about to begin!
FTT.
This should be a great series.
The Game 1 Officials are Scott Foster, Tony Brothers, and David Guthrie. The alternate is James Williams.
This crew has not yet worked a game together in the 2016 playoffs, but Foster and Brothers have been paired in 4 prior games -- Game 1 of TOR/IND (IND road win); Game 2 of ATL/BOS (ATL home win); Game 3 of LAC/PRT (PRT home win); and Game 6 of ATL/BOS (ATL road win).
FOSTER
For the uninitiated, the NBA appears to believe that Foster is one of its 3 best officials (only Danny Crawford and Monty McCutchen are even arguably in that conversation). Fans disagree with that idea, but that's where we are.
This is Foster's 145th career playoff game, his 7th game this year, and his 39th career game in the Conference Semifinals.
Foster did not work any games in the Spurs First Round series; he worked Game 5 of the OKC/DAL series, which OKC won at home.
Home teams are 4-2 with Foster in the 2016 playoffs. Between 2007 and 2015, home teams were 65-47 (.580) with Foster overall in the playoffs and 18-13 at home in the Conference Semifinals.
The Spurs are 14-9 in the playoffs with Foster, 7-4 at home in any round, 2-1 at home in Game 1's, and 2-1 at home in the Conference Semifinals. He called Game 5 of the Spurs/Clippers series in the 2015 playoffs. Spurs were 3-1 with Foster in 2014 and 1-3 with Foster in 2013.
Since moving to OKC, the Thunder are 9-4 with Foster, but have not lost a playoff game called by Foster since 2012 (5-0 since the 2012 Finals). They are 3-3 on the road and 1-1 on the road in the conference semifinals.
Foster has worked 2 prior games between the Thunder and Spurs; the Thunder have won both. (Game 5 of the 2012 WCF and Game 3 of the 2014 WCF).
BROTHERS
This is Brothers' 103rd career playoff game, his 5th game this year, and his 28th career game in the Conference Semifinals.
Brothers did not work any games in the Spurs First Round series or in the Thunder's First Round series.
Home teams are 2-2 with Brothers in the 2016 playoffs. Between 2007 and 2015, home teams were 55-21 (.724) with Brothers overall in the playoffs and 16-6 in the Conference Semifinals.
The Spurs are 11-3 in the playoffs with Brothers, 7-1 at home in any round, 4-1 at home in Game 1's, and 3-0 at home in the Conference Semifinals. Brothers did not work any Spurs games in 2015; the Spurs were 3-1 with Brothers in 2014 and 4-0 with Brothers in 2013.
Since moving to OKC, the Thunder are 6-4 in playoff games called by Brothers. They are 0-2 on the road with Brothers, 3-0 in the conference semifinals, but have never played a road game called by Brothers in the conference semifinals.
Brothers has worked 2 prior games between the Thunder and Spurs; the Spurs have won both. (Game 2 of the 2012 WCF and Game 5 of the 2014 WCF).
GUTHRIE
This is Guthrie's 20th career playoff game, his 3rd playoff game this year, and his 6th career game in the Conference Semifinals.
Guthrie worked Game 4 of the Spurs/Grizzlies series (SA won in MEM); he worked Game 2 of the Thunder/Mavericks series (DAL won in OKC).
Home teams are 0-2 with Guthrie in the 2016 playoffs. Home teams were 2-1 with Guthrie in 2015.
The Spurs are 3-0 in the playoffs with Guthrie, 2-0 at home, and 1-0 at home in the Conference Semifinals.
The Thunder are 3-1 in the playoff with Guthrie, but have played all of those games at home. They are 1-0 with Guthrie in the Conference Semifinals.
Guthrie has not previously worked any games between the Thunder and Spurs.
WILLIAMS
Williams has worked 6 career playoff games, 3 games this year, and 1 game in the Conference Semifinals.
He worked Game 2 of the Spurs/Grizzlies series. He has never previously worked a Thunder playoff game.
86-101 spurs win
Who are our inactives likely to be tonight? Miller and Simmons?
Gotta think Bonner was kept on just for this series.
Scott Foster & Tony Brothers doing a Spurs game together terrifies me tbh.
thunderup! Let's go
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