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The Game 2 Officials are Ken Mauer, Sean Corbin, and Marc Davis. The alternate is Derrick Collins.
This crew has not yet worked a game together in the 2016 playoffs, primarily because Mauer and Davis were both crew chiefs in Round 1. Mauer and Corbin have worked together 2 times: game 1 of MIA/CHA (MIA home win) and Game 4 of OKC/DAL (OKC road win).
MAUER
Each year the playoffs begin with 7 or 8 crew chiefs and as the rounds progress, that number gets whittled down -- usually 6 crew chiefs in the Conference Semifinals, 5 in the Conference Finals, and then the 4 crew chiefs of the Finals (who I tend to think are the league’s highest rated officials). Mauer has been 1 of the 5 Conference Finals crew chiefs every year since 2012, but he’s never been a Finals crew chief. That seems likely to change this year, as Joey Crawford has retired and Mauer is the most logical replacement. So, Mauer is (probably) seen by the NBA as one of its 4 best officials.
This is Mauer’s 185th career playoff game, his 6th game this year, and his 52nd game in the Conference Semifinals. He has worked the NBA Finals every year since 2006.
Mauer did not work any games in the Spurs First Round Series with Memphis. He worked Game 4 of the OKC/DAL series, which OKC won in Dallas.
Home teams are 4-1 with Mauer in the 2016 playoffs. Between 2007 and 2015, home teams were 73-38 (.658) with Mauer overall and 20-9 in the Conference Semifinals.
The Spurs are 18-11 in the playoffs with Mauer, 11-3 at home in any round, 4-1 at home in Game 2’s, and 5-1 at home in the Conference Semifinals. Mauer worked Game 1 of the Spurs/Clippers series last year (LAC won). Spurs were 4-0 with Mauer in 2014 and 2-2 with Mauer in 2013.
Since moving to OKC, the Thunder are 5-7 in the playoffs with Mauer. They are 3-4 on the road, 0-1 in road Game 2’s, and 1-2 on the road in the Conference Semifinals.
Mauer was the crew chief for Game 2 of the 2014 WCF (SA won at home) and for Game 4 of the 2012 WCF (OKC won at home).
CORBIN
This is Corbin’s 66th career playoff game, his 3rd this year, and his 17th game in the Conference Semifinals.
Corbin did not work any games in the Spurs/Grizzlies series. He worked Game 4 of the OKC/DAL series (with Mauer), which OKC won in Dallas.
Home teams are 1-1 with Corbin in the 2016 playoffs. Between 2007 and 2015, home teams were 24-14 (.632) with Corbin overall and 5-5 in the Conference Semifinals.
The Spurs are 5-1 in the playoffs with Corbin, 3-0 at home in any round, and 1-0 at home in Game 2’s. He has not worked a Spurs playoff game since Game 6 of the 2013 WCSF series (SA win at GST to clinch series). Before that, Corbin had not worked any Spurs playoff game since 2007.
Since moving to OKC, the Thunder are 4-0 in playoff games called by Corbin and 3-0 on the road (won Game 4 at DAL in 2016, Game 3 at LAC in 2014, and Game 6 at HOU in 2013).
DAVIS
This is Davis’s 87th career playoff game, his 7th this year, and his 20th Conference Semifinals game. Davis was one of the 8 crew chiefs in the First Round and he has worked the NBA Finals in 4 of the last 5 years and in each of the last 3 years (2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015).
Davis worked Game 1 of the Spurs/Grizzlies series, an SA win at home. He did not work any games in the OKC/DAL series.
Home teams are 5-1 with Davis in the 2016 playoffs. Between 2007 and 2015, home teams were 53-26 (.671) with Davis overall and 9-10 in the Conference Semifinals.
The Spurs are 10-3 in the playoffs with Davis, 9-1 at home. He has not previously worked a Spurs home game in the WCSF and has not worked a home Game 2. Davis worked Game 6 of the Spurs/Clippers series in 2015 (LAC win in SA). The Spurs were 5-0 with Davis in 2014 and 3-0 with Davis in 2013.
Since moving to OKC, the Thunder are 4-7 in the playoffs with Davis, 2-4 on the road, and 0-2 on the road in the Conference Semifinals.
Davis worked Game 1 of the 2014 WCF (SA win at home) and Game 1 of the 2012 WCF (SA win at home).
COLLINS
Collins has worked 19 career playoff games, 2 games this year, and 3 games in the Conference Semifinals.
He did not work any of the First Round games for either the Spurs or the Thunder.
