Brutal last 6 minutes of the quarter 

It’s even more impressive because there was maybe 1 whistle for the first 6 minutes of the game. He called all those in the 18 minutes after that.

“I never liked basketball I just wanted to be the judge jury and executioner and somehow I got into this gig”

The way they were calling last game is so much different than this game. They weren’t calling anything last game and now they are calling every little thing. It’s impossible to game plan when the refs change how they are gonna call the game from game to game.

Didn’t the players association vote this guy in the top tier? Immediately this sub called it out for being crazy, but I wonder what they see in him.

Truly pained him to overturn that foul call

Yep he sucks. Kills the flow of the game all the time.

I don’t even think he’s necessarily bad it’s just calling absolutely every little thing

I hate it when people bitch about number of fouls called like there is some magic upper bound. If players foul, call it. I don’t care which player, what the game state is, playoffs or regular season. Call it as neutrally as you can at all times in all situations. Anything else is literally unfair.

You know what happens when you call things consistently? Players and coaches adjust damned near instantly. You won’t get a constant parade of boring free throws because they’ll adjust how they play. They already do it now when they just happen to magically end up in foul trouble anyway. They can sure as hell start the game that way.

Stop giving the offense free throws for pretending to get fouled. Call it when a guy plows through his defender (like Keldon just did to Holmgren). Call the holds. Call the illegal screens.

THEY WILL ADJUST.

Tier 1 official according to the players by the way

National Free Throw Association

I mean at least it’s consistent

Dumbass traps himself by calling touch fouls then makeup on the other side… ad Infinitum

Yall want everything called or not, pick a lane lmao

Tony Brothers is the old guy at work who’s been there 30 years and sucks at his job but he knows a few things so they have to keep him around.

Brothers just sucks no matter what team you root for. No one is trying to watch this shit

Being a good ref means youre barely noticed. That double OT game I barely noticed the refs, personally.

And it ended up being the best playoff game this year so far, imo.

Somehow these calls always start coming when Spurs start going on a run

Are they actually fouling? In that case, what do you want the ref to do?

Bothers blatantly ignoring a challenge.

Against all odds, he called an even worse 3rd quarter.

I’m trying to fuck up some pizza after the game and I can’t it he keeps calling fouls

Some absolutely dogshit calls so far this game

Well yeah, you need a few brothers to call that many fouls.

Saturday night SAS vs OKC game 7.  This will be massive ratings.  

Every season the fans should get to vote out a referee

Game one was so good, the rest of the series just got so boring and unwatchable. I just get 5 minutes in and instantly get turned off to do something else lol.

He’s the worst in the association Scott Foster is better.

In the least physical game of the series so far.

Tony Brothers is a bitch ass mother fucker

Hell yeah, fucking sucks when a basketball game breaks out, so I’m always happy to see good refball when I can. Blessed

Aspiring NBA refs, take note!

As a referee fan, I’m winning right now.

Tony Brothers is a basketball terrorist

Referees should make the game fair, not fragments. Some of them make even worse. Rate referees here and comment

https://www.rate-nba-referees.com/games/50b4eb62-93d9-4d8d-8333-1a3cd4e89d32

Ok I don’t care about the rankings I just don’t understand how 2 guys get to do the majority of the playoff games

Yeah man we all watch for the free throws. /s

And keep in mind that this useless bitch makes 500k a season to be absolutely dogshit at his job

This should have been one of the most exciting games of the entire year and it was unwatchable from the very start.

I was gonna say that Tony Brothers is the best sixth man in basketball, but he pulls that crap all game. 

That was an absolute dumpster fire of missed calls, bad possession calls, selectively swallowed whistles, ignoring of challenges, and just straight-up weapons-grade corruption.  What a shame. This, right here, is what folks have been complaining about when they say that “the NBA is unwatchable”.  Just wild. 

I didn’t even watch. I’m done. Fuck the refs union.

He got the memo

Tier 1 Ref, baby

My Tony Brothers jersey is getting great mileage for performances like these. I’m so proud. 

Dude is the worst

Thank god this man did not end up being a judge

I had to turn it off. Fragmented games are so ugly.

I mean if both Brothers called that many fouls in a half, it’s not that bad if you were to average it out by two people

I don’t know how this is what the league wants honestly.

Absolute robert

That is enough time to fill the advertisement space with like 4 Draft Kings ads.

We should not know who referees are in NBA but here we are…

He had his instructions and he carried them out…that 3rd quarter stretch where the refs preserved the OKC lead was legendary.

NBA is Rigged?! OKC Champions 2026?! Script Revealed!

https://youtu.be/aMACLgvTy1Q

They’re so bad, their mum should be punished for the pair of them. More blows than a whore house in Wisconsin!

Playoffs are so interesting with foul calls, I feel like every year, game 1 of the first round is “loose whistle, this is the playoffs “. And generally the games are awesome. Then from there it goes back to normal

Then the other half of the sub cries if they let the guys play. Constant whining over totally unimportant bullshit.

Y’all have been duped by gamblers and have adopted their shitty mentality. Calls don’t affect games nearly as much as y’all pretend they do.

always interesting to me that the refs we tend to hate always rate the highest among players when the NBAPA puts out their ref rankings

Yes it’s a tough watch but at least he’s consistent lol

he’s calling it both ways so its fine right r/nba…apparently not

What is the situation with refs in NBA? Can they even fire them?

so much worse than foster tbh 

Scott foster a goat fr

Probably because people took under so the refs want to make sure it’s going over lol

This is a disgusting game ngl

But wasn’t there like only 1 foul called in the first 8 minutes? So 24 fouls in the next 16…

Last 5 minutes before halftime yikes 

i absolutely LOVE when basketball devolves to a free throw contest

Wish fans would send a message and stop watching but it looks like we all just love the game too much.

Trying to get more involved in watching the NBA, but I just had to flip back to hockey during the last part of the half bc it was taking too long

The GOAT

that was truly unwatchable

Don’t know if I’m going to go back

Momentum was so good too.. then the whistle started up

I’ve no idea wtf happened end of the quarter, they just randomly decided to ref it like a regular season game

I think there was a FT every other possession

do players love him because they figure they’re protected?

It’s insane how easy it is to script an OKC series to make it last 7 games.

Let me guess, the refs suck? You guys are bitching about the refs? r/nba has to be filled with the most Karen fans of any form of social media.

Jesus Christ stop whining. It’s an entertainment product. Go mow the lawn or fold your laundry or something.

More like refereeing ASSterclass

He really worked hard to make his presence known!

Just another night for Judge Tony Brothers

The ref doesn’t commit the fouls. It’s the players. If it’s a stop and go game, it’s the players that are fouling. The ref doesn’t control how many fouls there are, they just call them.

This is like blaming a baseball umpire for too many strikeouts.

The level of physicality allowed is so wildly inconsistent game to game

They need to stop paying these guys per whistle

I was wondering how two hours in it’s only now halftime. Brutal

He’s been on heavy rotation in the conference finals. Aren’t there other crew chiefs they can rotate in?

First foul for either team was at with less than 6 minutes left in the first Q then he went wild with the whistle

Don’t mess with THE JUDGE

Why do these guys even have a job?

I mean I’m glad it’s not one sided but uh… this isn’t fun to watch either.

My GOAT

God Complex + Main Character Syndrome

For some reason whenever I read “Tony Brothers” I think of like, multiple brothers. Just being dinguses, but as brothers.

Anyways, yeah, those stats be crazzzyyy

Main character syndrome.

I watch football, handball , can name half a ref from them, can wake up hungover and name 10 nba ones

Because it’s the Western Conference Foulnals.

Announcers have praised the ref’s this entire game .

Highest amount of made free throws in the 2nd quarter since 2020

We up to 45