Game	Crew Chief	Referee	Umpire	Alternate
San Antonio @ New York	Marc Davis (#8)	John Goble (#10)	Curtis Blair (#74)	Nick Buchert (#3)

https://official.nba.com/referee-assignments/

Looks a bit anticlimactic, as a ref fan I was hoping to see Tony Brothers or Scott Foster highlight.

Do people have strong opinions about Marc Davis in general, and in particular about how he might officiate in this Spurs vs Knicks series ?

StrongZucchini27 | Knicks

39 | 34 minutes ago

g3*

Adsex

1 | 27 minutes ago

I had literally one thing to do and that was write that title. Damn.

AutVincere72

1 | 16 minutes ago

Take a lap

aerawk | SAS

1 | 8 minutes ago

Legacy points deducted.

MrFishAndLoaves | Pelicans

1 | 29 minutes ago

Analytically

Sure_Ride_7366 | Knicks

1 | 30 minutes ago

I was hoping it would be Zarba. Guess he’ll be tapped G4. Anyone except Foster and doubly Brothers is an improvement though

Davis is known to allow a decent amount of bully ball. Hopefully unlike Brothers he allows it both ways, which would be fine

Generally these days Zarba is well liked, Davis is mildly disliked, and Foster/Brothers are despised by NBA fans with the heat of 1000 suns.

punjabkingsownersout

1 | 25 minutes ago

Brothers most of the time isn’t a bad ref imo. I think all refs have good and bad games but I see him have more good than bad.

The annoying thing about him is his ego. He wants to assert himself and gets into it with stars and ejects them.

Davis is all around bad. He does not allow it both ways usually, he just allows prison ball and mauling but only for those with the reputation

Sure_Ride_7366 | Knicks

1 | 24 minutes ago

Look in fairness we only really focus on individual refs in high leverage postseason games so I’m sure context is missing

But I don’t think I’ve ever heard a fanbase say anything good about Brothers.

punjabkingsownersout

1 | 17 minutes ago

Yeah but they mainly don’t like him because he ejects stars and doesn’t try to calm them down or converse with them. He just goes on power trips. Usually his games are pretty clean and consistent from a refereeing pov

Sure_Ride_7366 | Knicks

1 | 9 minutes ago

I just looked into volume reffing stats and the truth is Brothers is kind of the “average” NBA ref in terms of the results of games he’s reffed.

Home/Away advantage, total PFs, and counting stats point to Brothers games being called closer to the league average than any of the other big names

You may have a point with this one.

mudkip-yoshii | Timberwolves

1 | 18 minutes ago

Zarba has a grudge against KAT

zOmgFishes | Knicks

1 | 13 minutes ago

We have a horrendous win rate with Zarba.

stue0064

1 | 30 minutes ago

Another guy who will let the spurs play very physically.

SunKing210 | Spurs

1 | 28 minutes ago

I expect for the Spurs to have 30 free throws by half time 🔥

preddevils6 | Grizzlies

1 | 10 minutes ago

I don’t think Knicks fans will care if they are allowed to play physical too. Brothers had Wemby in bubble wrap.

stue0064

1 | 4 minutes ago

I think Davis calls it fair, Brothers is awful.

-orangejoe | NYK

1 | 4 minutes ago

Yeah, a physical game benefits us if it’s called evenly.

slymm | Knicks

1 | 29 minutes ago

They are changing the refs for a game that already happened? This league is rigged

Drunken_Vike | Timberwolves

7 | 33 minutes ago

Do people have strong opinions about Marc Davis in general, and in particular about how he might officiate in this Spurs vs Knicks series ?

ask Nuggets fans, they’ll fill you in

IIRC “prison ball” comes up

saphamia3 | Rockets

6 | 34 minutes ago

heat_fan_ | Raptors

1 | 27 minutes ago

At least not the Extender

Sure_Ride_7366 | Knicks

1 | 26 minutes ago

Based on past series rotations Foster is gonna get G5 and Brothers G6

If the Knicks don’t sweep we’re going to 7 games bros

Knook7

1 | 17 minutes ago

Should be zarba for 4 though, if the knicks pull through tonight they’re chilling

krustomer | Knicks

1 | 17 minutes ago

hes at the Replay Center tn

Free-Employee-2868

1 | 30 minutes ago

puah. As long as it’s not 48 and 25 we fine

nvUaWVm360S | Knicks

1 | 22 minutes ago

Spurs have another game where they can do whatever the hell they want and barely get called for it. Marc Davis will make sure of that. Hopefully he lets us play physical as well

Our record with goble has been terrible, spurs record with him has been great.

fisheggsoup | Jazz

1 | 21 minutes ago

“Prison Ball” Davis?

Ethical players are gonna’ have a bad time.

Gh0stIcon

1 | 15 minutes ago

Bill Kennedy please.

420_69_Fake_Account

1 | 14 minutes ago

Bro it’s game 3

Any-Satisfaction1887 | Celtics

1 | 11 minutes ago

It’ll end up at last 5 games now. Goblet and Trump working together. Co op mission

CleverBunnyThief | Raptors

1 | 8 minutes ago

Are they replaying game 2?

ienjoyrice2 | New Jersey Nets

1 | 31 minutes ago

Never heard of a ref fan before

Adsex

1 | 23 minutes ago

Ref discourse has fried my brain. But I’m happier like this.

When I see a bad ref call, I just clap and think “well done, Scott/Tony”.

It’s like there’s 3 sides to this game : offense, defense, and refereeing. If you just enjoy offense, then defensive plays make you mad, right ? But you probably enjoy both offense and defense. Just think of it as me enjoying all 3 sides of the game while you enjoy only 2 sides of it.

Then-Response8324 | NBA

1 | 19 minutes ago

spurs win the next two games, bookmark this comment

twenty-inch-blades

1 | 33 minutes ago

A ref fan?

Referee Assignments for Finals G2. Crew-chief : Marc Davis