Ref Assignments for Game 5 Houston @ L.A. Lakers B. Salvatore K. Mauer D. Stafford http://www.covers.com/pageLoader/pageLoader.aspx?page=/data/nba/matchups/g5_referees_3.html Surprised no Joey Crawford. I expect to see him in htown for game 6.
But why are you worried about the refs? Yao is not playing anymore, so it shouldn't be a problem now...
Don't know how these refs call their games in past, all I asked is that they call down the middle. No JC is good news, team just has to take care of business tonight. Rockets by 6.
Only one I have ever heard of is Salvatore...and that's only because he's been around for a while. It's a good sign when you don't know who the refs are.
the refs has made decision giving this victory to lakers, rockets will be in trouble. the refs will give the calls to rockets as many as they can, overall they want the lakers to win this game.
Ken Mauer is the slick-haired dude who looks like Fozzy. He's had a history of douche-like behavior. Let's see how he does tonight.
eh, kenny mauer and derek stafford have been around forever. i'm guessing 20+ years.. pretty much like salvatore in that they've all been around since pre-Rockets-championship years I think Salvatore is more notorious for his Heat/Mavs finals issues..
It would have only mattered if it were Violet Palmer, cause she always calls fouls while watching Chuck's arse.
HAHA! I actually saw her working a round 1 game. It completely threw me off guard that she scored high enough during the season to get a play-off game. The ref pool must be pretty shallow if she is getting play-off games.
It's a sad state of affairs when NBA fans know and look out for certain NBA refs. I can't say that about MLB and NFL.
Kobe had 0 ft's in game 5... Salvatore will make sure he gets 20 in this game to make up for the last game.
Here's an interesting viewpoint on Salvatore. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060620