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NBA fans crushed referee Tony Brothers for calling a foul on an obvious Jordan Poole flop

Tony Brothers, everyone.

Theoretically, the NBA Finals should have the league’s best referees working the games. The NBA, instead, opted to give Tony Brothers a Game 5 assignment.

The controversial official was having a quiet night (by his standards) for much of the Game 5 matchup between the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors. But that all changed in the fourth quarter.

With Marcus Smart jockeying for position with Jordan Poole ahead of an inbounds pass, Smart flailed his arm in the general vicinity of Poole’s face. Replays would show that Smart never made contact, and the awfully delayed reaction from Poole should have been a giveaway. Brothers, of course, called the offensive foul on Smart.

That just can’t happen in an NBA Finals game.

On top of that, Smart was called for a technical after that call. No wonder NBA fans were upset about that sequence from Brothers.

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NBA officials explain why Sixers big man Dwight Howard was ejected

NBA official Tony Brothers explains why Philadelphia 76ers big man Dwight Howard was ejected on Saturday.

The Philadelphia 76ers are still shorthanded at the big man spot right now. They are still missing Joel Embiid as he continues to rehab from a bone bruise he suffered on March 12 and due to trades, they only have one true center on the roster and that is Dwight Howard.

The 17-year veteran was tossed from Thursday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers in the first quarter after picking up two technical fouls and he drew the ire of coach Doc Rivers for that. He then was playing well on Saturday against the Clippers, but he got into it again with officials in the fourth.

Howard picked up two quick technicals and he was then tossed for the second straight game. He finished nine points and 11 rebounds in the loss to Los Angeles.

Afterward, NBA official Tony Brothers spoke with a pool reporter on why Howard was ejected:

He said something derogatory to the official he was talking to about the official who called the first technical foul.

That was the second technical foul, but what caused the first one? Brothers then added:

The first technical was called, he was called for an offensive foul. During the next possession he ran all the way down the floor to the calling official and pointed at the calling official and yelled at him and that’s why the first technical foul was called.

It is another lesson to be learned to keep a cooler head when things get tough. The Sixers will now continue the road trip on Tuesday against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena.

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Ian Begley: NBA announces the referees …

Ian Begley: NBA announces the referees who will work playoff games in Orlando. Scott Foster (21st postseason) and Tony Brothers (20th postseason) are among a group of six refs working the first round who have officiated at least 100 playoff games:

Study: Tony Brothers, Scott Foster dominate NBA referee mentions

According to a new study of Reddit communities, Tony Brothers and Scott Foster combined for 69% of total NBA officiating mentions by name.

The Houston Rockets and their fans aren’t the only ones to have aired complaints regarding NBA officials Scott Foster and Tony Brothers.

According to a new study by casino.org of sports-focused Reddit communities, Brothers (No. 1) and Foster (No. 2) comprised 69% of the total mentions of NBA officials by name.

Both Foster and Brothers were involved in controversial calls during the 2018 Western Conference Finals between Houston and Golden State, with Rockets’ researchers alleging that poor officiating cost them 93 points over the course of the close seven-game series.

The Rockets assigned expected point values to each incorrect call, as determined by the NBA’s internal officiating reviews.

“Referees likely changed the eventual NBA champion,” the Rockets wrote in a memo summarizing their findings. They also explained that veteran referees “exhibit the most bias against our players.”

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The memo was never formally delivered to the NBA, according to ESPN, with the Rockets instead communicating the message during in-person meetings with the league office.

In February 2019, James Harden called Foster “rude and arrogant” and suggested that he shouldn’t officiate any more Rockets games. “It’s lingering,” Harden said. “It has to be looked at. For sure, it’s personal.”

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Interestingly, Rockets fans were not among the Top 10 NBA fanbases to mention officials, according to the casino.org study. The top three are the Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers, and San Antonio Spurs.

Ben Taylor was the NBA’s most positively mentioned official, while Jason Phillips the most negatively mentioned, according to the study. Phillips now oversees the NBA Replay Center in Secaucus, New Jersey.

The study found 40,456 total NBA officiating mentions by Reddit fans, as compared to 31,065 for MLB and 20,375 for the NFL.

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