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NBA Referee Assignments

January 14, 2025

Referee assignments are posted at approximately 9:00am ET each game day.

Game Crew Chief Referee Umpire Alternate
Cleveland @ Indiana Zach Zarba (#15) Natalie Sago (#9) Tom Washington (#49)
Oklahoma City @ Philadelphia Kevin Scott (#24) Sean Corbin (#33) Che Flores (#91)
Phoenix @ Atlanta Brent Barnaky (#36) Ray Acosta (#54) Matt Kallio (#53)
New Orleans @ Chicago Karl Lane (#77) Kevin Cutler (#34) Leon Wood (#40)
Sacramento @ Milwaukee Brian Forte (#45) Andy Nagy (#83) Matt Myers (#43)
Denver @ Dallas Tyler Ford (#39) Scott Twardoski (#52) Brandon Adair (#67)
Brooklyn @ Portland Josh Tiven (#58) John Butler (#30) Matt Boland (#18)
Replay Center: Scott Foster, Phenizee Ransom, Brandon Schwab

G League Referee Assignments

January 14, 2025

Referee assignments are posted at approximately 9:00am ET each game day.

Game Crew Chief Referee Umpire Alternate
South Bay @ Indiana Pat O'Connell (#73) Jenna Reneau (#77) Italo Araujo (#19)
College Park @ Cleveland Julian Scott (#61) Kenneth Gardner (#75) Josh Reed (#28)
Long Island @ Grand Rapids Tyler Mirkovich (#41) Kaitlynn Versoza (#23) William McClatchy (#31)
Wisconsin @ Westchester Cameron Garber (#33) Ian McClenny (#59) Kaz Beverley (#51)
San Diego @ Oklahoma City Tyler Ricks (#36) RJ Johnson (#29) Leah Lanie (#37)
Stockton @ Salt Lake City Agon Abazi (#7) Sarah Williams (#20) JP Primm (#64)

WNBA Referee Assignments

January 14, 2025

Referee assignments are posted at approximately 9:00am ET each game day.

Game Crew Chief Referee Umpire Alternate

Crew Chief Position

  • Proficient in Referee and Umpire positions
  • Leader of the crew, on and off the floor
  • High-level play calling, partnering skills, and tools for handling any game situation, including interpersonal communication
  • Understands the importance of extending into their secondary area of coverage, with accuracy

Referee Position

  • Proficient in all Umpire position requirements
  • Effectively the glue for a crew through consistency, teamwork, and communication - makes partners better by carrying a larger portion of the crew’s load than an Umpire
  • Capable of handling some plays in secondary area of coverage
  • Ability to recognize and appropriately manage shifts in game conditions (intensity, emotions, decorum, style of play etc.)

Umpire Position

  • Aggressively and accurately calls plays in the primary area of responsibility
  • Responsible for basic mechanics including rotations, positioning and clock and team foul awareness
  • Strong rules knowledge coupled with contributions to in-game discussions/issues regarding adjudication