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NBA Referee Assignments

May 10, 2021

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

Game Crew Chief Referee Umpire Alternate
Washington @ Atlanta Tom Washington (#49) Gediminas Petraitis (#50) Simone Jelks (#81)
Indiana @ Cleveland Brian Forte (#45) Mark Ayotte (#56) Andy Nagy (#83)
New Orleans @ Memphis Marc Davis (#8) Brandon Adair (#67) CJ Washington (#12)
Milwaukee @ San Antonio Sean Wright (#4) Matt Boland (#18) Derek Richardson (#63)
Utah @ Golden State James Capers (#19) Curtis Blair (#74) Mark Lindsay (#29)
Houston @ Portland Kevin Scott (#24) Derrick Collins (#11) Jonathan Sterling (#17)
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WNBA Referee Assignments

May 10, 2021

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