Led by chief Marc Davis, the three-person crew also features veteran NBA officials, Tony Brothers and Josh Tiven. The trio of Brothers, Davis and Tiven have made a combined 25 NBA Finals appearances.
Game 5 of the NBA Finals marks the 18th NBA Finals game that Davis has officiated in his career, while this will be Brothers’ 15th NBA Finals game and Tiven’s fourth NBA Finals game. Each referee has officiated one game earlier in this series.
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Per the NBA, “Finals officials were selected by the NBA Referee Operations management team based on their performance throughout the first three rounds of the 2022 playoffs.”
Officials advance in the postseason based on the evaluation of their performance at the end of each round, meaning the 12 officials selected to officiate the NBA Finals are considered to be among the best performing officials of the playoffs.
Here is a breakdown of the officiating crew along with more background on the officials that will call Game 5 between the Warriors and Celtics.
NBA Finals Game 5 officiating crew
In addition to Davis’ role as crew chief, both Brothers and Tiven take on specific roles for Game 5 Veteran official James Capers will serve as the Replay Center official.
Here is the official crew.
Davis served as the crew chief in Game 1 of the 2022 NBA Finals, a 12-point Celtics win Brothers was a referee in the Warriors’ Game 2 win over the Celtics in this series Tiven was the umpire in Game 2 of the 2022 NBA Finals
What channel is Warriors vs. Celtics on?
Date: Monday, June 13 TV channel: ABC Live streaming: Watch ESPN | Sling TV
Game 5 of the NBA Finals will air on ABC. Viewers can also stream Game 5 on Watch ESPN or Sling TV.
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Warriors vs. Celtics start time
Date: Monday, June 13 Time: 9 p. m. ET | 6 p. m. PT Location: Chase Center, San Francisco
Game 5 of the NBA Finals will tip off around 9 p.m. ET on Monday, June 13. The game will be played at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
NBA Finals schedule 2022
Here is the full schedule for the 2022 NBA Finals.
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NBA Finals officials
Ahead of the 2022 NBA Finals, the league announced a list of 12 officials that would be assigned to the series. The referees assigned to the 2022 NBA Finals are as follows:
Officials Curtis Blair, Tyler Ford, Mark Lindsay, Ed Malloy, Ben Taylor and Sean Wright have been assigned as alternates for the 2022 NBA Finals.
