Your 2019 NBA Playoff Officials

Another NBA regular season has come to a close and we are looking towards the postseason stretch. As officials, we are graded throughout the year, every game, on five particular areas of performance measures — Accuracy, court presence, fitness, off-court duties and personal qualities. Along with Referee Operations, coaches and teams can offer input via a midseason evaluation and feedback following each game. The top-performers for each season are selected to work in the playoffs.

This year, we welcome seven first-time playoff officials making their postseason debut. Mike Callahan (210), Ken Mauer (208), Scott Foster (176), Tom Washington (165), and Tony Brothers (127) lead the pack with the most Playoff appearances in their career.

Congratulations to our 2019 NBA Playoffs Officiating Staff:

#36 Brent Barnaky

#74 Curtis Blair (1st)

#25 Tony Brothers

#6 Tony Brown

#3 Nick Buchert (1st)

#24 Mike Callahan

#19 James Capers

#11 Derrick Collins

#34 Kevin Cutler

#8 Marc Davis

#5 Kane Fitzgerald

#39 Tyler Ford (1st)

#45 Brian Forte

#48 Scott Foster

#26 Pat Fraher

#30 John Goble

#16 David Guthrie

#61 Courtney Kirkland

#77 Karl Lane

#42 Eric Lewis

#29 Mark Lindsay

#73 Tre Maddox (1st)

#14 Ed Malloy

#41 Ken Mauer

#71 Rodney Mott

#50 Gediminas Petraitis (1st)

#23 Jason Phillips

#28 Kevin Scott

#38 Michael Smith

#46 Ben Taylor (1st)

#58 Josh Tiven

#52 Scott Twardoski (1st)

#31 Scott Wall

#49 Tom Washington

#4 Sean Wright

#15 Zach Zarba

2019 NBA Playoff First Round Alternate Officials:

#27 Mitchell Ervin

#72 J.T. Orr

#21 Dedric Taylor

#40 Leon Wood

The 2019 NBA Playoffs First round begins on Saturday, April 13th.