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NBA Referee Assignments January 26, 2018 Referee assignments are posted at approximately 9:00am ET each game day. Game Official 1 Official 2 Official 3 Alternate Atlanta @ Charlotte Jason Phillips (#23) Ray Acosta (#54) Karl Lane (#77) Indiana @ Cleveland Ken Mauer (#41) Leon Wood (#40) Gary Zielinski (#59) Utah @ Toronto Mike Callahan (#24) Brian Forte (#45) Jacyn Goble (#68) L.A. Lakers @ Chicago Bill Spooner (#22) Brett Nansel (#44) Michael Smith (#38) LA Clippers @ Memphis Bill Kennedy (#55) Tony Brown (#6) Tre Maddox (#73) Brooklyn @ Milwaukee Kane Fitzgerald (#5) Eric Lewis (#42) Aaron Smith (#51) Houston @ New Orleans John Goble (#30) Pat Fraher (#26) Kevin Scott (#28) Portland @ Dallas Rodney Mott (#71) Bennie Adams (#47) JT Orr (#72) Philadelphia @ San Antonio James Capers (#19) Brent Barnaky (#36) Justin Van Duyne (#64) New York @ Phoenix Sean Wright (#4) Matt Boland (#18) Gediminas Petraitis (#50) Replay Center: Curtis Blair , Sean Corbin , Marat Kogut
I don't get why Lue doesn't have JR come off the bench, for his offense. LeBron, IT2 and Love are more than enough. Crowder coming off the bench doesn't move the needle, offensively. IT2 / LeBron / Crowder / Love / TT Wade / JR / Korver / Green / Frye That's a solid 10-man rotation. Crowder being in the starting lineup allows him to defend the other team's best perimeter player, JR coming off the bench allows for a better offense, especially if Wade is at the 1. IT2's shortcomings on defense are also mitigated by having two wing defenders in LeBron and Crowder. JR's defense is pretty terrible, leaving LeBron to shoulder the defensive burden, in the starting lineup.
Watching Markkanen play makes me respect the hell out of Phil Jackson. I thought he was crazy for trying to trade Zinger to Phoenix so he could draft Markkanen. But looking at how polished dude's game is and imagining a lineup with him Devin Booker and Hernangomez plus whatever he would've gotten for Melo, would've been nice to see Stephen A eat crow twice
