In the finals, Foster is going to fight back?

In the 7th match of the

, which three referees will appear on the field?

The most likely one is Scott Foster, who is the one with the most opinions of many fans.

This time, the NBA prepared 14 referees for the finals, 12 of whom were the regular picks and 2 were the alternates to avoid the referee being injured.

After playing 6 games, all 12 regular referees got the opportunity to take the referee, 6 of whom blew twice, and the remaining 6 each made the appearance once, including the group in Game 4 - Foster, the oldest experienced, and two younger Tiffany and Sean Wright.

According to the age and qualifications of these 6 referees, it is very likely that the "two olds lead one Chinese" will be sent to the 7 games: the oldest Keppens and Foster, who has the most referees in the finals, these two old referees may lead a younger one, excluding Ford and Taylor who played the finals for the first time, and Sean Wright who played the finals for the second time, then U2 (second assistant referee) is very likely to be Josh Tevin who has 6 years of referee experience in the finals.

Whether it is the NBA, FIBA ​​or our CBA, the arrangement of on-the-spot referees is based on these principles: According to the importance of the game, one old leads two new or two old leads one new; for particularly important games or particularly commemorative games, such as the Olympic final, three experienced old referees will be assigned; if there are no major mistakes and omissions, the turnover rate will be controlled within the normal standards, and the series will be punished in turn.

Many fans are very dissatisfied with the group Foster brought in the fourth game, but as a professional sports league, the NBA will not send referees based on the fans' opinions, but will delegate them according to the above principles.

Among the 12 referees in this finals, Foster is not the oldest. He was born in 1967 and is 58 years old this year, but he has been referring the most in the finals, and this year is the 18th time.

The oldest is the referee of the third game, Keppens. He was born in 1961 and is 64 years old. However, in his 29-year NBA referee career, Keppens has 13 Finals, which is less than Tony's "big brother" Blathers. The "Big Brother" is also older than Foster. He was born in 1964 and is over 60 years old, but his finals were 14 times, which is far inferior to Foster.

If it's purely for age, there is another 76 referees in this season, Tom Washington, born in 1957, but in his 33 years of NBA referee experience, he has only played 4 Finals.

In key competitions like 7 in the finals, choosing CC (referee) will take into account age and experience, so Foster has the greatest chance. He has played 30 seasons, more than 1,700 games in the regular season, about 250 games in the playoffs, and the Finals this year is the 18th time in total, including the 7-game match between the Lakers and the Celtics in 2010, and the 7-game match between the Heat and the Spurs in 2013. In the 7th battle of the Yellow and Green Battle, the two masters who partnered with Foster were both famous, and they were both called Crawford, one good and one evil. Dan Crawford was widely praised, and Joey Crawford, the bald referee who gave him two "T" because Duncan smiled on the bench.

Now, a bald Crawford, has become a very unique referee. Due to the increase of 1+1 challenges on the field, there is much less controversy. But when it comes to the finals stage, there will inevitably be opinions, sometimes from coaches, sometimes from players, and more from fans.

Foster's nickname in the United States "The Extender", means that the league specially sent to extend the series. With the Pacers leading 2-1, the group he led 53 fouls and 71 free throws in the fourth game, with a game duration of 2 hours and 49 minutes. The Thunder reversed and tied the big score in the last 3 minutes.

The most controversial game was reported in the last two minutes after the game, without any problems, but this did not change the negative public opinion on the Internet at all. The most common saying is that the NBA hopes to play 7 games in the series.

This view has appeared many times in the playoffs and finals in the past, but looking at the NBA's finals history, especially the contemporary Finals history since 2000, it does not show how big the number of 7 games and sweeps are.

In fact, in the NBA's 70-plus finals history, there have been 9 4-0 sweeps, and 3 times since the 21st century, that is, in 2002, the Lakers swept the Nets, in 2007, the Spurs swept the Cavaliers, and in 2018, the Warriors swept the Cavaliers.

As for the finals that won 4-1 in 5 games, there have been 20 times in history, 8 of which occurred after 2000.

However, it was 7 in the finals. Although there have been 19 times in history, there have been only 4 times since 2000, and 12 times before 1980.

Then why is there a saying that "the alliance hopes to grab 7"? It is likely from the logical fallacy of "survivor bias", which is a choice bias, that is, the selected sample is beneficial to one's own point of view, and even ignores samples that are not conducive to one's own point of view.

For example, fans who hope that the Pacers will win the championship are unwilling to see the opportunity to lead 3-1 pass away, and therefore believe that the NBA intends to encourage both sides to play more games. At this time, the 9 sweeps and 20 4-1 (11 in 5 games since 2000) in history were ignored, and it was emphasized that there were only 4 games in total since 2000, with 7 games in total.

Foster appeared at the forefront, and seemed to have received a mission from the league, but after understanding his age, qualifications and other factors, is it true that the NBA trusts referees with such conditions more? But it just happened that the one who meets this condition now is Foster, who used to be Dick Bavita and Dan Crawford.

So, Foster appeared in the 7th, which is normal.

G1:1-0 Pacer 111-Thunder 110

G2:1-1 Pacer 107-Thunder 123

G3:1-2 Thunder 107-Peaker 116

G4:2-2 Thunder 111-Peaker 104

G5:2-3 Pacer 109-Thunder 120

G6:3-3 Thunder 91-Peaker 108

G7: Pacer @Thunder (Monday, June 23, 8:00)