The NBA will begin releasing its play-by-play grading reports for the final two minutes and overtime of close games to the public, the league announced Friday.
NBA referee grades in crunch time will now be made public
The league announced it’ll show the public its grading of officials in the final two minutes and overtime of close games.
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The protocol will start on March 2 and run throughout the playoffs. The reports will only consist of the final two minutes and overtime, not the entire game, as graded by an NBA official in charge of referee management.
This is one of several new initiatives by commissioner Adam Silver to increase transparency and make the every day processes of the NBA easier to understand for fans of the game.
“Our fans are passionate and have an intense interest in understanding how the rules are applied,” executive vice president of referee operations Mike Bantom said in the press release. “NBA referees have the most difficult officiating job in sports, with so many split-second decisions in real time. We trust this consistent disclosure will give fans a greater appreciation of the difficulty of the job and a deeper sense of the correct interpretations of the rules of our game.”
Reports will be available on the NBA’s website for officials by 5 p.m. the day after the game.
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