Why wouldn't they? There's no reason the NBA will let NBA teams dictate which refs they want or don't want.
They are trying to stay as far way from the Tim Donaghey stuff as possible. Foster will not officiate a Rockets game the rest of this year.
the league office is saving the best for the last. we'll probably seeing foster in a game 7 with worriers in 2nd round...
https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/...under-game-2-is-this-a-good-referee-crew.html Here’s a more detailed look at the bio for each official for tonight’s Game 2: Scott Foster (#48) Scott Foster has officiated 1,413 regular-season games over 24 seasons as an NBA official. He has also refereed 176 playoff games, including 18 Finals games. He was a member of the crew that officiated the 1996 Europe Tour in Germany and Spain. Foster also worked the 2010 NBA All-Star Game in Arlington, Texas. Foster considers his most memorable assignment to be Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. He worked the game with two of his mentors, Dan Crawford and Joey Crawford. In addition to his NBA service, Foster has two years of CBA officiating experience, two years of collegiate officiating experience in the Southern and Big South conferences, and six years of high school officiating experience in Maryland.
So you are saying the Rockets are going to play the Clippers for 7 games in the 2nd round? Like the first half of the sentense but not the 2nd half.