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NBA FINALS
NBA EXPERIENCE 16 seasons
BORN April 29, 1975 (New York)
RESIDES Kew Gardens, N.Y.
HS Midwood High School (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
COLLEGE SUNY New Paltz ’97
Zach Zarba has officiated 954 regular-season over 14 seasons as an NBA official. He has also worked 80 playoff games, including six Finals games. Other assignments have included the 2016 NBA All-Star Game in Toronto. Zarba considers his most memorable assignment to be Game 3 of the 2013 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs, his first Finals game. Before joining the NBA, Zarba officiated in the NBA G League for two years, where he worked the Finals. He also spent one year officiating in the CBA and two years officiating in the IBL. Zarba has three years of collegiate officiating experience in the ACC, SEC, Colonial, ASUN, OVC and NEC conferences. In addition, he has three years of high school officiating experience in New York. While at SUNY New Paltz, Zarba was a member of the basketball team and was named captain his senior season. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Zarba does community service work with Brooklyn Youth Sports Club, It’s from the Sole and Beyond the Game Inc.
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Zach Zarba has officiated 954 regular-season over 14 seasons as an NBA official. He has also worked 80 playoff games, including six Finals games. Other assignments have included the 2016 NBA All-Star Game in Toronto. Zarba considers his most memorable assignment to be Game 3 of the 2013 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs, his first Finals game. Before joining the NBA, Zarba officiated in the NBA G League for two years, where he worked the Finals. He also spent one year officiating in the CBA and two years officiating in the IBL. Zarba has three years of collegiate officiating experience in the ACC, SEC, Colonial, ASUN, OVC and NEC conferences. In addition, he has three years of high school officiating experience in New York. While at SUNY New Paltz, Zarba was a member of the basketball team and was named captain his senior season. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Zarba does community service work with Brooklyn Youth Sports Club, It’s from the Sole and Beyond the Game Inc.
NBA FINALS
NBA EXPERIENCE 25 seasons
BORN April 8, 1967 (Silver Spring, Md.)
RESIDES Woodbine, Md.
HS Magruder (Rockville, Md.)
COLLEGE Maryland ’93
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.
NBA FINALS
NBA EXPERIENCE 15 seasons
BORN May 20, 1971 (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
RESIDES Daytona Beach, Fla.
HS Mainland High School (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
COLLEGE Bethune Cookman College
ERIC WILL BE WORKING HIS 1st NBA FINALS IN 2019.  CONGRATS TO OUR OWN DDR STAFF MEMBER ON THE WHITE JACKET AWARD! Eric Lewis has officiated 873 regular-season games and 35 playoff games over 14 seasons as an NBA referee. Previously, Lewis spent three seasons refereeing in the NBA G League (including the 2004 Finals) and two years working in the USBL. Lewis officiated eight years in college basketball, with stints in the Atlantic Sun, Ohio Valley, Sunshine State, Florida Sun and Mid-Florida conferences. He refereed in Florida high schools for six years. As a student, he was a member of the basketball team at Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Bethune Cookman College. Lewis works with several organizations that help troubled teens.
NBA PLAYOFFS
NBA EXPERIENCE 21 seasons
BORN September 3, 1957 (New Albany, Ind.)
RESIDES Las Vegas, Nev.
HS Bishop Turner (Buffalo, N.Y.)
COLLEGE San Diego State ’86
Rodney Mott has officiated 1,191 regular-season games and 28 playoff games over 20 seasons as an NBA referee. He also worked the 2013 NBA All-Star Game in Houston. Before joining the NBA, Mott spent four years officiating in the CBA. He also worked eight years in the Los Angeles Pro Am league, three years at the junior college level and four years in the high school ranks in San Diego.
NBA PLAYOFFS
NBA EXPERIENCE 30 seasons
BORN February 23, 1957 (El Paso, Texas)
RESIDES Oak Park, Calif.
HS Taft (Woodland Hills, Calif.)
COLLEGE San Diego State
Bill Spooner has officiated 1,506 regular-season games and 122 playoff games over 29 seasons as an NBA official. His other assignments have included the 2005 NBA All-Star Game in Denver. In addition to his NBA work, Spooner has seven years of collegiate officiating experience in the Pac-12, Big West and West Coast conferences. He also spent eight years as a high school official in his home state of California. Spooner played football at Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Calif. His interests include playing golf and cooking.
NBA OFFICIAL
NBA EXPERIENCE 23 seasons
BORN March 25, 1962 (Columbia, S.C.)
RESIDES Ladera Ranch, Calif.
HS St. Monica (Santa Monica, Calif.)
COLLEGE Cal State Fullerton ’84
Leon Wood has worked 1,266 regular-season games and 23 playoff games over 22 seasons as an NBA official. His other assignments have included the 2013 NBA All-Star Game in Houston. He has three years of CBA officiating experience and one year of collegiate conference in the Ohio Valley and Atlantic Sun conferences. He also has one year of high school officiating experience in California. Wood played in the NBA for six seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Bullets (now Wizards), New Jersey Nets (now Brooklyn Nets), San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings, averaging 6.4 points, 3.2 assists and 1.2 rebounds. He was a member of USA Basketball’s gold-medal-winning teams at the 1984 Olympic and 1983 Pan-Am Games. Wood played for the University of Arizona for one season before transferring to Cal State Fullerton, where he was named an All-American. The Santa Monica, Calif., native was inducted into the Orange County Hall of Fame and the Cal State Fullerton Hall of Fame. Wood has volunteered with the Cal Swish Basketball Club. His hobbies include playing golf and tennis and lifting weights.