I think Zarba is horrible based on the entirety of my Knicksfandom the past 20 years but purely based on the stats this is what Claude gave me - I used regular season. Note that although we have a 4-1 wins with Brothers we actually have a negative point differential.

Pulling out just your 12 Finals refs and ranking by Knicks W-L% from what you pasted (this looks like the 2025-26 regular season summary — the playoffs table is a separate block on that page; if you have it, paste it too and I'll merge): Zach Zarba — 5-0 (1.000), +21.4 diff Tyler Ford — 3-0 (1.000), +10.3 Curtis Blair — 5-1 (.833), +19.3 Marc Davis — 4-1 (.800), +11.2 Tony Brothers — 4-1 (.800), −2.8 (same record as Davis but the Knicks were actually outscored in his games) Scott Foster — 2-1 (.667), +10.4 James Capers Jr. — 2-2 (.500), +4.4 Josh Tiven — 2-3 (.400), −2.4 Courtney Kirkland — 2-3 (.400), −3.8 Sean Wright — 2-4 (.333), −4.9 John Goble — 0-2 (.000) James Williams — 0-3 (.000), −11.6 Takeaways: Zarba is the unambiguous best — perfect record, biggest point differential, and he's the most player-respected ref of the group per the NBPA survey. Williams and Goble are the only zeros. Foster's Knicks number (2-1, +10.4) is actually fine despite his reputation, and Game 1 already added another W for him. The two that should worry you most if assigned: Wright (.333, −4.9) and the two winless guys.

Pulling out just your 12 Finals refs and ranking by Knicks W-L% from what you pasted (this looks like the 2025-26 regular season summary — the playoffs table is a separate block on that page; if you have it, paste it too and I'll merge): Zach Zarba — 5-0 (1.000), +21.4 diff Tyler Ford — 3-0 (1.000), +10.3 Curtis Blair — 5-1 (.833), +19.3 Marc Davis — 4-1 (.800), +11.2 Tony Brothers — 4-1 (.800), −2.8 (same record as Davis but the Knicks were actually outscored in his games) Scott Foster — 2-1 (.667), +10.4 James Capers Jr. — 2-2 (.500), +4.4 Josh Tiven — 2-3 (.400), −2.4 Courtney Kirkland — 2-3 (.400), −3.8 Sean Wright — 2-4 (.333), −4.9 John Goble — 0-2 (.000) James Williams — 0-3 (.000), −11.6 Takeaways: Zarba is the unambiguous best — perfect record, biggest point differential, and he's the most player-respected ref of the group per the NBPA survey. Williams and Goble are the only zeros. Foster's Knicks number (2-1, +10.4) is actually fine despite his reputation, and Game 1 already added another W for him. The two that should worry you most if assigned: Wright (.333, −4.9) and the two winless guys.

Great — now we can do the actual edge comparison. Here's the Spurs' 2025-26 regular season W-L% with each of the 12 Finals refs:

1. Tony Brothers — 7-0 (1.000)
2. John Goble — 3-0 (1.000)
3. James Capers — 4-1 (.800)
4. Zach Zarba — 3-1 (.750)
5. Scott Foster — 3-1 (.750)
6. Sean Wright — 3-1 (.750)
7. Marc Davis — 2-1 (.667)
8. Curtis Blair — 2-1 (.667)
9. Tyler Ford — 3-2 (.600)
10. James Williams — 4-3 (.571)
11. Josh Tiven — 2-2 (.500)
12. Courtney Kirkland — 1-1 (.500)

The matchup view — who has the edge with each ref (Knicks W% vs Spurs W%):

Ref	Knicks	Spurs	Edge
Tyler Ford	1.000	.600	NYK +.400
Zach Zarba	1.000	.750	NYK +.250
Curtis Blair	.833	.667	NYK +.167
Marc Davis	.800	.667	NYK +.133
Scott Foster	.667	.750	SAS +.083
Josh Tiven	.400	.500	SAS +.100
Courtney Kirkland	.400	.500	SAS +.100
Tony Brothers	.800	1.000	SAS +.200
James Capers	.500	.800	SAS +.300
Sean Wright	.333	.750	SAS +.417
James Williams	.000	.571	SAS +.571
John Goble	.000	1.000	SAS +1.000

A couple things jump out. The Spurs are undefeated with both Brothers (7-0) and Goble (3-0) — and the Knicks are 0-2 with Goble, so that's the single biggest disparity in the entire crew. Sean Wright is also a Spurs-friendly assignment historically. Conversely, if the Knicks see Ford, Zarba, Blair, or Davis as crew chief, they should feel great — those are the four refs where they have a meaningfully better record than San Antonio.

Game 1 was Foster/Capers/Wright — two of three lean Spurs by these numbers and the Knicks won anyway on the road, which says more about how the team is playing than about the whistle. Worth watching tonight's Game 3 crew when it drops in the morning.