Celtics (49-19) at Knicks (35-34) 3/21

[j804]

p.s if it has to come down to that again see sig, captain take us home again

[dasani]

The Truth should have a big game here.

[jaser]

I cant wait to see how good we make the Knicks look on defense with our inconsistent effort on offense.

Here we go again with the negativity...

 

i was just gonna say that!!!! is this guy a celtics fan or what??? he just has so many negative things to say!!!! jeeeeez!!!

[Bankshot]

Well at least they don't have Celtics killer Wilson Chandler anymore.

[FLCeltsFan]

Official Report
Monty McCutchen
McCutchen has been officiating games since 1993 and wears number 13. McCutchen missed the 1998-99 season with a ruptured Achilles tendon. He is a former elementary and middle school teacher and is fondly remembered by his students as a really nice guy. In searching for information on him, I found a Cavs' blog that blamed their April 4 loss to the Celtics last season on the officiating of Monty McCutchen. That was the game where Mike Brown was ejected and the Cavs made a furious comeback but fell short. Other than that, there's not a lot of controversy about McCutchen. The Celtics are 2-0 this season and 7-3 in their last 10 games with McCutchen on the court. In the win over Indiana, the free throws were even but in the win over Miami, McCutchen and company gave the Heat 41 free throws to just 25 for the Celtics. The Knicks are 2-1 this season and 4-6 in their last 10 games with McCutchen. His home W/L record this season is 29-25.

Eric Lewis
This is Lewis' sixth season as an NBA official. He has worked for the NBA-D league during 3 seasons, 2 seasons in the USBL, 8 years in the NCAA, and officiated in Florida high school for 8 years before making it to the NBA. The Celtics are 6-4 in their last 10 and 2-2 so far this season with Lewis as a ref. The free throw totals were fairly close in all 4 games with opponents taking 95 free throws and the Celtics taking 91 over the 4 games. The Knicks are 4-0 this season and 6-4 in their last 10 games with Lewis. His home W/L record this season is 30-24.

Sean Wright
Wright's first season in the league was 2005-06. Before he started his career in the NBA he spent 4 years in the officiating in the NBDL, and also officiating in college and high school level. Sean Wright is from New York City, which may or may not influence his calls in this game. The Celtics are 2-1 this season and 6-4 in their last 10 with Wright on the court. The loss this season was the game vs Chicago where the Bulls shot 35 free throws to 22 for the Celtics. At one point just after the half, Derrick Rose alone had almost doubled the Celtics free throws as a team. That performance elicited these comments from Bulls fans:

   Book these refs for the playoffs please

    Who hired these refs? Lets give them promotion after the game
    Wow have never seen Rose draw so many fouls and get so many FTs.

    Ron Garretson, Tommy Nunez, Sean Wright
    Best refs of all time.

    Best refs EVAR!!!

The Knicks are 3-0 this season and 3-7 in their last 10 games with Wright. His home W/L record is 36-19.

[LilRip]

TP for the officials scouting report. that's some new info that i would definitely wanna read more of

[FLCeltsFan]

Just saw a report that Ronny Turiaf will start at center for the Knicks tonight in place of Jeffries. 

[Drucci]

Here for the game! Pretty confident about his one, maybe I shouldn't be but I feel like whether we control Amar'e or not the Knicks won't be able to defend us so it should be an easy win. TP FL.

[IrishGreen]

Here for the game also. No one should be expecting Rondo to have a big night here folks. The man is banged up serious with his knee, pinky and heel. Still fancy us to nab it though because they're off the tail end of a back-to-back.

[Who]

Knicks need to move Amare Stoudemire to the center position and surround him with shooters to trouble the Celtics defense. They can handle him comfortably if he is at the PF position with Garnett covering him.

Knicks most effective lineup is probably Amare, Melo, Fields, Douglas and Billups.

It'll be interesting to see how much D'Antoni goes to the lineup ... or fails to go to that lineup.

[Who]

Knicks most effective lineup is probably Amare, Melo, Fields, Douglas and Billups.

It'll be interesting to see how much D'Antoni goes to the lineup ... or fails to go to that lineup.

The Celtics would have to go small to matchup against that group. Put Garnett at center (to keep him on Amare) and move Jeff Green into the lineup alongside Pierce, Ray and Rondo. Best to keep Pierce on Melo and use Green against Fields.

The Celtics should win that matchup due to their superiority in the backcourt if Rondo plays well. The Knicks should be able to keep it close and make a game of it though ... and possibly sneak a win if Rondo doesn't play well.

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If the Knicks stay big with Turiaf or J.Jeffries, this will be an easy win for Boston.

Celtics can stay big with Krstic or BBD and play their normal or choose to go small with J.Green @ power forward and be very effective against that Knicks lineup. They can defend the Knicks well with Amare at PF + Melo at SF ... the Celtics should outplay them comfortably with those lineups.

[KCattheStripe]

I cant wait to see how good we make the Knicks look on defense with our inconsistent effort on offense.

Here we go again with the negativity...

 

[Megatron]

You guys act like this entire game thread wont turn into a big ball of negative comments if we get blown out by 30.

[fairweatherfan]

You guys act like this entire game thread wont turn into a big ball of negative comments if we get blown out by 30.

Well sure, but that doesn't mean it's a good time to get in on the ground floor.


Should be a fun game, the Knicks play no D (Turiaf excluded).  Pierce or Green might go for 30.  Shut down the secondary players and let Amare and Melo get theirs, they'll be happy to oblige.

[KCattheStripe]

You guys act like this entire game thread wont turn into a big ball of negative comments if we get blown out by 30.

I could also get hit by a bus, but if you told me not to go outside because I might get hit by a bus... I'd still chuckle.