The Game Before "The Game": Celtics Vs. Grizzlies

Bass out with knee injury – not considered serous – (I’ve heard that one before)

Jermaine expected to play.

Dooling, Quisy out

Ken Mauer
Veteran NBA official Ken Mauer has officiated 1,497 regular season, 119 playoff, and nine Finals games, during his 25-season career. He was also a member of the crew that officiated the 1993 Europe Tour in London and the 2005 Denver All-Star game. Mauer’s resume includes six years of CBA officiating experience, nine years of collegiate officiating experience and 12 years of high school officiating experience in Minnesota. Mauer is very quick to call technicals and in one game, once ejected Doc less than 3 minutes into a game, and that was before the new “Respect the Game” rules. In a recent Timberwolves game he might have set the record by calling 5 technicals in a 10 second span. Mauer was one of the refs charged with tax evasion and obstructing federal tax laws for receiving substantial taxable income from 1989 through 1994 and failing to declare it. He was one of the refs in the controversial Miami/Dallas Finals where the foul calls were totally lopsided, giving the Heat the title. In a Suns/OKC game last season, Mauer told Zabian Dowdell not to be a bitch about the calls. Dowdell asked him if he’d say that off the court and Mauer ejected him from the game for it. The Celtics are 8-2 in their last 10 games with Mauer officiating. This is his first game for the Celtics this season. The Grizzlies are 1-1 this season and 5-5 in the last 10 games with Mauer. His home W/L record this season is 11-6.

SirAllen Conner
This guy is a mystery. He is listed in the 2011-12 Officials Guide as a non-staff official. He was a D-League official and was also one of the replacement refs during the recent strike by the refs. This is his first season with the NBA. He has not called any games for either team previously and as near as I can figure it, this is his very first NBA game since his home W/L record is listed as 0-0.

Mark Lindsay
Mark Lindsay has officiated 232 games in his four NBA seasons. Prior
to working in the NBA, he worked for five seasons in the NBA Development
League, officiating 116 games. Lindsay received a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education from Westchester University and worked as a real estate sales agent and a teacher before joining the NBA. He also officiated in several college conferences, including the Big South and the Ohio Valley Conferences, and officiated for
five years for local Pennsylvania high schools. The Celtics are 0-1 in games called by Lindsay this season. The only game he called this season was the loss at Indiana where the Celtics shot 18 free throws to 23 for the Pacers. The Celtics are 4-6 in their last 10 games with Linday making the calls and the Grizzlies are also 4-6 in in their last 10 with Lindsay. His home W/L record this season is 13-5.

It would be really nice to field a full, healthy squad for a number of games, just to have the luxury of allowing the team to really jell, rather than constantly having to have patchwork lineups from game to game.

The defense is holding strong.

:(

did they say what type of knee injury? or to what part?

did you guys see the Kevin Love stomp? Am I alone in thinking that Scuola flopped like a punk after Love swiped the ball?