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.