Refs for Wednesday's game?

[Smitty]

Who will be calling our game tomorrow?

[crownsy]

dunno, but i hope it isn't taylor's crew or crawfords.

in the words of tommy

"violet, your no flower"

[dooyork]

They announce the ref crew the morning of the game.  It won't be Joe Crawford, because he's doing tonights LA/SA game.

The Cs are actually 2-1 this postseason with Crawford.

[crownsy]

They announce the ref crew the morning of the game.  It won't be Joe Crawford, because he's doing tonights LA/SA game.

The Cs are actually 2-1 this postseason with Crawford.

doesn't change the fact that he's an abomination to good officiating, though it was nice to benefit from some of his horrid calls the last game.

[Chris]

They announce the ref crew the morning of the game.  It won't be Joe Crawford, because he's doing tonights LA/SA game.

The Cs are actually 2-1 this postseason with Crawford.

I thought they didn't announce it until gametime.  Wasn't one of the big things that Donaghy was doing, selling information about who was reffing certain games?  Since the league knows that certain refs can really effect the line and over/under, I believe they don't announce the refs until as late as possible.

I could be wrong about this though.

[jaketwice]

Whoever it is, I think no more than 50 free throws attempted by either team will keep the game watchable.

65 FTAs like last night is too many.

Put the whistle away!  I don't want to watch the rules! I want to watch basketball!!!

[ziggen]

Refs are like the LAPD.

[Bahku]

I wouldn't want Joey unless we end up playing the Spurs ... then he'd actually be on our side, (go figure). No Violet Palmer, No Kenny Mauer, no Joey Crawford ... I'd rather have Dan, but he did the last game.

[WedmanIsMyHero]

They post the refs for the days game at:

http://www.nba.com/news/referee

Refs are like the LAPD.

[jaketwice]

I wouldn't want Joey unless we end up playing the Spurs ... then he'd actually be on our side, (go figure). No Violet Palmer, No Kenny Mauer, no Joey Crawford ... I'd rather have Dan, but he did the last game.

Steve Javie, I've noticed, keeps the FTAs to a minimum.

[SamuelAdams]

Detroit @ Boston

Official 1
 E. Rush      2-1
Official 2 
 M. Callahan  0-1
Official 3
 K. Mauer     2-0

[dorschrm]

Detroit @ Boston

Official 1
 E. Rush      2-1
Official 2 
 M. Callahan  0-1
Official 3
 K. Mauer     2-0

Haha if I do recall I remember a game a few years back, which I'm sure you're all familiar with...

"tell that Kenny Mauer to go home to his wife...'cause nobody here loves him"

Saving Tommy's own health by keeping him off the air tonight

THEY'RE GUNNA CALL IT A HARD FOUL!

[crownsy]

ugh at least mauer isn't the lead offical, i don't mind rush, he seems to call an ok game.

[dooyork]

Bad news: Rush and Callahan were together for Atlanta game 4.  Good news: Rush and Mauer were together for Cleveland game 7, and Rush was also on the crew for Cleveland game 1.

I remember thinking the refereeing was very bad in Atlanta, and I felt like the refs were influenced by the home crowd.  If this is the danger, it shouldn't be a problem in Boston.  All of the games these guys have reffed, the home team won (not surprisingly, given the trend in these playoffs)

[youcanthandlethetruth113]

They announce the ref crew the morning of the game.  It won't be Joe Crawford, because he's doing tonights LA/SA game.

The Cs are actually 2-1 this postseason with Crawford.

I thought they didn't announce it until gametime.  Wasn't one of the big things that Donaghy was doing, selling information about who was reffing certain games?  Since the league knows that certain refs can really effect the line and over/under, I believe they don't announce the refs until as late as possible.

I could be wrong about this though.

You are not wrong at all, in fact you are 100% correct.

They announce the officiating crew about 30 minutes before tipoff (i believe).