simply because im still pissed at our players (and to an extent, VDN) for even putting ourselves in that situation; we should have put that game away without OT. but yes, it definitely should’ve been a flagrant, and it sucks

Yet they dont kick howard out of a game for an elbow and then suspend the best young center in the game

they flat out didnt think they rondo deserved a suspension, and didnt.

and it gets me fired up sometimes. however not everyone over there is an idiot; i think the difference is people try to reason and argue too much with the idiots over there, while here they just post their one comment and no one pays much attention to it

yes the league is protecting rondo, and not dwight howard.. that makes sense

actually, they were 2 different cases, that were handled as such

ripping on two dead guys in 1 post. and some of the comments ive read recently from some celts fans have left me absolutely dumbfounded. they seriously think there is some sort of larger conspiracy trying to hold them down.

that this can ever be rec-ed enough.

would have done that by getting beat and then winding up and clocking Brad Miller in the mouth. Miller didn’t fall on Pierce’s elbow (even though Pierce made sure to stick it out to try to hit him with it), Miller’s face landed in Pierce’s armpit.

Oh and Perkins should have been called for basket interference, he hit the rim with his wrist while the ball was above the rim.

You guys with the elbow thing: pathetic.

If you can’t enjoy your dirty, ill-gotten gains…maybe you all should try not being cheapshot artists?

with option C being both. The foul was all Rondo. No more needs to be said.

I haven’t seen any Bulls players rattled at any point in the series. Though, I have seen a couple of Celtics players, namely House and Marbury, who have been too scared to shoot the ball even while wide open.

let it go. I don’t appreciate when they come to BaB, and I’m certain they wouldn’t appreciate us going to their cite.

And trust me: they all know it was a flagrant. They’re not stupid folks, just feeling a little guilty. The fact that they have to make up this truly absurd “elbow” business indicates as much.

I mean if steroids in the MLB can be looked into, the NBA clearly not following its own rules to reach its own bottom line desired results has to be something they can look into. Especially because I think the major sports leagues get special antitrust exceptions from the rules that most other businesses have to follow. (Someone correct me if I’m wrong).

pretty good proof that somethings amiss here

I’m pulling for you all.

who puts a Henry the Fifth quote in his sig. And I don’t actually hate anybody about something as trivial as sports. But I do dislike people who doctor videos in order to decieve people, and I strongly dislike people who deny what’s clear and distinct when it serves their interests to do so. I’d prefer that, as fans, you just said – well, it was a flagrant, we won the game when we might not have, so nah nay nah. I’d be fine with that: that’s fanhood. But this refusal to admit to what’s obviously true is pretty despicable.

Here’s the thing, Dave – if a fan can’t be honest about trivial things, I highly doubt their ability to be honest about what matters. In short, they’re the kind of person I don’t like very much. You might say they hold their manhoods cheap.

Are all Celtics fans like that? Hell no. But I’d prefer that a few of them would actually sac up (ala BG) and admit it was a flagrant, even if they smirk while doing so.

talk about double standards
I guess it’s just with the Bulls, too, since against the Bulls Wade had 0 fouls.
What’s up with all these 0 foul games against us?

I mean, we can’t do anything about the reffing either, but at least that has a slim possibility of being fixed

and allowed him to exploited throughout the 4th quarter and overtime.
 
Miller was gassed, missing his last 3 shots from short range before he clanked the free throw and being a complete non factor defensively against their bigs until he was finally replaced with Hinrich, thus leaving the Bulls to be trampled under the boards and playing with a huge height disadvantage which played into their collapse while trying to preserve a lead.

It was an act of sheer stupidity keeping Kirk on the bench for the first 7 minutes of the 4th quarter after he was having an outstanding game which the Celtics readily acknowledged.

Once again dumping on Tyrus for failing to cover Davis on a runout, thus banning the winner of the game one OT to the back of the bench for the final 18 minutes, although his overall game was solid.

Failing to double the Celts go to all star 2007 playoffs MVP, especially after Ray Allen had fouled out leaving non-factors, Tony Allen and Starbury as their non productive guards while allowing Rondo to run roughshod over Rose who seemed to be hopelessly lost defensively time and again, while Gordon was contributing no help defense even though Tony Allen was not even an option.

Going small while Perkins and Davis were having their way on the boards with Noah battling alone most of the time.

The king of useless timeouts failing to use them to stop the Celtics runs as Doug Collins watched this ineptitude in amazement along with every knowledgable Bulls fan in the universe.

Apparently not noticing that Rose and Gordon’s lack of defense down the stretch led to runout after runout, with no shotblocker back to defend and slow them down, because he was too busy focusing on the best way to punish Tyrus for his defensive lapse while completely ignoring his many contributions in protecting the paint and altering shots along with scoring and rebounding during his 26 minute stint.

Our anti-coach never seems to learn from his multitude of mistakes because he continues to repeat them and unfortunately expands his repertoire of stupidity at the most crucial times during close games. He is becoming a bad joke, but nobody is laughing other than the braying hyena KG at the gifts he just keeps giving Beantowns fading champions who if we had even a average basketball mind at the top would by now be nothing more than a bunch of loudmouth losers, left only with fading memories of last years glory days, just like the old Miami Heat after being swept by the Bulls. Oh Scott Skiles, why did you have to be such a jerk, because you sure knew how to coach and we could really use you now.

That non call on the flagrant (along with many other stinkeroos) wouldn’t have mattered if we had a real coach who knew hot to keep a lead and make adjustments on the fly instead of someone who reminds me of the old classic song…….“I am the great pretender”

I’m going to try to explain this simply and calmly. It may not be worth it, but here it goes.

The NBA could not suspend Rondo, but it could suspend Howard. The reason is that, if the NBA suspended Rondo, it would admit that it ignored an obvious flagrant call, essentially giving the Celtics a greater chance to win a pivotal game than the Bulls. The Bulls would have been in their rights to protest the game. There’s actually precedent for that sort of thing, albeit not in the playoffs. Moreover, there’s something that’s very, very fishy about not calling that flagrant after they had considerable time to look it over. (Because, you know, Miller was bleeding so much.)

The same doesn’t apply to the Orlando game. The 76ers could not have protested, because they couldn’t have made a credible argument that they lost because the flagrant foul wasn’t called. By suspending Dwight the NBA loses nothing here – it just does the right thing. No controversy, no hint that, at times, the NBA’s level of fairness looks a little jaundiced.

You see the difference. You should also know that I don’t believe a flagrant is necessarily suspension worthy, and I didn’t really want to see Rondo suspended. What I wanted was a fair shake when it mattered most. Instead, I watch my team get cheated and another close-up of KG’s chin.

All this has gone on for so long I don’t know who the one immature douche is anymore.

Quick, start game 6!