David Stern 1 – Celtics 0
Listen I hate making excuses. I really do. When somebody beats me fair and square I’m usually the first one to tip my hat and congratulate them. But are you kidding me with the travesty that happened tonight? I’m not exaggerating when I say that was the most rigged sporting event I’ve ever watched in my life. Yes worse than the Hulk Hogan 2 Dave Hebner debacle. I mean we might as well not even show up if this is what Stern is going to do. They should just cancel the playoffs and give the Heat the trophy. Because it’s hard enough to beat a good team without the refs cheating for them. That makes it damn near impossible. Seriously even the biggest Boston hater has to admit tonight was despicable. Seriously how can you get called for 4 technicals in a game that wasn’t even that contentious? Easy. When they are made up that how. Yeah I know the game wasn’t close down the stretch, but how could it be? Everytime we had momentum or were making a run we were called for a technical or mythical foul. I’m not saying we definitely would have won this game, but we’ll never know because of the officials. I know the NBA wants Lebron in the Finals for ratings, but let’s make him earn it. Let’s not make it a handicap match. Let’s make it a fair fight and the better team wins. That’s all I ask for.
A waaaahhh
Rondo tech was warranted but the KG and Dic techs were garbage. No way in hell would they have called a tech on LBJ or Wade if they touched the ball after the basket like KG did.
If I had a gun with two bullets, and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden and LeBron, I would shoot LeBron twice.
*Doc
It seemed everytime the Celts got within 5, some bogus foul call was made that allowed Miami to pad the lead. When the Celts drove to the basket, it was Miami’s good defense. But if someone even looked at James or Wade for more than 1 second, a foul was called. I wouldn’t go as far as saying the game was rigged, but the refs were definitely showing favoritism.
You’re an idiot. The Celtics didnt lose by 4 points, they lost by 14. If you want to blame someone, start blaming people like Ray Allen who apparently can’t shoot anymore. Start blaming the fact that the Celtics are old and tired after playing the 76ers in a 7 game series. Blame Paul Pierce for scoring 12 on 18 attempts in 40 minutes on the court. LeBron absolutely owned every aspect of the game. But of course, a Celtics fan, one that just lost, would blame the refs for losing by 14. Good luck with that.
The worst part about the refs were they were calling everything a clean block in the paint. Rondo was attacking the paint all night and somehow ended up going to the line once. That being said, Lebron was way too fucking good and nobody besides Rondo and Garnett decided to show up. They didn’t deserve to win the game.
My balls itch.
Officiating was bad, but i’m not sure the Celtics could beat this team. Heat dominated on the boards, Pierce and Allen can’t run. Boston gets nothing inside and Miami gets whatever they want. Look for Lebron to average about 12 rebounds in this series. Miami sickens me by the way. The Bulls would have had a better shot.
I know you like giving Lebron Blow Jobs 4 life but you don’t have to make it your handle.
Haha. Such a cry baby. Why don’t you just take your ball and go home. Wahhhhhhh wahhhhh
this is an embarassing post. the celtics just got whooped and manhandled by lebron. news flash the refs are bad every game. the only reason you didnt care last round was because everything your saying now was going against the sixers. does driving to the hoop every possession and not get foul calls (jrue holiday, lou williams) and getting called for fouls for looking at guys on defense (pierce, kg) sound familiar? stern wanted heat celtics thats the only reason the sixers didnt put the old shitty ass celtics away. if you even watched any of the sixers series you would know that both of the teams sucked balls, but obviously more people would watch the celts get swept by the heat than the sixers getting swept by the heat
I called the wambulance Davey, should be there soon.
yeah if it wasn’t for those techs called in the 1st half, the celtics DEFINITELY would have won… hahaha so dumb man. between your recent NBA blogs and appearances on jim rome, i have lost mad respect for you as a sports analyst. stick to comedy and throwing parties, sports is not your thing. blaming the refs for a double digit loss is laughable.
I’m a die hard Celtics fans but scoring 11 points in the 1st quarter and 33 in the 2nd half is why the Celtics lost. The refs were bad but its not the main reason. Prez needs to pull his head out of his ass and realize the Celtics need to wake up. This is not Junior Varsity anymore, no skating to victories. Lebron is always gonna get the calls. Alot of his points were off skills. I hate the guy as a person but as a player, he is damn good.
PS Jenna Marbles had so much more talent this garbage of a website.
are comments still fucked up?
Thugg, nice office reference definitely. This game stank. As my granddad always says, if somethin stinks, it’s usually bullshit.
prez, im sorry man, but you cant use the refs as a cop out when the heat beat the celtics this series. I understand you griping about Doc Rivers and Ray Allen’s technicals but KG swatted the ball away like the asshole he is and rondo shoved someone outta bounds, those were fair enough for technicals. The Heat actually had 2 more personal fouls that game so it wasn’t lopsided like you’re trying to make it out to seem. Those technicals had nothing to do with the fact that the Heat were just quicker and and dominated on the boards and played much better defense than the Celtics. Not to mention, the celtics had no answer for LeBron. He only took 9 ft’s this game so it wasnt even the foul line that let him dominate. Please be a man about the Celtics losing rathe rthan look for an excuse.
Rondo tech was definitely warranted, agreed. Battier was making a clean play. Giving Jesus a T for turning around and reacting? Wow. And Doc’s? That’s just not fair. Spicstra should have been t’ed up 10 times before that one
I don’t know what fucking game everybody watched, but I’m confident as fuck for the rest of this series. The Celtics didn’t play well. Their execution was good on offense and defense for the most part, but they just didn’t convert open shots. The refs were horrible. Doc said, “C’mon Eddy”, KG touched the fucking ball after it went in, and Ray did what just about every player does after getting a bullshit call called against them. Some of the other fouls were ridiculous as well, but those techs were almost laughable. but the Heat’s role players will not play that good the rest of the series. If the refs call the rest of the games fairly, I can honestly say I like the Celtics winning this series.
Yep definitely only the refs fault…the Celtics didn’t shoot 39% percent from the field or anything. Celtics got out-rebounded, out-blocked 11-1, and the Heat still had more turnovers and fouls called on them. Hit your free throws and then bitch about the bad officiating…
SAS dont lie http://espn.go.com/boston/nba/story/_/id/7981987/2012-nba-playoffs-boston-celtics-coach-doc-rivers-calls-technical-foul-worst-ever-had
bumholio is spot on, we didn’t even play that badly and I really don’t expect any of those garbage role players for the cHeat to play constantly like that the whole series. series is going to be a dog fight. i got c’s in 7.
look the C’s shot like shit and were a joke from the FT line. You could say maybe minus the officiating this is like a 4 point game, but that much speculation ventures too far into the bullshit area for my liking. In all likelihood the Celtics will play somewhat similarly the rest of the series but the refs won’t be nearly as bad again, so the games will be closer than this one. This wasn’t a fluke, but it did have some slight extenuating circumstances. and if this comment isn’t at the bottom and is somewhere in the middle than i guess the comments are still messed up
Refs didn’t make Pietrus and Ray Allen score 7 points over 48 minutes. Refs didn’t make Rondo scared to shoot when Wade was playing 500 feet off him. Refs didn’t outrebound the C’s by 15.
Just further proof why NBA basketball is by far the worst sport in existence.
Why you mad bro? Funny how 3 out of those 4 technical fouls came in the 2nd quarter when the C’s scored 35 points. Any rant that starts off with “I hate making excuses” is probably filled with excuses and this one wasnt any different.
This is exactly why I don’t watch basketball. It’s totally rigged
Why were the Heat playing the Knicks again last night?
Was there a game on last night?
The National Bullshit Association is just that BULLSHIT. If you think it’s legit even a decade after the 2002 Western Conference Finals game 6 LA/Sacramento debacle, you could be persuaded Rosie O’Donnel is a goddess too. It’s been a complete charade since, but people keep making the hoodrats rich. It will take more than last nights shitshow, but fans are leaving. BTW, Miami is a better team, Stern cant take any chances not having a LeBron/Wade/Heat revenue stream for the finals vs weak revenue OKC/SA teams. He might try to stretch it to a longer series to make the most possible cash, but this series was over when they had the revenue meeting about what they were missing out on in a strike-shortened season. The referees will make even worse calls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFsqtgjVw_4
I hate the Heat, but get real. Heat in 6 (C’s win the first home game). The talent level isn’t even close at this point. The big 3 are over…..another decade of losing for the C’s is on the horizon.
I meant Heat in 5
Is this blog even serious? Lose by 14 and blame it on the refs? Come on man.
Listen – I’m a diehard C’s fan and I admit the Heat are probably a more talented, athletic team but I agree….the T’s on Doc and Ray were absolutley pathetic and the one on “delay of game” with KG was a joke….it was like the refs were just waiting for us to do something so they could handicap the momentum……..with that said we will get swept if we miss 10 free throws a game…
I usually listen to the Sports Hub and WEEI when 98.5 is on commercials, but it’s going to be constant ref bitching all day today, so I’m not even going to bother. The only hope is that because these technical foul calls were so over the top, they even it out to take some of the heat off.
If in a room with Bin Laden, Hitler and LeBron, and only 2 bullets, I too would shoot LeBron twice, because the other 2 are already dead.
Celtics played like shit regardless. They looked tired, and looked like they were wearing cement shoes at most points in the game. Let them all sleep late today, bang a groupie or two, clean the pipes and get a massage. Freshen up for game 2. If anyone sees a Celtic player at a nightclub or bar in Miami, fucking slap them!
i love all these heat fans on here with their “is that a joke?”, “celtics cant even contend!” “big 3 are done”. BS comments. like it really just makes me smile to know that c’s have made it big enough in the nba that people are really ignoring the blatant unfair calls that were called in order to push the heat to victory. and for everyone saying the c’s dont stand a chance and were all washed up blah blah..howd ur leader king james give up 35 to us in 1 quarter? take ur heads outta ur asses and look at the facts..if doc wasnt gettin technicals for callin out the refs name and kg n ray for not doing anything that would warrant a technical, then they wouldve kept their momentum and went on to make it a closer game and/or victory.
hey supp if my aunt had a dick shed be my uncle. thats all celtics fans do when they lose is mention the what ifs and blame it on the refs. what ever happend to we lost and we played like shit. how you gonna win shooting 39% you arent playing the sixers anymore bro. maybe the celtics shouldnt BITCH after every single call and the refs wouldnt be on their asses. acording to doc and the rest of the players they havent committed one foul all playoffs. i think docs face stays the same the whole game with the “are you kidding me” look with his mouth open. i think james played about 4 minutes in that 2nd quarter as well