Comments on: Pierce avoids suspension, but James Jones gets a flagrant

By: borderline1988

borderline1988 — Tue, 03 May 2011 15:06:03 +0000

“How did not having PP in the game not effect the outcome?”

Let’s see. The Heat were up by 13 at that point. The next play, they drained a wide open 3-pointer (by Wade, who Pierce was not covering). In other words, they were up by 16 with 7 minutes to go.
Up by 16 with 7 minutes left? Pierce shouldn’t have been called for the 2nd Technical, but the Heat outplayed the Celtics all game long, and the Heat were not losing this game in any case. The Celtics are the best team in the league at executing down the stretch and beating inexperienced teams in close 4th quarter games. But they are not comeback artists, not being down by 16 midway through the 4th. And especially not against a top-5 defense, with plenty of stars to turn to for offensive buckets and drawn fouls.

The Heat deserved game 1. Get over it.

By: jstrizzle

jstrizzle — Tue, 03 May 2011 02:51:48 +0000

Rondo’s foul on Lebron during the first quarter should be explained why it wasn’t clear path foul or flagrant as well. I don’t disagree with any of the changes above but would love some consistency for a change.

By: gilgameth

gilgameth — Tue, 03 May 2011 02:49:49 +0000

All this flagrant crap is a joke. Why didn’t Paul Pierce get sent to the locker room for getting in Jones’ face meat with his own? Why did PP get t’d for setting a sloppy pick? Did anyone see anything malicious there? If you said “yes”, only you and the doosh who called it would agree. Why does the NBA call fouls and take them back after the game is over? How did not having PP in the game not effect the outcome? Was it because the Heat were playing “more physical” mean that they probably would have won without PP being in the game? The only thing that is worse than the bogus NBA officiating is the people who blog about it.

By: DonRSD

DonRSD — Mon, 02 May 2011 23:20:12 +0000

LETS GO HEAT!!!