I wasn’t going to do a "running diary"-type of deal for tonight’s game. It just kind of happened, starting with the beginning of the second quarter.
I love reading, but hate writing these things.
The inevitable Bill Simmons-comparisons and the even more inevitable Bill Simmons-wannabe comments are, most of the time, too annoying to deal with.
But the spacebar on my keyboard is broken (at this point, I’ve ripped off the spacebar and I’m jamming my finger into a small hole and pushing a little rubber thing to make spaces), and since it would have taken me five hours to write this anyway, I’m going with it.
We pick things up four minutes into the second quarter…
9:21 PM EST: I want this on the record: This is the worst officiating I’ve ever seen. Ever.
1) Missed goal-tend to end the first quarter.
2) Clear path foul that wasn’t a clear path.
3) Flagrant foul that wasn’t flagrant.
4) Terrible call on a clean P.J. Brown block.
5) Three second violation on P.J. Brown that wasn’t close.
The Celtics are down by four. If they lose, you can look back at this four minute sequence as the reason.
The NBA officiating has been inexcusably bad this postseason.
Inexcusable.
From the Lakers-Spurs game the other night, to whatever the heck is going on in Boston tonight….it’s been completely ridiculous.
Wouldn’t it be fantastic if David Stern’s dream finals was never realized because of his inability to find decent officials?
9:28 PM EST: Also on record: Ray Allen and Sam Cassell, the way they’re playing right now, are barely NBA bench players.
On the Miami Heat.
Barely.
Ray Allen has been the worst player on the floor all night…except for the few minutes Sam Cassell was in the game.
9:39 PM EST: My keyboard is broken, the spacebar sticks. Because of this, my blood pressure is at an extremely unhealthy level right now.
In lieu of smashing my keyboard, I just threw my cat across the room.
I feel slightly better.
There is nothing more frustrating than watching NBA refs while trying to type on a broken keyboard.
PS: the refs just missed another out-of-bounds call.
9:48 PM EST: Banked a three? Are you kidding me?
The Celtics rebounded well, literally and figuratively, at the end of the second quarter.
The fact that they’re up by six after that stretch of piss-poor officiating is a miracle. The Pistons can’t be happy with where the score is right now.
Perkins, by the way, has been a monster so far tonight…
Useless Halftime Stat: The Red Sox and Celtics are a combined two-and-fifteen in their last seventeen road games.
10:12 PM EST: I’m extremely stressed out right now.
I need the Celtics to go on a 20-4 run so my heart doesn’t explode.
Pierce and Garnett are from this point on being referred to in this column as the Big Two, by the way.
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