OT -- Does Rondo have to actually kill someone on the court?

he threw a little punch there before backing away.

Can’t imagine the NBA would suspend him, though.

This is an epic series!

BTW – Rondo is a punk ass bitch

Seriously the NBA should suspend him for Game 7. The problem is David Stern really needs his defending champs to play another round or two so that Garnett can possibly return.

I sure hope the Bulls win game 7, but it won’t be easy.

Laimbeer, Reggie Miller, John Starks, and now Rondo. Maybe Chuck Person too and guys from the ‘70s that I’m too young to know about. Anyway, Rondo will now be booed everytime that he plays in the UC for the rest of his career. Personally, I like that there’s a new villain because it sets up a rivalry with Rose that, hopefully, we get to enjoy for years to come.

At the UC, they didn’t show the replays of the scuffle with Heinrich and for good reason, as the crowd was so pissed off at Rondo by then that they probably would’ve started throwing stuff. Also, unless you were sitting courtside at that end, I can’t imagine being able to see Rondo touch the ball when it was in the cylinder in the 3rd OT. I certainly didn’t see it from the 300 level. Again, it was probably best that they didn’t show that replay even if it does help to explain why Hinrich missed that cripple.

Another strange thing was that this game wasn’t sold out until a day or two ago. I bought my tickets on Monday, after just checking to if, maybe, there was still a single seat available for the “if necessary” game. Turned out there were lots of tickets available and I was able to take my nephew. It says something bad about the state of the NBA, that a key game in one of the best playoff series ever between two big and popular franchises was barely a sell-out. Part of it probably has do with the Bulls having shed so many of their casual fans during the decade that they’ve spent in the wilderness…but whatever, I can’t complain about seeing such a fabulous game in person.

I should go to bed, I need to get some sleep but I’m still too keyed up. I doubt that I’ll ever walk out onto Madison St. again to hear hundreds of people chanting “Joa-chim
No-ah.” Fabulous.

as it is in hoops, the players can’t really police themselves as much w/o getting thrown out of a game.

Now, last night in game 6 what he did to Heinrich could make for a suspension, but who knows. Kirk took a technical on that while Rondo did get the flagrant. But unless there’s a suspension, players cannot police on the court like players in hockey.

For example, Rene Bourque of the Flames (and ex-Blackhawk as recent as last season), was running all over the place. In games 1, 2 and most of game 3, he got his stick up, took slashing penalties – 3 in game 3 alone, breaking a ’Hawks player stick each time – and generally always got in that extra shot after the whistle.

The ‘Hawks fixed that issue at the end of game 3. Adam Burish clobbered him with a cross-check into the shoulder, breaking his stick and leveling Bourque. It set off a scrum and basically elevated the rest of the ’Hawks players awareness this crap won’t be tolerated. Bourque was a non-factor the remainder of the series and in games 5 and 6 especially, the ’Hawks were more physical, clean but physical.

Basketball simply isn’t constructed to do this.

But then again the best way in hoops to get back at a guy like that is to block his shot late in a tight game, which the Bulls did.

just is painful to watch anymore, and the NHL is far superior. Crisper end-to-end action, few time-outs, constant motion. The NBA is slam-dunks and timeoutandtimeoutandtimeout andfreethrowsandfreethrowsandfreethrows.

But, in the U-S-A, the NHL is rated somewhere below NASCAR.

That being said, I am a Bulls fan but I rarely watch any more. Whe nit takes an extra hour to play the final 2 mins of any game and OT’s are so damn long, I’m out. (it shouldn’t take 30 mins to play 5 — It just shouldn’t. The older NBA never let that happen. Games moved along rapidly. ) However, I did juggle between the Bulls, Hawks and Cubs Thursday night.

A bad line change cost the Blackhawks that game, what a shame. But they will be back.

Foul was blatantly flagrant. The ball was just about in the air already, and he swiped right at Miller’s face. Last night’s throwing of Hinrich into the scorer’s table should’ve warranted an ejection; if not that, then the punch he threw should’ve had him out of there.

Any other situation, I’d like to see Rondo suspended for the next game. But because this has been such an epic playoff battle, I think it would cheapen it a bit if one of the Celtics’ best players was out.

Best basketball game I’ve ever seen in my life btw, not most significant (Jordan era), but most exciting and emotionally draining ever.

would be considered a Boy Scout Troop compared to modern basketball. The game is missing players like Magic, Bird, Jordan, Wilkins, Barkley etc to police the game so to speak.

None of the above players would have let Rondo get away with that last night, especially if Rondo was their teammate.

But he dragged him from inside the three point line… such a dirty, dirty play. As much as I dislike Kirk Hinrich, I wish Kirk would’ve turned around and beat his ass.

the play that turned the game was Noah’s steal, but how can Pierce be that stupid? I think he should have let him go and take the 2 point deficit, but if you’re going to foul, make it count. Don’t nudge him as he’s dunking on you; take him down and preven the basket, or foul him 20 feet before the rim. Brain lapse on Paul’s part.

Another thing: Allen has 50 some points and with the game on the line doesn’t get a touch? Rajon Rondo and his limited offensive game with a fadeaway on Rose? Ridiculous. Boston deserved to lose.

Third point: failing to foul Allen on his late 3 in the second OT almost cost Chicago the game.

a piece of shit – but he embodies the entire Boston team. Garnett was way better off back in the obscurity of Minn. Now he’s in the public eye, he shows me nothing but the fact that he has no respect for the league, or any other team.

I just don’t know how the bulls can beat both the Celtics and the league on Saturday – but how sweet would it be to watch that bunch of bitches get knocked out in the first round, on their home court, by a team before this series no one respected. Go Bulls!

on Rondo’s backing away from Hinrich, after Kirk came after him when he had been thrown against the table. Sir Charles said that, when you’re doing that, it means you can’t fight. You’ve got to love Charles.

By the way, on the Boston Globe’s Celtics blog, they just announced that the NBA will take no further action against either player (are you surprised?). And the way the blog described what happened is hysterical, but sad: “Rondo grabbed Hinrich’s arm and pushed him against the scorer’s table.”

LOL.

Noah did manage a beautious takedown of Rondo