so annoyed

[celticsclay]

the refs sucked, the rebounding sucked the game sucked. I am frustrated....

[Change]

You can't tell me this game wasn't fixed.

[Roy Hobbs]

You can't tell me this game wasn't fixed.

I take it the Celtics front line was in on it?  What was their cut?

[xmuscularghandix]

You can't tell me this game wasn't fixed.

I take it the Celtics front line was in on it?  What was their cut?

Good call, Perk looked horrible tonight. He may have been the only guy on the team who rebounded pretty well... but how many TO's did he have?

[Scalablob990]

non shooting PG, a center they run 2 much offense thru, poor subbing, and no rebounding. How about we call powe so he can come out and play with effort while the rest of the team doesn't (Pierce is excluded from the probs tonight, he gave it a try).

[nickagneta]

You can't tell me this game wasn't fixed.

Game wasn't fixed.

-Horrible one on one defense on the Atlanta guards.
-Horrible boxing out and fighting each other for rebounds.
-Horrible effort in the team defensive scheme.
-Bad offense and possible bad game plan having Pierce initiate and run the offense for over half the game and not allowing Rondo to penetrate on a slow Bibby. It looked contrived and planned. If it wasn't, Rondo is a boob for not driving on Rondo and Pierce is a boob for being a ball hog.
- No contributions from the bench other than Marquis and Sheed. House was awful again and Sheldon might have had his worst game.
-Over reliance on three point shooting even when they can see they don't have it from beyond.
-Effort.

These are the reasons for the loss, not the refs.

[Chris]

You can't tell me this game wasn't fixed.

I take it the Celtics front line was in on it?  What was their cut?

What was Rondo's cut?  He reverted to "lazy Rondo" again.

[Steve Weinman]

You can't tell me this game wasn't fixed.

Game wasn't fixed.

-Horrible one on one defense on the Atlanta guards.
-Horrible boxing out and fighting each other for rebounds.
-Horrible effort in the team defensive scheme.
-Bad offense and possible bad game plan having Pierce initiate and run the offense for over half the game and not allowing Rondo to penetrate on a slow Bibby. It looked contrived and planned. If it wasn't, Rondo is a boob for not driving on Rondo and Pierce is a boob for being a ball hog.
- No contributions from the bench other than Marquis and Sheed. House was awful again and Sheldon might have had his worst game.
-Over reliance on three point shooting even when they can see they don't have it from beyond.
-Effort.

These are the reasons for the loss, not the refs.

Thanks for saving me the time, Nick.  Probably would have been flustered enough to settle for this myself:   

Agreed, TP.

-sw

[LarBrd33]

there were points in the game where I actually did think that maybe Tim Donaghey's book was legit.

At least the Lakers are getting owned.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Fixed? No. But the C's were victimized by some bad calls ... and even worse rebounding.

[star18]

You can't tell me this game wasn't fixed.

09:17 Wallace Foul : Offensive (4 PF) 
08:34 Perkins Foul : Shooting (4 PF) 
08:09 Garnett Foul : Personal (1 PF) 
07:23 Rondo Foul : Personal (3 PF) 
06:42 Daniels Foul : Personal (3 PF) 
06:08 Pierce Foul : Defense 3 Second (0 PF) 
05:56 Allen Foul : Shooting (3 PF) 
04:44 Garnett Foul : Personal (2 PF) 
03:38 Wallace Foul : Shooting (5 PF) 

[star18]

ITS ALL OVER!! THE GAME WAS FIXED!!   9 FOULS IN A ROW IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!

09:17 Wallace Foul : Offensive (4 PF) 
08:34 Perkins Foul : Shooting (4 PF) 
08:09 Garnett Foul : Personal (1 PF) 
07:23 Rondo Foul : Personal (3 PF) 
06:42 Daniels Foul : Personal (3 PF) 
06:08 Pierce Foul : Defense 3 Second (0 PF) 
05:56 Allen Foul : Shooting (3 PF) 
04:44 Garnett Foul : Personal (2 PF) 
03:38 Wallace Foul : Shooting (5 PF) 

[GreenFaith1819]

ITS ALL OVER!! THE GAME WAS FIXED!!   9 FOULS IN A ROW IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!

09:17 Wallace Foul : Offensive (4 PF) 
08:34 Perkins Foul : Shooting (4 PF) 
08:09 Garnett Foul : Personal (1 PF) 
07:23 Rondo Foul : Personal (3 PF) 
06:42 Daniels Foul : Personal (3 PF) 
06:08 Pierce Foul : Defense 3 Second (0 PF) 
05:56 Allen Foul : Shooting (3 PF) 
04:44 Garnett Foul : Personal (2 PF) 
03:38 Wallace Foul : Shooting (5 PF) 

I think that more aggressive effort on the boards and a more aggressive Rondo can offset any objective calls by refs.

If the refs did in fact call the game a certain way, don't worry it will come back on them. What goes around comes around.

[star18]

I just don't understand what stats and a player's play has to do with impossible calls like that.  It has to be a record at home in the 4th.

[star18]

Do the Math

Numbers look correct to you?
 6 Fouls in 360 Minutes
 9 Fouls in less than 6 minutes

 69  CLE  ATL  W 40:03  2
 70  CLE @ NJN W 39:09  0 
 71  CLE  NJN  W 39:06  0 
 72  CLE  MIN  W 33:36  0
 73  CLE  DAL  W 31:19  0 
 74  CLE  DET  W 40:36  0
 75  CLE @ WAS L 38:20  1
 76  CLE @ ORL L 32:00  1
 77  CLE  SAS  L 36:43  1
 78  CLE  WAS  L 30:51  1