Ugh, I hate being a Celtics fan. Not because I hate, I love this team but I get tired of the way other fans pick and choose which players they wanna support and when.
First off, I'm bummed Rondo's streak is over. It represented some of the most CONSISTENT ball he's played over his career. And what's been one of the biggest gripes against Rondo over his career? Oh yeah, inconsistency. I see a lot of people saying Rondo's streak was a distraction. In all honesty, I welcome the distraction from the mediocre defense this team has played this season. The streak was a bright a spot.
The tussle tonight (it was not a brawl) is going to be majorly blown out of proportion. When I watched the Humphries/KG play in real time, it really looked a lot worse than it was and I was livid. The whole fight looked a lot worse than it was. These players don't have the benefit of constant replay to figure out what happened. Am I mad Rondo didn't keep his cool and not react? Absolutely. But it initially looked like KG got hit and I would've been a lot more upset if nobody defended him. Rondo gave Humphries a push (which does happen a lot in basketball) but then in my opinion tries to go help KG up but get Humphries grabbed his arm sleeve and the pushing match broke it. No punches were thrown from either side in my opinion and I think both ejections for Rondo and Humphries was an overreaction.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the C's coming out and playing with more fire in the 2nd half.
EDIT: this was supposed to be a response to the game thread... Not quite sure how I ended here. (Darn cell phones)
