Two things about last night's game...

[ScoobyDoo]

...that drove me nuts:

#1

1. Dwight Howard was literally roping guys and throwing them around under the basket without getting alot of calls. I counted two times he literally grabbed Pierce in like an arm/elbow wrap and actually through him to the floor without a call. There were numerous other pushes and elbows in the back that didn't get called. The one he got called on on Perk in the paint was only called after he slammed into Perk first, then bumnped him again and then nearly through him to the floor by his Jersey, only as Perk nearly hit the floor, did the whistle blow.

Then there was also the Jameer nelson play where it looked like he literally put in head into KG's stomach, wrapped his arms half around him and drove him about ten feet off the court and right into the Ref without a call.

Meanwhile, Big Baby bumps into Howard on the other end and it'a whistle or KG barely grazes Reddick on a screen and it's a foul.

It reminds me of when Shaq was in his prime. He would just steam roll guys with elbows inot the face and mow them over without a call. Meanwhile if the incoming shoulder/chest bump Shaq used to always use to clear space by hammering into the defender was met by the defender with an equal holding bump back...always a foul on the defnder.

TReally irritated me then and really irritates me now.

The foul late in the game on Howard? He had already fouled Garnett like three times before they finally called him for the foul on Pierce while he got the rebound...

#2

Collins and the other announcer drove me nuts with their incessant commentary on "Oh, the Magic is rusty because they had four days off, that's why they're not playing well. Yet for having four days off and not playing well because of that, you'd think Boston would be beating them by more...on and on and on...all night, all game". It was like Orlando hadn't played a game in 3 months for God's sake.

I guarantee you if it was Clets with four days off and the Magic was the team on the second night of a back to back on the road, the story would've have been "well, after all the Celtics are rested, having frou games off, while the Magic played a tough game last night, so it's suprising the Magic are even in the game...or I'm suprsied Boston is payign better and beating them by more.

What is the deal? Wait, didn't Collins play for Philly back in the 80's rivalry?   

[SamuelAdams]

I can't let you hang out here without a response mate.

I agree the logic of saying they were sooooo rusty was quite a stretch. Prior to the game, others were saying that the game would have been better if the Celts weren't heading to Orlando on a back-to-back.    Ha!

[Fafnir]

I can't let you hang out here without a response mate.

I agree the logic of saying they were sooooo rusty was quite a stretch. Prior to the game, others were saying that the game would have been better if the Celts weren't heading to Orlando on a back-to-back.    Ha!

That is just rationalizing what happened. They just weren't ready for us and how hard we played. It happens. We went through a slump too with poor play without time to get rusty. It is hard to tell from the outside what the causes of it are, we just see the results!

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

Lets not complain about other teams being physical please....sound like a Lakers fan

Doug collins drove me nuts to with all his crutches for the Magic, also the refs drove me nuts with calling ticky tack fouls against us on nearly every possesion, but we won - so not much to complain about

[ScoobyDoo]

Thanks for not letting me hang out to dry on this one Samuel Adams, I was actually suprised I got no responses for a while on this thread. Appreciate it, Tommy Point for the lifeline.

The media never cuts Boston a Break re the announcers not giving them credit or making excuses for the other team. I'm used of that, it's like all the media sayign how the Lakers were going to destroy us last year. Nobody likes Boston, I get that.

But "tatteredonmysleeve"...for me the thing with Howard goes back to him almost taking Rondo's head off with an elbow swing last year in Orlando on a rebound. Had  Rondo not ducked the elbow, I'm confident it would have knocked him out.

Look, I know we're as physical as anyone but to me there is ahuge difference between playign good solid tough bump and grind defense and litterally grabbing people and throwing them around. I mean he nearly threw Perkins to the floor by his shirt, and threw Pierce down 2-3 times.

I just see a big difference between hard physical play and literally grabbibng people and throwing them out of the way. It's like wehn  Shaq would mow people over but you couldn't touch him.

Heck, Baby's Jersey barely touched Howard or KG grazed someone on ascreen dn the whistle would blow before it even happened almost. Meanwhile Howard is throwing people all over the place without a whistle....

I like physical play, just want it evenly called.