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.