The refs were great last night

[j804]

I know we all like to blast the refs but seriously last night they were very kind to us to say the least  

I think we can officially kill any Bill Kennedy hates the Celtics talk

[apc]

If i was a Hawks fan, i would be mad about the officiating.
and not only the last call when Daniels fouled Horford.
the technicals they got were quetionable, speacially Teague's.
and they allowewd us be very aggresive on D.

[CelticSooner]

There is no question who the refs favored last night. You think Michael Gearon opening his mouth didn't affect the game last night?

Enjoy it, if Miami/Boston happens we all know where they'll side in that one.

[guava_wrench]

I know we all like to blast the refs but seriously last night they were very kind to us to say the least  

I think we can officially kill any Bill Kennedy hates the Celtics talk

Nothing will stop some people from feeling like victims when things don't go their way. That is why there are fans for all 30 teams who feel the refs are against their team.

[guava_wrench]

There is no question who the refs favored last night. You think Michael Gearon opening his mouth didn't affect the game last night?

Enjoy it, if Miami/Boston happens we all know where they'll side in that one.

Yeah. For ref-blaming Miami fans, they will side with Boston, and for ref-blaming Boston fans, they will side with Miami.

[bruinsandceltics]

I agree we got favored by the refs last night. But what I can't figure out is what people are complaining about on the Marquis foul on the inbounds play. It occured right when the ball left Marvin William's hand (which means the ball is live according to NBA the NBA rulebook) and the refs made the correct call there.

What is even more funny is, everyone is ignoring the fact that Al Horford was all over Daniels too. He elbows him in the head at the 6 second mark of this video. Where is the outrage over that missed call?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjjbjVww0O0&t

[JBone4eva]

Bill Kennedy has been the leagues best official for the last two season for the last two seasons in my opinion.  I thought the officiating was great last night outside of the bs call on Marquis at the end.

[JSD]

Speaking of the two Danieles on Horford fouls, I still don't understand the thinking of putting Quis on Horford after that timeout?

[Kuberski33]

It was obvious that the refs were going to let the players play and they did that.  However Pierce & KG got calls.  I don't think the Hawks stars got many...not that I'm complaining...

[Celtics18]

Speaking of the two Danieles on Horford fouls, I still don't understand the thinking of putting Quis on Horford after that timeout?

See the thread entitled, "Doc's Rotations."  17WasEZ has reposted a fairly plausible argument from the front page on there that the reason was basically to have exactly what ended up happening happen. 

In short, Doc would rather take his chances with Al Horford at the line in that situation than run the risk of giving up a miracle game winner by the Hawks. 

[Roy H.]

In short, Doc would rather take his chances with Al Horford at the line in that situation than run the risk of giving up a miracle game winner by the Hawks.  

I am completely shocked that this theory got any traction whatsoever.  If Doc is: 1) intentionally putting a 76% career FT shooter on the line with 3 seconds left, rather than forcing a jumper; and 2) choosing to put Horford on the line rather than somebody like Josh Smith, then he should immediately be relieved of his coaching duties.

That theory only makes sense if Doc is trying to lose basketball games, Tim Donaghy style.  I'll trust Doc's explanation that KG and Marquis blew the assignment.

[dlpin]

The refs unquestionably favored us last night. But if anything, that is pay back for game 1. And I don't even mean the Rondo incident, but, for example, the play right before it, where the ball clearly went off Josh Smith and they gave Atlanta the ball. That call goes the right way (and it was even more blatant mistake - you didn't have to watch super slow motion to see that was a bad call), and it is potentially a 1 point game with 40+ seconds to go and Atlanta clearly reeling. Not to mention no Bass fouling out and no Rondo techs.

[JSD]

In short, Doc would rather take his chances with Al Horford at the line in that situation than run the risk of giving up a miracle game winner by the Hawks.  

I am completely shocked that this theory got any traction whatsoever.  If Doc is: 1) intentionally putting a 76% career FT shooter on the line with 3 seconds left, rather than forcing a jumper; and 2) choosing to put Horford on the line rather than somebody like Josh Smith, then he should immediately be relieved of his coaching duties.

That theory only makes sense if Doc is trying to lose basketball games, Tim Donaghy style.  I'll trust Doc's explanation that KG and Marquis blew the assignment.

I don't see how it was blown assignments, though. Quis was cleary assigned to Horford.

[Roy H.]

In short, Doc would rather take his chances with Al Horford at the line in that situation than run the risk of giving up a miracle game winner by the Hawks.  

I am completely shocked that this theory got any traction whatsoever.  If Doc is: 1) intentionally putting a 76% career FT shooter on the line with 3 seconds left, rather than forcing a jumper; and 2) choosing to put Horford on the line rather than somebody like Josh Smith, then he should immediately be relieved of his coaching duties.

That theory only makes sense if Doc is trying to lose basketball games, Tim Donaghy style.  I'll trust Doc's explanation that KG and Marquis blew the assignment.

I don't see how it was blown assignments, though. Quis was cleary assigned to Horford.

Here's Doc:

“Well, we wanted to go small with one big,” the Celtics coach explained after his team's 83–80 win. “And the mistake we made, and we were trying to screen – Marquis should’ve been guarding the ball, out of bounds, and Kevin [Garnett] should’ve been on Horford. They got mixed up, and we got lucky.”

[Donoghus]

Why the heck would you intentionally foul a 76% FT shooter with 3 seconds left while nursing a slight lead?   

Makes almost no sense.