Cs Needed To Lose To Philly; Rasheed Inexcusable

(1) First of all, the Celtics played a terrible game. Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, at different times, looked like pathetic fools out there, just throwing the ball away on stupid turnovers. Rasheed Wallace was INEXCUSABLY INFANTILE (see below). The vaunted Celtics defense was hard to find tonight. Even Rondo played fast and loose with the ball, not taking the game seriously.

(2) When are the Cs going to say "Enough is enough, Rasheed. GROW THE HELL UP." His behavior... THREATENING A REF!?!... was disgusting, childish, self-centered and incredibly stupid.

(3) To paraphrase a well-worn saying: "Mess with the refs, you get the shaft." That about sums up this game. Pierce gets absolutely HAMMERED on his breakaway drive... no foul, ball goes to Philly. Iguodala isn't TOUCHED on his drive, and he gets the and-1. This kind of thing happened a lot in this game. And why? Because the Cs ticked off the refs, beginning with Rasheed's incredible display of childishness.

(4) Besides deserving this loss, I realized about 6 minutes into Q4 that the Cs NEEDED TO LOSE THIS GAME. They've gotten cocky. They think they're invulnerable. They think they can mess around, play sloppy, terrible basketball, and still walk away with a win. Not so, boys, not so. And you should know better by now. Since you've forgotten... here's a reminder. You lose. To Philly.

(5) Besides all that... the refs behaved inexcusably in this game. There are no excuses possible for the way this game was officiated. Bill Kennedy and Leroy Richardson should be fired... immediately. This is not hyperbole or overreaction. Those two are a disgrace to the game... childish, vindictive, grossly unfair, blatantly biased. Fire them. Now.