we won, I cant believe it, I love you Pierce. Rajon did a flagrant tho, lucky they didn’t call it, gutsy win. One more and thats it !!!

just a gutsy game on every level. the nba refs keep killing themselves, though…the last 2 fouls on ray allen were preposterous. how do you call those?

what was up with that foul by Rondo at the end of the game? It looked kind of dirty to me

Can someone please explain the positives of having Tony Allen in over eddie house or even Bill Walker? There is no way TA’s defense is sooo much better that its worth watching him foul someone again for a critical three point play.

I don’t know what to say. I just don’t know what to say.

Rajon was amazing as usual. Perk… wow. Just amazing defense. Paul is still the truth.

Paul Pierce…Super Star!

Tony Allen…Still brain dead after all these years.

Seriously, is Mikki Moore really that horrible that he deserves a DNP on a depleted team?

pierce and rondo (and the refs and ray allen) will get lots of attention, but perkins was incredible again tonight.

http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/smith2_090406.html

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AqgDcFIBxVy1qqK9k6t5rcq8vLYF?slug=ap-coachesfined&prov=ap&type=lgns

Miller missed those free throws because he was still woozy after Rondo smacked him in the mouth and knocked out his teeth

Jeff good article..sweet and simple..have a look at my post if you have time, some tommy points wud be appreciated :)

Title 18, the answer is yes! He is that bad. Gutsy game by the green. I wish we had some scoring off the bench. Something to be looked for this summer, I’m sure.

last game it was Perk the Refs fouled out, not satisfied, this time around it was Ray….Don’t think for a second that these refs are really out to get us…There will perhaps be a game seven as they will be after PP next time around.

LOL on Perk being 2 for his +/ stat despite 16 pts and 19 caroms not to mention 6 or 7 blocks.

Not a fan of either team but your a 2 seed beating a 7 seed talking all sorts of trash. Your also the only ones thinking that the refs are out to get you. Clearly you have been getting the calls down the stretch and that was a flagrent foul on miller.

Saying they didn’t get calls. Tell that to Ray Allen.

Also saying the Rondo play will get review-if anything comes out of that… we’re going to have a problem.

2008-09 Regular season stats :

—Lakers shot 156 MORE free throws than their opponents.
—Cleveland shot 117 MORE free throws than their opponents.

—Celtics shot 35 FEWER free throws than their opponents!!!!!!

you guys are really biased, rondo’s hit was pretty bad, it should have been a flagrant. However referees calling those two fouls on Allen, that was bad ref.
conclusion: bad officiating for both sides

Did Rondo seriously think he was making a play for the ball?

he was doing all he could to prevent a lay up and yes almost took his head off

Rondo: I’m still just a role player on this game…

No you’re not Rajon. No you’re not.

the Celtics are hurt, and the Bulls are overachieving, which together makes for a great series

thank you rajon rondo. you have moved into the upper echelon in this series and no one will be leaving you out of any allstar consideration. could you stay in front of your man a little better- yes- but that will improve. we did so many good and awful things. with all this talk of—if pp hadn’t missed that free throw it would be over— you can say that about the chiboys too. they make some great shots and they could have clinched as well.

… really have to stop. It’s killing me!

jeff, we all get heated up after several games like this, but this imissnoch has atoilet mouth and needs to be off.

This was a great win tonight. Please no more Tony allen. This team has a lot of heart.

how does this stack up against the best playoff series ever? i know, first round…but this is ridiculous. 3 OT games, 1 other game won on a 3 in the last 3 seconds. would you say this is one of the best series ever? i think it has to be considered.

Just had a quick question. I know people have different reactions towards opposing teams when they lose to them in a series: Bulls fans, will you be rooting for Celtics in next round vs. Orlando/Philly if they close it out? Vice versa for Celtics fans? Seems like you either develop an enduring hate or a bitterly given respect for a team after they knock you out. Also it’s kind of a kudos to your team if the team that beats you goes far in the playoffs, makes your loss not look as bad.

Honestly, I don’t understand the officiating in this series (other than the league being happy that there is at least ONE series worth watching). Conspiracy theories aside, the refs have been consistent in not calling fouls on forced drives for either team. Pierce, Salmons, Allen, Rose have all been mugged going to the hole and they aren’t getting calls. That’s good playoff basketball as far as I’m concerned. Where it’s been bad is the ticky tack calls (see Ray Allen fouling out and the ridiculous blocking foul on Rondo near the end) made on the Celtics and that the Bulls get very few calls in the last 2 minutes of these periods (although I have to admit, I missed the end of game 4). In general, they haven’t been consistent for either team on calls that don’t involve driving to the basket.

This series isn’t over. The Celtics played scared in the 3rd quarter, throwing up threes and forcing shots. I’m hoping the offense comes back in game 6. It’s almost like, other than game 3, neither team has deserved the games they’ve won.

But enough with the negativity – I’m out of town for work in the midwest so I was up against a bar full of Bulls fans. Rondo, Perk, Baby, and Paul made me proud down the stretch. Go Cs!

Another superstar appearance by Pierce. Rondo & Perk stepped it up. Baby was solid. Ray got jobbed on fouls. Lucky to squeak this one out though. C’s got nothing from the bench.

…we got homer calls too. They may not add up to the effect of losing Ray, but we got them. No conspiracy here, just the usual very bad officiating we’re used to.

HATED this game. Paul played like crap for 3.5 quarters, then turns it on for the last 11 minutes. Thanks Paul. Now how about playing a WHOLE GAME for a change?

Bulls got a LOT of lucky bounces, esp on their offensive boards. And a few lucky hail mary shots. That’s been happening a lot in this series….

Steph… is just useless. Enough already.
Eddie… has disappeared.
Doc… has completely and utterly LOST HIS MIND, playing TA in the final minutes of a close and critical playoff game. It’s just incredible.
Bench… what bench?

Who can we beat playing like this? Talking about real teams…. Uggh

want to see how TVI criticizes Pierce in this one.

The guy absolutely looks dead tired. He has no lift. Everyone sitting around me at the game tonight was saying the same thing. yet, he takes over the game in overtime and wins it for the C’s. And there are still people complaining about him. The captain is a 100 percent true Celtics!

On the way home afterr the game I heard someone on the radio say the C’s stole one. and I totally disagreed. Now, watching the reply of Rondo’s foul on Miller, I’d have to say the C’s stole one.

Get ready for Bennett Salvatore in Game 6….you know this is coming…..

19 boards, 7 blocked shots and…..0 fouls, yes ZERO! Sounds like Doc’s $25K investment knocked some sense into the refs. Great game by Big Perk! And those calls on Ray off the ball in the 4th? Unreal. When does a legitimate star get those ticky tack (aka bogus) phantom calls deep in an important playoff game?

Rondo and Big Baby kept us in the game but Pierce’s performance put us over the top starting from deep in the 4th when the team looked absolutely gassed. As my brother put it, that was some “Vintage Pierce” tonight. Thank you P-Double!!!

Pierce finally submitted a Truth performance and it was just when we needed it. To all of those posters who think Pierce was actually playing well prior to the last few minutes of regulation and OT then I don’t know what to say other than what game have you been watching? The criticism of Pierce in this series has been completely justified. Heck, if Pierce doesn’t miss 2 free throws or defends Gordon in game 4 this series is over. I’ve said this before about Pierce- he has a tendency to drift for several games and then he gets it going for several games. So let’s hope he now gets on a roll. CHicago has NO ONE who can defend Pierce if he is on his game. I still think he is injured because his hops are not there but I was sure pleased to see him run the court in the 4th qtr for that layup from Rondo. I can’t remember the last time in this series I saw Pierce running the floor that hard. Other positives from last night were tony allen and marbury’s defense. I think those guys are going to be a factor in game 6 but I also think that between scal and eddie one of those guys needs to have a good game. Ray should be fresh!