No Game 7 Suspension for Rajon Rondo

You are absolutely correct. You can bet that Bulls coach Del Negro remembers well as he was part of the Suns organization. It really does not matter as the NBA already decided that the finals will be between the Lakers and the Cavs.

The NBA has once again proven they are consistent in one area, and one area alone; inconsistency.

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Didn't the Phoenix players leave the bench to get into the scuffle? Isn't there a strict rule that suspension is automatic when the player leaves "the immediate vicinity of their bench"?

I'm so sick of all the Chicago players and they're fans constantly complaining about every foul that is called against them in this series---get a life and let the best team win. The Celtics will prevail!! no question----and with their heart---I would not count them out against winning the next round too. See ya next year--Chicago

Cooker...According to you, it would seem that the NBA has decided that they want a Lakers - Celtics final. It should be a Lakers - Cleveland finals because they are the two best teams from their conference but the playoffs has a long way to go. I personally think Rondo should have been suspended for Game 6.

People are conveniently ignoring how Hinrich was blatantly shoving Rondo up the court. It went way beyond a box out. Hinrich wrapped Rondo up and shoved his ass into him like a dog in heat -- and then started pushing him backwards like he was trying to push a car up a hill. Hinrich was clearly trying to instigate the situation and it was a dirty play by Hinrich. Talk about a moving pick? This one takes the cake. Hinrich was baiting him. Rondo's mistake was that he should have just fallen down instead of pulling Hinrich's other arm to break free. If Rondo would have simply fell down, and the two bodies went crashing, people would be looking at the replay and be arguing that it should be a flagrant foul on Hinrich.

I'm not saying that we can condone Rondo's response. What I am saying is that it certainly wasn't unprovoked. When suspension is considered, all the factors are looked at, including provocation. I believe this was a carryover from the previous game and that Hinrich knew exactly what he was doing.

Furthermore, when it came to the actual fight (for lack of a better term), Hinrich came right at Rondo and clearly hit him. In Hinrich's defense, he had plenty of provocation also, because he had just been flung out of bounds. But the fact remains that he "intentionally" hit another player on the court. This would automatically call for some type of discipline against Hinrich. And he wasn't trying to keep someone from scoring (as Rondo was doing in the Miller incident).

FRANCIS said...Look at the size difference.This is the NBA not the WBA(world boxing association)where size matter.You must be a lil man yourself.

What if somebody blindsided you with a cheap shot. It doesn't make a difference in the size of the participants. It doesn't take much to knock someone's tooth out when you sucker punch them.

If the three refs are all on the Celtic's side, then how is it that Pierce, Perkins and Davis all fouled out? How is it that in the previous game, they had to play the last 12 minutes without Ray Allen who fouled out after a couple of fouls that couldn't even be seen in slow-motion? How is it that in Game 6, Paul Pierce almost got his nose ripped off and had to leave the game for stitches -- with no foul being called at all? And how is it that after six games the total fouls are 143 to 142? - can't get more even than that.
I am not writing this to complain about the officiating -- I am simply disputing your false assertion that the three refs are on the Celtic's side.