Found April 26, 2009 on Red's Army: Yardbarker Blogger Network
What can you say? The Bulls made the plays in the 2nd OT and the Celtics did not.Decimated by injuries, playing in a hostile environment against the Bulls and the refs, the Celtics showed us all why they are the defending champs. Just a gritty, gutsy, ballsy effort by the boys in green.Up 3 with 4.5 seconds left in the first OT, the Celtics elected not to foul and got burned when Ben Gordon drained a three with Paul Pierce in his face. It was one of those hindsight is 20/20 moments.Rondo was spectacular again: 55 mins, 25 pts, 11 reb, 11 assists and 1 TO. Although his offense disappeared in the overtimes.I never got the press release from the league stating the refs would no longer give the benefit of the doubt to league stars. Paul Pierce was treated like a rookie in this game. He got zero calls. I can't wait to see LeBron and Kobe suffer the same treatment.I loved Scal's effort in this one. The 3 to kick off the OT. Several hard, no-easy-buckets-on-my-watch fou...
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