Re: Pervis Out of Service

[Dan <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

>Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 18:59:23 -0500
>From: jmc@ptc.com (Jonathan McIntyre)
>Subject: Re: Pervis Out of Service
Are we talking about Pervis Ellison, being quick and strong? Against the
likes of Williams? Pervis plays defense like a ballet dancer and gets
called for sissy fouls. Ever notice how most people he fouls manage to get
the ball through the net? I'm glad he's healthy enough to suit up and play
a few minutes. He's a fair backup for our fair starting center, Knight. At
least when Knight fouls, most don't score. Most of Williams stuffs were
from lack of blocking out. Pervis fills a spot on the team, momentarily.
>
  He was our only guy who 
>had the strength and quickness to defend against Williams, but early 
>in the 3rd quarter he drew his 4th foul when he lightly touched the side 
>of Williams' jersey as Williams went up for an uncontested dunk.  Pervis 
>came right out of the game, then shortly after coming back in the 4th 
>quarter, he made an outstanding clean block on a reverse layup, but they 
>called a foul, his 5th.  Out he came for most of the rest of the game.  
>Those 2 "non-foul" foul calls did the Celtics in for the game.  Williams 
>was free to do whatever he wanted with both Travis and Pervis out. 
>
>  Detroit probably would have won anyway, but I think the game would have 
>been much closer and more entertaining had those phantom fouls not been 
>called on Pervis, so I blame the officials not for the loss, but for 
>taking the entertainment value out of the game.