Re: Thug wanted

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> ** That's nice thought but since Johnson is quoted in 
the Phoenix papers as saying he didn't think it was a 
foul and Stoudamire is quoted as saying there 
> was no contact and in effect it was all Pierce's own 
fault, I don't think that's going to happen.

It should be a very intriguing rematch! I look forward to 
reading Pierce's comments too. His mouth was really 
swollen, and it was a bloody crime scene too.

Basically Boston was distracted from running its usual 
offense in the late 3Q and 4th Q, although I give the 
Suns defense some credit. 

But that just didn't seem like Boston: the team out there 
that got outscored by 23 points the rest of the way (is 
that right?)following the Obie ejection. 

If that's what the Phoenix players are thinking, they are 
mistaken. But good win for them, and let's leave it that.

As anyone would expect, Walker showed he can exploit that 
HS kid and frankly any Suns defender, of which Bo Outlaw 
seems the most aggressive, who waves his hands madly like 
our very own Waltah. And wait until Battie gets back in 
the mix.

I have to say that, on review, its far from apparent that 
Battie kicked the ball at the ref "by accident".

This is a guy that lately takes each defensive possession 
personally, which I greatly appreciate. Its one thing to 
hate to lose a game, its another to hate even giving up a 
possession.

But that kick looked like a boneheaded move. Its a good 
thing he didn't have his Escalade parked under the 
basket, or all hell might have broken loose.

The refs, dipsticks that most of them seem to be, may 
well have used last night's game, as some suspect, to 
register their equivalent of a forearm shiver to the 
entire Celtics team.

Had the Pierce incident never occurred, it would still 
have looked to some like retaliation by the refs, on 
behalf of one of their "brothers". 

I don't know that the refs wanted to throw the game, but 
Heinsohn was outraged long before that Pierce foul. After 
all, what was far more distracting all game than the 
perceived non-calls on offense, were the ticky-tack stuff 
on the Celtics whenever they played any defense. Those 
calls kept Phoenix in the game, although the outcome 
still rarely felt in doubt.

Joe H.







 







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