Rondo, being the moody guy that he is, initiates everything by unnecessarily shoving Humphries before the two got tangled up and ended up near the stands – frightening at least one boy, who was stunned by what he saw (at the 1:15 mark of the video).
On one hand, you can look at Rondo as the tough guy, who will stand up for teammates no matter how undersized he is. As the ever-objective Celtics analyst Tommy Heinsohn says, “I want Rondo on my side.”
On the other hand, he is the most important player on the team, and earning an unnecessary ejection obviously hurts the Celtics. Boston was already down 16 points when the play occurred and never had a shot once Rondo was lost. The point guard’s streak of 37 consecutive games with at least 10 assists – the second longest streak in NBA history – also came to a halt.
It will be interesting to see if the league hands out any suspensions over the melee. If Rondo receives a game or two, it will be understandable – none of this happens if he keeps his cool. It’s tougher to figure out whether Humphries deserves any disciplinary action. Aside from a hard foul committed on Garnett, he was mostly just a victim of an unsuspecting shove, but did make an attempt to shove Rondo back (and failed miserably).
On a side note, it’s too bad Wallace had to pick up a technical foul on the play because he was clearly trying to break up the fight – not instigate it. That much is obvious when you see his surprised reaction after being called for the technical at the 1:30 mark, when he is caught on video saying “what the ####”.
Tweet of the Night: Bill Simmons
Kevin Garnett shadily tripping Kris Humphries as he’s pushed by Rondo pic.twitter.com/eOHKrliX
That’s also fun. Typical Garnett. First he flops, causes a fracas, and then tries to make it even worse. Won’t get penalized for it either. And yes, he FLOPPED. I know Evans and Wallace do it but you dont see Hump with the extra effort to take a hard foul on KG, he just hits the deck hard, but before doing that, he decides to fake like he got hit in the head. Total dick.
Rondo NEEDS to get suspended, KG atleast fined for the flop or the shove on Wallace who was clearly trying to grab him to take him out of the fight so he doesnt keep instigating it. The NBA wont see the picture I put here but if he doesnt do that, Hump doesnt lose his balance and they dont go into the stands. KG might have cost Rondo a game or two for letting that get into the stands
I expect the NBA to get that Pic, since it was from Stefan Bondy of the NY Daily News.
I tweeted the pic to Hump and hope he retweets it.
The fake of getting hit in the face is what annoys me. It was obvious it was a normal foul on KG’s shoulder.
Celtics are just upset for being called Soft by their coach, who said what Rondo did is not the way to show that you aren’t soft.
KG is the most prolific flopper the league has ever seen. He should feel REALLY bad for that monstrous flop that got Rondo ejected. Shame on you KG! You are so money. No need to flop.
Rondo should get suspended for no less than 5-10 games. He is a total JERK.
And Hump just had a regular foul. Tommy Heinson is an Ass. Garnet wasn’t hit on the face, as the replay shows clearly. I can’t understand why Hump got any technicals? Wallace was only trying to break up the fight. KG should have been thrown out of the game too, because he threw a punch.
And what is all this crap about Hump being SOFT?? I thought fighting in an NBA game was forbidden and getting suspended was the worst possible thing you could do for your team.