With the series between the Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls tied at two, late in overtime of the pivotal 2009 NBA Playoffs Game 5 of the first round, Brad Miller found out what it means to get Rondo'd.We had thought getting Rondo'd meant running marketing campaign that irks their prospective consumers. Now the term is taking on new meaning. In this case, it appears to
Late in overtime of Game 5, with 2.9 seconds left and the Celtics up by two, the Celtics defense had a huge lapse. They allowed Brad Miller to catch the ball with a lane to the basket so wide that you could drive a truck through it (complimentary clique).
Miller drove to the lane and air balled a layup after getting Rondo'd (knocked) in the face by Celtics point guard, Rajon Rondo with 1.3 seconds left. Or if you prefer he was Shaq Attacked (reference to Shaquille O'Neal punching the notorious Brad Miller in the back of the head).
Miller was treated for a bloody tooth for five minutes, while the referees reviewed the play and inexplicably did not call it a flagrant foul, which would have given the Bulls two shots and the ball. Shots Heard is not a fan of any of the two shots and the ball rules since it allows for a team to punitively be punished with a loss of a possession at cantakerous times in games. But the rule is there and it should have been called.
Do not feel too bad karma lovers. Shots Heard is going to step into the karma cosmos. In this cosmos we can decipher intent and see how karma (justice) was properly distributed. Cosmos blastoff!
Ahhh. It seems that had the flagrant foul been called, the Bulls would have stated that Brad Miller was too hurt (bloody gums) to play. Although Miller The Bulls would have then been allowed to pick the free throw shooter, who would have been Ben Gordon. Gordon would have tied the game and the Bulls would have got the ball back with a chance to win. Uh oh, the centrifical force that operates the cosmos machine is fading. We cannot see if the Bulls would have won on that possession. Though certainly Ben Gordon would have a free shot at winning the game.
Snap back to reality. As no flagrant fould was called, if Brad Miller could not shoot the free throws, the Celtics could have picked the worst free throw shooter on the Bulls roster to shoot the shots. Knowing that an Ollie ('Hoosiers' reference) would not likely step up and hit both free throws and that they would not be awarded a free posession, the Bulls patched up Miller. The 83 percent free throw shooter could have made the shots, but he choked on the first one and the Bulls would end up losing the game 106-104.
Perhaps that was karma returning for Miller's illegal screen that instead was called a foul on Celtics shooting guard, Ray Allen, fouling him out with 5:27 still left to play. With Ray Ray out, the struggling Starbury (Stephon Marbury) through up bricks as the Bulls dared him to shoot open shots.
So despite the cheap foul by Rondo, the better team for that game won and Paul Pierce's series of late game heroics were not relegated to a footnote. And should the justice come full circle, the NBA will retroactively assess Rondo with a flagrant foul two that would force him to miss Game 6 in Chicago. In that scenario, the Bulls would likely win and we could have a Game 7 that would make for a glorified re-do. It would also allow for one of the greatest first round series of all times (Only NBA Playoffs first round series to feature three overtimes) to climax in the pinnacle of sports. That pinnacle being the two sweetest words in sports, 'Game Seven.'
Picture: Rajon Rondo, Boston Celtics point guard
