Celtics/Sixers Game 7

[Jay R]

I have no problem with the charge here. Bang bang play.

The no call I didn't like was about 60 seconds before Pierce fouled out. Rondo was defending a 76ers player (I forget who) and the Sixer two handed Rondo into another player to free himself up. I rewound that one to make sure and yes McCutchen was looking right at it and he had no call. In fact he was giving Rondo the "get up" signal while Doc Rivers was ready to lose it.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Jay R

the Sixer two handed Rondo into another player to free himself up. I rewound that one to make sure and yes McCutchen was looking right at it and he had no call. In fact he was giving Rondo the "get up" signal

Agree. I'm sure they'll review it and ask what Monty saw on the play, but I have to think it goes down as and NCI.

Another NCI came just a little later when Brand and a Celtic got very slightly tangled on the right side block. Brand pulls the Celtic defender to the floor, no whistle, Brand gets up and flashes to the RA arc on the left side of the lane gets a pass completely undefended, turns to the basket for the lay-up and gets fouled by the defender who had been on the ground.

My guess is that there was no whistle because both players went to the ground, but on replay, it sure looked to me like Brand clamped and pulled to bring the Celtic defender down.