Third-quarter observations

Thanks, Joe, for noting the oddity of that call on Pierce. I came here to see if someone would say something about it. I was watching the game in an Iowa City bar and couldn't hear what the announcers said. I thought perhaps the call had been on someone away from the ball, since it couldn't have been on Pierce--except, of course, it was, which makes it the worst call I've ever seen. Fortunately, it didn't matter in the end.

..The other were a few odd foul calls against the Celtics, especially an offensive foul against Paul Pierce after it looked like he was fouled while shooting a three-pointer. ...

Odd? That was the worst foul called against Pierce I've seen watching basketball for 30 years and it was a 6 point swing since they were in the bonus.

Abysmal performance from the ref crew throughout the series. Hopefully the league will have a word with these gentleman.

as I posted somewhere else here...that (agreeing with Al's post) was one of the worst-- if not THE worst-- call I've ever seen in all the years (over 40) I've watched basketball.