Re: POST GAME ATLANTA

by **112288** Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:07 pm

Rondo suspended for Game 2 vs. Hawks
April, 30, 2012

5:05PM ET
By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com

ATLANTA -- Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo has been suspended for Game 2 of an Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Atlanta Hawks for making contact with a game official, NBA executive vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson announced Monday.

Rondo chest-bumped referee Marc Davis with 41 seconds remaining in Sunday's 83-74 Game 1 loss at Philips Arena, earning his second technical and automatic ejection. Rondo, who earned both technicals while vehemently protesting a foul call against teammate Brandon Bass, said after the game that the bump was unintentional, but the league viewed it as otherwise.

This is Rondo's second referee-related suspension in three months. He was also suspended for two games in February after zipping a ball at an official.

The NBA rulebook states, "Any player or coach guilty of intentional physical contact with an official shall automatically be suspended without pay for one game. A fine and/or longer period of suspension will result if circumstances so dictate."

Appearing on ESPN Radio's "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" on Monday, NBA commissioner David Stern said, "We have a hard and fast rule. Unless somebody trips you and sends you into him, nobody touches a referee. That's the proposition."

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by **swedeinestonia** Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:50 pm

People touch the referee all the time without getting suspended.

Yes I know there are different ways of doing it but the rules do not leave room for it.

by **RosalieTCeltics** Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:50 pm

If he hadn't been chasing the ref he wouldn't have bumped into him. He deserves this penalty, hot head and all. Unfortunately, what he was fighting about he was right about. That should have been a jump ball. Davis is a rotten ref, but....no matter what, Rondo is gone.

by **112288** Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:56 pm

I love Rondo's passion, you cannot teach that. However it does hurt us and may mean the series. With that said, does this affect Rondo in the eyes of management especially during the summer when the team is looking at a major overhaul?

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by **MDCelticsFan** Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:45 pm

Don't get rid of Rondo! He makes the engine go and is the straw that stirs the drink. God forgives! Let's forgive Rondo. God does!

MD!

by **bobheckler** Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:48 pm

MDCelticsFan wrote:Don't get rid of Rondo! He makes the engine go and is the straw that stirs the drink. God forgives! Let's forgive Rondo. God does!

MD!

Unfortunately, when it comes to the NBA, Davis Stern is God.

And he's an asshole.

bob

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by **swedeinestonia** Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:03 pm

Now for the next game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LQ9ZZSX7Hk

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