On the issue of Brad Miller having his face destroyed by Rojan Rando at the end of the first overtime in game 5 of the Bulls-Celtics series. No flagrant foul was called one the play, but when the refs saw that Miller was bleeding from the mouth, they should have called a flagrant foul immediately. Now this isnt just me spewing Chicago bias, but I take this scenario from what occurs on similar situations in hockey.
Hockey has a rule that you are not allowed to hit an opponent in the face with your stick. Duh! It is ruled as high-sticking and receives a 2 minute penalty. However, if a player draws blood on a high sticking situation, the penalty is ruled a double minor leading, or possibly a major if deemed intentional, leading to a 4 or 5 minute penalty. But that's not all. Many times, a high-sticking situation is missed by the referees and play continues as normal until there is a dead-puck situation. At that time, if the refs see a player has been cut on the face, they will enforce a double minor penalty without actually seeing the cut occur.
I think a similar situation should have been enforced in the Bulls game. Obviously, Brad Miller didnt punch himself in the face, and it wasnt accidental contact. Rondo swong and hit Miller square in the jaw. Just because it was a basketball "move", doesnt mean that it wasnt flagrant.
Despite that foul the slow ass white boy should have made that shot. Seriously, mofo was WIDE OPEN!
ReplyDeleteI was going to/still will if I find time write a post how I don't blame Miller for losing the game (even though he should have made that shot to at least TIE the game), but I'm still pissed at him
Oh, and refs and everyone just for some reason HATES Chicago. Bull shit on that horse shit (haha BULLS shit)