Yes, Paul Pierce saved the Celtics’ bacon, Rajon Rondo was great again and Kendrick Perkins was an absolute beast inside, however, the story today is was Rondo’s face-slap foul against Brad Miller a flagrant foul? Opinions are completely divided here. One expert says yes (Jalen Rose), another says no (Tim Legler). One [...]

Ben Gordon’s hamstring is hurting, and there’s doubt concerning whether or not he’ll play against the Celtics tonight; and while the reports reads like a little bit of a sandbag — or, perhaps for dramatic impact — if Chicago doesn’t have Gordon, there’s a good chance Boston will repeat the beatdown they handed out in [...]

Oh, wait. Wrong bulls — although, his partnership with Red Bull might explain why Rondo has been so damn effective against the Chicago Bulls: Rondo’s sponsorship deal makes him the first NBA athlete in Red Bull’s celebrity line-up. In the lead video, Red Bull chauffeurs Rondo to the game via their decked-out stock [...]

Introducing your Rookie of the Year, Derrick Rose. The Chicago Bulls have a 2pm press conference where they are expected to announce their quickly-becoming-an-All-World point guard will receive the Rookie of the Year award, the first of many accolades Rose is bound to receive. Rose led all rookies in assists (6.3) and minutes [...]

Now that’s how you bounce back from a horrid Game 1, shooting-wise (1-12): You bury the your opponent in Game 2 with a 3-point bomb to tie the series 1-1. Allen finished with 30 points, and while his game-winning heroics are getting the pub, it was Rajon Rondo’s gaudy triple-double (19 points, 16 [...]

Now that’s how you make an entrance: Simply tie the rookie playoff high for scoring in a playoff game, a high mark set by some NBA journeyman named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (as Lew Alcindor) — oh, and beat the defending NBA Champs — a team most figured you’d get swept by — while taking their home [...]