The Boston Celtics are down 2-0 to the Knicks and thinks don’t look to optimistic even though they’re headed home. In game 2, Kevin Garnett was in foul trouble early, and was part of the reason why he finished with just 12 point, while grabbing 11 boards.
Celtics coach Doc Rivers thinks the officiating wrongfully kept KG out of the game because of his early fouls. He expressed his displeasure following the game and today the NBA came down hard on him.
Either way, the Knicks won relatively comfortably in both contests.
Celtics coach Doc Rivers was fined $25,000 for publicly criticizing NBA officials after the team’s loss Tuesday to the New York Knicks in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.
The league announced the fine Thursday.
After his team’s 87-71 loss, Rivers was livid with some of the calls that went against Kevin Garnett, who had five fouls and was more or less a nonfactor in the game.
“Listen, I thought the fouls on Kevin, first of all they were horrendous,” Rivers said after the Celtics fell into a 2-0 hole in the best-of-seven series, which shifts to Boston for Game 3 Friday.
“And secondly, I thought they had a huge effect on us.
“Kevin had three fouls that . . . I was . . . I mean, him not being on the floor, playing 24 minutes and never getting your rhythm, where you could see, it looked like he was going to have a game, it hurt us.
“That’s just the way it goes. There’s nothing I can do about it now. I thought if it could’ve gone either way on three of those, they all went against Kevin. I think that’s tough.”
H/T: boston.com
