NBA Finals: No, Seriously! Paul Pierce Punched a Ref in the Face!

Posted by Zach Harper on Friday, June 11, 2010 2 Comments

It happened during the first quarter Thursday night when Paul Pierce drove to the basket. He was fouled by Ron Artest and inexplicably not given continuation on the basket. Instead of a three-point player opportunity, the Celtics had to settle for an inbounds play and no Pierce layup.

Maybe the reason he didn’t get the continuation is because Pierce celebrated the score by punching Eddie F. Rush in the face.

Eddie F. Rush? More like Eddie F. BumRushed! AMIRIGHT?!?!

Part of me would like to think this was calculated but at the same time, if you’ve ever seen an NBA fight then you know it’s very unlikely a player could connect on a punch like this.

Oster-Tags: Boston Celtics, Eddie F Rush, Los Angeles Lakers, nba finals, Paul Pierce, paulpiercepunchedarefandhelikedit

About Zach Harper: Zach Harper writes about basketball on various TrueHoop Network blogs and runs the ESPN Daily Dime Live chat on a nightly basis. He loves Saved By The Bell, Jean Claude Van Damme and the movie Summer Catch. He has an insane amount of love for Greg Oden and an unhealthy amount of contempt for Mike Bibby. He also felt very weird writing this in the third person.

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