The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and Heat Fans

Good looks leaving the game early, really. How many Heat "fans" actually existed before LeBron signed with Miami? Honestly? I know one true loyal Heat fan, Jake Sorensen of Nebraska. That's right, an entire time zone and like eight states away. And he'll surely tell you that was a pitiful display by their fans tonight. Of course....

Was it as pitiful as the officiating? Listen I'm not one to blame officials. Not my style. I've been calling balls and strikes many years and I know how it goes. And while Paul Pierce and Ray Allen were no doubt kidnapped by the Monstars before the game, you can't look past some of the technicals calls on the Celtics tonight, as well as the ones that weren't called against the Heat. Doc got T'd up for yelling "Come on, Eddie!" at an official. Erik Spoelstra yells "Come on!", and nothing. LeBron openly taunts KG right in front of an official, and ESPN even happened to enhance the audio on the court for the incident. No call. KG taps the ball a little further away from the basket after a Rondo layup. Hardly throwing it away, a tap. A tap and a technical. Rondo gets boxed all the way out of bounds by Shane Battier, who gets no call. Rondo retaliates, which he shouldn't have done, but nevertheless, technical. And I don't even remember what Ray Allen did, but he got one too.

If there's any sign of optimism from tonight's game, it's that the Heat have absolutely no answer for KG down low. None. They're like the French army down there (Joel Anthony is originally from Montreal. Just sayin'.) And literally no one else on the Celtics bothered to show up. There can't be and won't be another no-show from these guys in Game 2. At least I keep telling myself that.