Make no mistake, what Pietrus did on this play was dirty. In his article, RedsArmy argues that the play was actually dirtier than what Kevin Garnett did to Channing Frye because Pietrus was head-hunting.

“Look, I’m not going to argue that what KG did was acceptable by any measure.  But what Pietrus did was by far worse, considering he went right for his head.  Also, I have to agree with what Donny Marshall said in the Celtics’ post-game show: Frye must have cuevos of steel to get up THAT quickly after getting hit there.”

I’ll ignore the blatant cheap-shot to Frye’s manhood in the quote – it must be a Celtics thing. But I have to say that I disagree. I don’t think either play was any dirtier than the other. (more…)