Fact check time
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Were all human, and I'm not perfect. But this kind of bugged me. Because this was put on ESPN. They should put out accurate stuff. We already need to deal with their hype of the Heat, or Lakers. But Jackie MacMullan wrote this piece on the eve of Heat vs Celtics. As I started to read I stopped myself, and I couldn't read it any further.
This is the first part of the column,
Ray just latest twist in C's-Heat saga-ESPN
It qualified as an instant rivalry the moment LeBron James took his talents (and his futility baggage) to South Beach.
Before that, the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics experienced only a smattering of entertaining moments. There was the 2010 second-round playoff series when Kevin Garnett drew a suspension for elbowing Quentin Richardson, as well a few of his garden variety "let me stare you down, I'm a bad [expletive]" exchanges with Dwyane Wade.
The Celtics faced off against the Heat in the first round when KG elbowed Richardson. Maybe it's nothing, but it just bugs me. I believe in giving accurate reporting. I got nothing against Jackie, and I blame ESPN for not ensuring accuracy.
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"The tension in an already hotly contested series was ratcheted up in Game 3 when Wade and Rajon Rondo became entangled going after a loose ball. Rondo dislocated his left elbow, effectively ending Boston's chances of delivering an upset and assigning Wade villainous status among irate Celtics fans."
Note the twisted wording. According to her, Rondo injured himself!!!!! Boston fans became irate at Wade for Rondo injuring himself!! Nice bit of twisting there, Jackie. You should be in the pretzel business.
It goes on. Jackie claims that Rondo had a triple double in game six last year against Miami. I'm pretty sure that was in game seven, Jackie. She highlights Rondo's seven turnovers, not his heroic jousting with Lebron, and then goes on to call Ray's game seven performance "heroic". Come on, Jackie. Surely you can sprinkle more of your 'journalistic' pixie dust on Allen! Don't stop at "heroic". Why, call it "titanic".
And then there's this sweet bit from Macmullen:
"Does a rivalry truly exist if one team always triumphs when it matters most? Since LeBron's arrival, Miami has consistently enjoyed the upper hand when it comes to the postseason (think Red Sox-Yankees before the Idiots finally obliterated New York's domination with that improbable playoff comeback in 2004)."
Dear Jackie Macmullen: it seems you had to go chasing down to Miami to get your 'insider access'. But don't worry. Eventually someone in or around the Celtics with an agenda will turn to you again. Just be patient. Meanwhile you can continue to write 'objective' stories about Ray Allen and the Heat.
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