For those of you who missed it, the Celtics tied up their series with Orlando 2-2 on the back of a buzzer-beating jump shot by Glenn “Big Baby” Davis. Don't believe me? I don't blame you, here it is:
First of all, I thought Doc Rivers handled the postgame press conference well, responding to a question about the play with something like, "We draw it up to have a couple of options, and Baby played his role perfectly." In his shoes, I would have said something like, "Yeah, we've run that play 20 times in practice, and 20 times Big Baby hasn't sniffed the ball, I'm glad he knew what to do with it in this situation." Watch his reaction when the shot goes in, to say he was expecting good things to happen when Davis released the ball would be a lie that would make Bernie Madoff blush.
But the real story now, involves the kid you'll see at the 1:00 mark in the video. After Davis hits the shot, he ducks behind the referee, bumps the kid, and then acts like you'd expect a goofy, awkward kid would act when he tries to imitate Kevin Garnett. Well, now that kid's dad has written the league demanding an apology from Big Baby for the bump.
Really? Sure, it's unfortunate that the kid got bumped and that his hat fell off, but writing in to demand a written apology? That seems a bit over the top, considering 1) Davis clearly didn't mean to hit the kid, 2) the only thing that hit the floor was the kid's hat, he clearly wasn't hurt, and 3) the kid was practically on the court. Davis didn't run into the stands and seek out the contact, the kid was practically standing on the sideline.
You want to demand an apology for Davis acting like a lunatic for the 10 minutes immediately following his shot? I'll jump on that bandwagon. But right now your kid is known as the overweight kid bumped by Big Baby after he ruined Orlando's night. The blogs are not being kind, why drag this story out further?
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