A truly pitiful display by the Celtics. It was a game where the Celtics looked more like a circus act rather than an NBA team. A combo of stone hands, dismal rebounding, and poor offensive execution never bode well, but adding bad officiating to the equation is like drinking gasoline and pissing on a brush fire. And the Celtics had plenty of bad calls and non-calls. While we're on that subject, is Paul Pierce EVER going to get any sort of respect by any officiating crew? Tonight was sort of like the epitome of Paul's career. He is to the NBA what Rodney Dangerfield was to the entertainment world. Anyway, the officiating sucked, and the Celtics lacked any sort of desire, fire or passion for most of the game, getting routinely killed on the glass and to loose balls.And while I love KG, he is clearly not even close to 100%. It's only 10 games in, but I am already getting sick and tired of watching him get beat and out-worked for rebounds. Maybe I'm completely wrong on this, but it sure looks like he has ZERO elevation, or he's scared to leap.

Regardless, it's one in the L-column, and I'm actually not all that pissed off about it. NBA officiating is, at best, a joke on a good day. Tonight was no different. As I say in almost every write-up - the Celtics were 27-2 at one point last season. What does that mean now? Exactly.

What did we learn?

- The Celtics don't always have that "switch" that they can turn on to take over a game and put another team away

- NBA officials suck

- When Rondo isn't aggressive offensively, the entire offense stalls

- I still want to punch Mike Bibby in the face every time I see him

- The Celtics had better learn to rebound the friggin ball, or it's going to be another short playoff run

- NBA officials suck

- Rondo has the ability to take it to the hoop on any given play

- Rondo has the ability to miss every jump shot and free-throw that he takes  in any given game

- Paul Pierce will never get any respect from the officials. Every year we think it'll happen, and every year, we get boned

- Marquis Daniels still reminds me of Mikki Moore (no , that's not a good thing)

- I still hate ESPN

- Hubie Brown needs to come up for air every now and then

- NBA officials suck

-I am astounded that ESPN didn't work in a LeBron angle at some point during the game

The Box Score

The Celtics and Rajon Rondo are about 10 million dollars apart on a new extension, per Gary Tanguay on CSN. According to Tanguay, the Celtics are offering a 5-year deal at 9M per, while Rondo is looking for 11M per.

For what it's worth, Tanguay says that he's hearing that an extension will NOT get done by Monday.

Glen Davis (I am reserving the right to not call him "Big Baby" for the foreseeable future) will NOT be suspended by the team, but will face a fine:

Danny Ainge and Glen Davis met with the media before the game to announce that Big Baby has been fined for the incident which left him with a broken thumb. However, despite previous reports, Davis will not be suspended.

“We have decided as an organization not to suspend Glen," Ainge said. "We’ve levied a fine against him. We want him around the team, we want him with the team on the road. We want him conditioning with the team and continuing to learn everything we’re doing. This was an unfortunate incident. Glen has apologized to owners, his teammates, coaches, fans and everybody, and it’s time to move forward.”

The timetable for Davis' return to action remains at 6-8 weeks.

There were no overtimes needed tonight. The Celtics came out in the 2nd half and put on an offensive and defensive clinic that turned a 15-point halftime lead into a 27 point 3rd quarter lead. The result? A 118-90 blowout win that pushes the Celtics to 3-0 going in to their meeting with New Orleans on Sunday. Paul Pierce had a quiet first half, scoring just two points, but exploded for 20 in the 3rd quarter, and wound up with 22 points on the game. While Pierce was sizzling in that 3rd quarter, it was Rondo who was the player of the game. He only scored 2 points (on only 2 shots), but dished out 16 assists, grabbed 8 rebounds, and controlled the flow of the game from the outset. Through the first three games, the Celts have looked pretty damn unstoppable, and are making good on their goal to be the best defensive team in NBA history.

Post game pressers:

What we learned:

- The Celtics need to re-sign Rondo, and now. I don't care that he can't shoot. He is the perfect quarterback of this team, and is probably, believe it or not, the co-MVP of the team.

- I'm not a fan of the 3-point shot, but damn, if the Celts keep shooting it like this, fire away.

- Ray Allen played only 23 minutes tonight (see - don't worry about lofty minutes) .

- P2 led the starters with 31 minutes

- When the House catches fire, the House burn white hot (22 points on 9-13 shooting off the bench)

- I thought Lester Hudson liked to shoot. Come on, Lester, put up a shot or two.

- Joakim Noah has cracked my top-5 of most annoying NBA players (joining LeBron James, Mike Bibby, Andersen Varejao, and Pau Gasol)

- If the Celtics' defense keeps playing like this,it WILL go down as the best defensive team in NBA history

Now, the Box Score: