NBA Suspends Garnett for Game 2

Kevin Garnett was suspended tonight for Tuesday night's game 2 versus the Heat. With Paul Pierce down and 40 seconds left in the game, Quentin Richardson walked over near Garnett to grab the ball to inbound. Q came awfully close to KG and to Pierce's head and KG quickly got hot, resulting in an errant elbow.

Rule 12A Section 5 of NBA regulations state that any elbow thrown to an opposing player and makes contact will result in an automatic technical and ejection. On top of that, the NBA also fined him $25,000.

You have to love KG's fire and intensity, but the intentional elbows in a playoff game were not too smart. KG MUST KEEP HIS COMPOSURE COME CRUNCH TIME. The Celtics cannot afford for his emotions to take him out of the game--this is exactly what the Heat want.

This team barely squeaked by Miami, and it will be that much tougher to take down the Heat in game 2. Obviously, KG was trying to protect Pierce, but he had to know nothing good was going to come of the confrontation; especially with the Celtics leading at that point. Smart veteran player, but dumb rookie mistake.

Enter Rasheed Wallace and Glen Davis. Each coming off of sub-par regular season campaigns, the C's will need key defensive efforts from both in Garnett's absence. Hopefully the Celtics can take care of business on Tuesday night and head to Miami up 2-0.