I was truly inspired by squids opinions on the matter.  =)  I'm not nearly as worked up over it, but that's because I pretty much stopped actively watching the game before it happened, then DVRed back and forth over the incident in slo-mo a few times to make sure I knew what happened.

I'm a little annoyed with Skip for doing something so silly.  (And honestly, it was silly.  If you're going to hurt someone out of frustration, whether that frustration is from getting dogged or from get dirty elbow, shove the guy, or throw him into a scorers table.)  But, I'm not surprised.  Skips been known to participate in knuckleheaded activity before.  I believe he had some trouble with the law towards the beginning of this season in Houston.  It's my impression that his behaviour in Orlando has been considerably more mature than in previous stops during his career.

I'm more annoyed with Eddie House.  His comments after the game were unnecessarily inflamatory.  I saw an elbow from my angle.  I don't think it was a planned elbow.  I think he was going to run into Skip either way, because he didn't realize where he was when he turned around, but decided to rub it in when he did.

And even though the little roller disco punk didn't have anything to do with today's incident, I pretty much despise Rondo's attitude, and the way the NBA has empowered him, and the rest of the Celtics, to live off of this gang mentality.  I don't remember much from the Bad Boy lakers years, other than who was involved, but I've noticed some pretty nasty flagrants this year, and Boston has been at the forfront of the majority of them.  I was incensed that Dwight got suspended for his elbow and Rondo got off for a slap on Brad Miller and the Heinrich incident.  I'm not saying Dwight shouldn't have been suspended, it was clearly an elbow aimed above the shoulders.  I'm saying Rondo has been clearly far more violent than any other player in this years playoffs, and it's out of control.  I fully expect this issue ot come up during this series, and if the league does not stop it now...