In the wake of having limbed our own Quentin Richardson in Game 1 of the the playoffs, Kevin Garnett did his best Good Samaritan with Accidental Elbows Whoops Did I Just Bash Your Face I Was Merely Standing Here Being Helpful When Things Just Starting Happening.
But it turns out people have eyeballs, and those in the NBA used theirs to see right through his aw shucks-ing and suspended Garnett for Tuesday's second playoff game against the Heat.
It'll cost KG a whopping $162,222 in non-payment, while Q-Rich got nothin' but a $25,000 fine.
This is as it should be, but it does bring a rather unpleasant conflicted feeling. As much as the Heat could use the advantage of playing Boston sans one starter -- and boy, could they -- we were hoping for more minutes hating on Garnett as he contributed to this special medley of polite behavior:
than for being this annoying guy in a thousand camera pans of the Celtics bench:
And that's his winning face. Ugh, remember when Kevin Garnett used to be likable?
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At least if Garnett were on the court the Heat could sic Jamaal Magliore on him, hockey enforcer-style -- something we guarantee would end up as delightfully hysterical as the last :45 of that YouTube up there.
But maybe we shouldn't say that out loud.
