Not even Kevin Garnett’s frustration, when he feels it, will burn as bright as the spark inside Rajon Rondo.

And in terms of demerits, the Celtics point guard got off to a fast start late in last night’s 120-107 loss to the Heat with a technical foul and a Flagrant 1 foul after grabbing Dwyane Wade around the shoulders.

Rondo thought it was simply a hard foul.

Wade described the play as a clothesline and a “punk play.”

“I don’t have any response to that,” said Rondo. “Everybody is entitled to their opinion. He has a voice, but he didn’t say anything at the time. . . . I fouled him. It’s not my call.”

via Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald