Rajon Rondo committed a hard foul on Brad Miller at the end of overtime, which sent him to the line but caused controversy as a potential flagrant foul.

"You have to go for the basketball and Rondo didn't come near the basketball," Vinny Del Negro said. "He came right across his face. I thought it was a flagrant. I agree that it is a playoff foul, but you still have to call it."

"He had to get stitches. I think that pretty much tells it all right there," said Ben Gordon. "That wasn't a flagrant foul? I saw him spitting blood out on the court. To me, that's not a basketball play."

Miller likely cut his lip when he came down on Paul Pierce's elbow.

"I'm a little guy so I had to go for the hard foul," Rondo said. "I think I hit him in the head, but I went through the arm first trying to get to the ball."