War of words

It's nice to know that at least two teams don't like each other.

Let me set the stage for you.

On Wednesday night, the Chicago Bulls beat the Miami Heat 101-97, ending Miami's 27-game winning streak.

During that game, Miami's LeBron James was fouled hard twice, once by Kirk Hinrich and another time by Taj Gibson. James took expection to the physicality, and he retaliated by committing a flagrant foul on Chicago's Carlos Boozer.

After the game, James spoke with the media and expressed his frustrations with the officiating and the amount of hard fouls that he has been taking lately.

Yesterday, when asked about James's comments in an interview with WEEI sports radio, Celtics GM Danny Ainge said, "I think it's almost embarrassing that LeBron would complain about officiating."

James responded to those comments by saying, "I'm not surprised to hear anything from Boston. It's not my concern. I'm just voicing my opinion on what I've seen."

Today, it was Heat president Pat Riley's turn to fire back at Ainge.

"Danny Ainge needs to shut the f--- up and manage his own team," Riley said. "He was the biggest whiner going when he was playing and I know that because I coached against him."

Ainge responded to those comments just moments ago by saying, "We're both right. LeBron should stop complaining and I should manage my own team."

My goodness is this fun. Let's pray that they meet in the playoffs.