Boston's worst fears may very well have been realized against the Knicks.
Late in the fourth quarter at Madison Square Garden, Rajon Rondo sprained his left ankle going up for a lay-up, taking a hard roll as he extended toward the basket. Rondo was on all fours and in obvious pain for several minutes, and had to be helped off the court and into the locker room.
Although he would eventually return and play for several more minutes, it was clear that Boston's start young point guard was not himself, appearing far out of kilter and unable to effectively run the Celtics' offense. The Celtics would eventually sneak away with a 118-116 victory on the back of a Paul Pierce go-ahead bucket with 00.4 left on the clock, and an Amar'e Stoudemire three-point game-winner waved off at the buzzer, but the damage had been done.
According to Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge, "Rajon, I think, will be out for a couple of weeks, anyway..." This leaves a HUGE hole in Boston's offense, which is run like only Rajon Rondo can run it. However, this is the NBA, and you need to keep going, even when you're hurting.
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