The past two games, the Celtics have been looking like a team recovering from a late night out.
Last nights game, in the first half at least, Rajon Rondo followed suit.
Turnovers came as a result of overpassing made the victory more difficult than it should have been. New York had no business being in the game because the lads in green were decisive on the boards and scoring at will in the paint.
The second half saw a different team; Rondo took charge of the game and played pick your poison with the Knick defense.
Rondo is quietly etching his way into the Celtics record book at the tender age of 24. He finished the game with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 24 assists. He was four assists shy of breaking Bob Cousy's team record.
Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen trust him to get them the ball by any means necessary. For Rondo, that often means using his varied passing skills at ridiculous angles to get them the ball.
Rondo is averaging 16.7 assists through the first three games of the season. Tonight he dropped his 10th career triple double his fifth in the regular season; all of this fr ...
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