NEW YORK – well, how about 31 points, 13 assists and 5 steals in a season opener view now? All the trade talk that led to the sure seem to bother the Rajon Rondo on Christmas day, no?
“This is the Rondo that we want,” Rivers said after the game. “This is what we are talking about a year ago. Get the free-throw line. Take a picture when they open. I think he’s aggressors in the game. I don’t know if he can do it every night, but overall, it’s the Rondo that we want. It was great. “
You can thank employee no. 9 to keep the Celtics from sliding into the Hudson River in the first half, which saw New York took a 17-point lead in what appears to be a blast to come. Brandon Bass, the Celtics would have been buried over them.
“He attacked. He attacked early. He set the tone, go into paint, softened their defense, “said Allen.”It is a great sign for us. “