Lakers Got Rondo'd

The Boston Celtics are the 2008 NBA World Champions due mainly to a Game 6 total team effort, but as Phil Jackson will tell you Rajon Rondo was the star of the game. Jackson's best coaching in the series came in his Kobe roaming off Rondo scheme early in Games 3, 4, 5. This worked extremely well in Los Angeles with the Lakers getting off to great starts in Game 4 and 5 because the Celtics couldn't do anything offensively. The scheme did not work however in Boston, where Rondo feels comfortable attacking the basket and shooting his jumper, and he torched the Lakers throughout Game 6. He started off slow missing some layups and open jumpers, but to his credit and Doc Rivers', Rondo kept at it. When Rondo is playing well the Celtics are literally unstoppable and they proved that as they had one of their best team efforts of the playoffs. Rondo does so much for the Celtics, sky for rebounds, creates offense, pesters the defense coming up with numerous steals, and a lot more. When he wasn't playing well, the Celtics had to heavily rely on House and unfortunately Cassell. House is terrific off the bench playing the role he did last night of knocking down open 3's, but he can't play point guard for an entire second half like he was asked to in Game 5. A super effort from Rondo and give him credit for persevering because the Celtics needed it, as he helped deliver Banner 17. I am all about the stats in Game 6's dominating Celtics performance and here is the first: Rajon Rondo: 21 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds, 6 steals, 1 turnover