Rajon Rondo answered the recent hate for him with a huge performance, dropping 32 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds en route to a 95-91 win over Chicago.
The Celtics looked to be cruising to a double digit win when the Bulls made a run and cut the game down to two. But Rondo's 9th rebound off a long Chicago miss that could have tied the game led to two free throws to push the lead to 4. His 10th rebound came off a missed Chicago free throw... and his next two free throws iced the game.
The Celtics nearly coughed this one up by suddenly putting the ball in Paul Pierce's hands to run clock-grinding pick-and-rolls with Kevin Garnett. While it worked once, it also resulted in a couple of turnovers. The C's got away from what was working and it nearly cost them.
Chris Wilcox did great in his start for Jermaine O'Neal (11 points, 9 rebounds). There were a couple of instances of him running with Rondo on the break and getting some easy buckets. It's not ...
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