Rondo has historically-great game

There may be a dozen point guards in the NBA who are better scorers than Rajon Rondo, and his overall statistics may be partially inflated because of the superstar talent he has around him. Still, Rondo has emerged as one of the five best point guards in the league this postseason, with yesterday’s performance proving that he is by far the Celtics’ most consistent performer.

Rondo finished with 29 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists in yesterday’s win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Only two other players have ever equaled that statline in a playoff game: Oscar Robertson (who had 32 points, 19 rebounds and 13 assists in 1963) and Wilt Chamberlain (who had 29 points, 36 rebounds and 13 assists in 1967). Any time your name is mentioned in the same category as Oscar Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain, probably the two biggest triple-double threats in NBA history, you know you are doing something right.

By the way, how about the Cleveland Cavaliers wearing throwback uniforms in back-to-back games? The Cavs have worn so many retro jerseys in the past five or six years, they’ve pretty much become league leaders in that category. As much as I’d like to think the Cavs are honoring past editions of the franchise, the cynical part of me thinks it’s a shameless ploy to pon off as many jersey designs as possible before LeBron James *maybe* leaves town.