The Boston Celtics escaped with a 100-98 victory in double overtime against the Miami Heat on Sunday, but that was hardly the biggest news to come out of Boston. Rajon Rondo received word that he had torn his ACL and would therefore be out for the rest of the year.
Rajon Rondo Injury: Doc Rivers, Celtics teammates react to injury
The Boston Celtics got some horrible news when they found out that Rajon Rondo will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL. But the Celtics players and coaches aren’t giving up yet.
Jared Wickerham
This is a huge blow, but the Celtics aren't going to just roll over and die, according to Doc Rivers.
Doc Rivers on Celtics near-future without Rondo: "You can write the obituary, but I'm not."
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) January 27, 2013
The Celtics aren't dead, but Rajon Rondo's injury certainly put a damper on what was a huge win against Miami.
#Celtics guard Avery Bradley: it was complete shock. Everyone was cheering, then Rajon Rondo told us (about ACL), everyone's head went down.
— Scott Souza (@scott_souza) January 27, 2013
#Celtics guard Courtney Lee said Kevin Garnett cleared locker room after Rajon Rondo broke ACL news. "It was emotional."
— Scott Souza (@scott_souza) January 27, 2013
The loss of Rondo is huge, but Paul Pierce expects others to step up and show what they can do.
#Celtics Paul Pierce: with system we have, Rondo being 40-min guy, lot of guys haven't had opp. to show what they can do. Now they will.
— Scott Souza (@scott_souza) January 27, 2013
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