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Rajon Rondo ignores Rick Carlisle, who screams at and benches him

Rick Carlisle wanted to give Rajon Rondo some instruction. Rondo wasn't listening, so Carlisle called timeout rather fiercely:

That wasn’t the end of it:

This isn't necessarily a significant moment long-term -- tempers do flare during competition -- but it's the kind of thing people worried about when the Dallas Mavericks brought Rondo into the fold. Carlisle benched Rondo from that point forward -- 20 whole minutes -- after doing the same for just the final 5 minutes of a game in January.

Dallas made a run right after the timeout and came back to beat the Raptors with ease.

(Video via Ben Golliver)

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