I'm in the hood with Pancho stackin' Rajon Rondo. Rondo gets criticized by people on this website, but he is the key to the Celtics' success. He showed that again tonight.
Yeah, I don't recall much criticism, but I've always thought he was more of a "big three" than the others, in terms of their actual success game to game. He's tailor-made for the NBA.
A lot of people on this board seem to think the "big 3" is still carrying Rondo. Why they think that I don't know. All 3 of the so called big 3 have been inconsistent the last two playoffs and Garnett didn't play in them 2 years ago when Rondo had his coming out party in the playoffs.
Two things that stant out: 1) Heat look out of sync, which one would expect. 2) I didn't watch the whole game, but it seemed like Lebron was playing very lethargically. I only caught the 4th quarter, but he just didn't show any hustle or effort until the fans started to chant over-rated. Before that it looked like he just didn't care.
The TNT guys made a good point after the game last night. LeBron had to feel like he was on the Cavaliers again. I know Wade's injury isn't supposed to be all that serious and LeBron won't be expected to do so much every night, but for this night, as he went, so went the Heat.
Once Wade gets in sync the Heat are obviously going to have a big advantage almost every night on the wings, but at the same time they're very vulnerable to being overpowered by huge teams like Boston, the Lakers, and Orlando with Howard. Plus their point position is really bad and bench is thin. That huge advantage they have off-guard, small forward, and often power forward is given back at center, point, and bench. They're really talented and will blow out a lot of teams, but they're no shoe-in for the Finals by any means.
