If you’re a Lakers fan, you’ve very likely heard the following phrase, particularly after another head-scratching regular season play from Rajon Rondo: “Just wait for the playoffs, and ‘playoff Rondo.’”
Well the wait is over.
After a good Game 2, “Playoff Rondo” delivered a masterclass performance in Game 3 vs. the Houston Rockets, providing a key spark over the course of the contest, and taking over for a critical stretch to help the team pull away in the fourth quarter on Tuesday.
In my latest following video, I detailed how Rondo dissected this Rockets team in multiple ways throughout the course of Game 3:
So there you have it.