Rondo Writes About Injury, Game 3 Loss in Blog

[Larry Joe Bird]

"Let it get away"

submitted by RajonRondo 12 hours ago

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If you were watching the game you know that I injured my ankle in the third quarter. It happened on a fast break and I rolled it. I think I may have stepped on someone's foot, but I still haven't seen the play. It's a different feeling than I've ever had. I've injured my ankle before but this one is unlike the others. The pain is on the inside of my foot. All the other ankle sprains have been on the outside. I will be getting a lot of treatment tonight, tomorrow, Thursday to try to get it ready to go for game 4. I did try to go again in the fourth quarter, but I really couldn't make any hard cuts. No one is 100% at this point, but I was probably 50%. Coach made the right decision taking me out because I didn't have my quickness. E House did a great job filling in. When his name was called he was ready to play and that's big for us.

There's no question this one is disappointing. We feel like we had a chance to really put them away and go up 3-0. Paul never had a chance to get in a rhythm because of foul trouble and we just struggled on offense. Even though we played very bad we still had a chance in the end. We just didn't get the stops down the stretch when we needed it. They were very aggressive tonight similar to the way we were in game 2. But in the end we still had a chance but let it get away.

Heading back to the hotel and will keep working on my ankle. Lots of ice and I'll keep it elevated. I'll have more later. Until then I'll holla.

[ArmstrongInGreen]

gotta love little ron-deezey

[tombattor]

Yeah, this is a horrible news. Not so much because Rondo is missing but because this means more Cassell.

If Rondo can't go, someone needs to put a hit on Cassell. Otherwise, the Lakers are winning game 4 too.

[Kefa461]

Sam is gonna be starting.........now were gonna get to see the real deal.... ........

[DorfonCeltics]

From someone who has sprained both sides of their ankles, the inside always hurts so much more. It's just a way more sensitive place to injure.

[Truthiracy]

If Cassell plays more than 3 mins I'm jumping off a bridge

[cisco]

I don't think it was smart of Rondo to reveal the extent of his injury to the public. Now the Lakers know he's probably not going to be 100% when he plays. I'm sure Danny is going to talk to him about what he writes in his blog.