*On Monday night against the Chicago Bulls, @LucidSportsFan pointed out to me
that Rajon Rondo led the Celtics in points (20), rebounds (9), assists
(10) and steals (5) without any ties, so I took a look at how often
Rondo has achieved this feat in his NBA career.
–In Rondo’s 536 combined regular season and postseason games, only
twice (including Monday) has he led the Celtics in those 4 statistical
categories without any ties in the same game.
–The other game: Game 6 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals (83-75
Magic victory over the Celtics) – Rondo had 19 points, 16 rebounds, 6
assists and 4 steals
–What this means to me: We all knew that this was Rondo’s team, but
now he is showing it statistically. I would guess that we will see more
of these such games from him in the 2012-13 season.
*Rajon Rondo was very close to his 24th career (regular
season and playoffs) triple-double. He still has 23 career
triple-doubles, 18 of which have happened on national television.
*The Celtics now have a 3-1 road record and 1-2 home road. While it
is early in the season, I thought it would be fun to find the times when
the Celtics finished a season with a better winning percentage on the
road than at home.
–There are only 2 instances in the Celtics’ first 66 seasons that
they finished the season with a better road winning percentage than home
winning percentage:
1. 1974-75: 28-13 at home … 32-9 on road … Celtics lost in Eastern Conference Finals
2. 2009-10: 24-17 at home … 26-15 on road … Celtics lost in NBA Finals
*The Celtics are attempting for their first 3-game winning streak of
the season. The team’s last such streak was their 3 straight wins over
the Miami Heat in the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals.
*Both the Celtics (4-3) and Jazz (4-4) are 3-0 this season when leading at the end of the 3rd Quarter and 1-3 when behind at the end of the 3rd Quarter (Utah’s other loss: tied at end of the 3rd Quarter).
–The Celtics are 2-0 this season when ahead at halftime.
–Last season, the Celtics were the last NBA team to lose a game with a
halftime lead. They started the 2011-12 season 10-0 when leading at
halftime. It took the Celtics until their 25th game last season (88-87 loss to Lakers) to end the streak.
*Oddly, the Celtics have fared worse on the first night of
back-to-backs this season than they have on the second night. Tonight,
they begin their third back-to-back of the season and all three will
have begun at home and ended on the road.
–First night of back-to-backs: 0-2 (both at home)
–Second night of back-to-backs: 2-0 (both on road)
*Milestone Watch:
–All-Time Offensive Rebounds–
22. Elton Brand 3,050
23. Shawn Kemp 3,026
24. Kevin Garnett 3,017 (Garnett needs 10 to move into 23rd place)
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