Rondo’s frustration peaked when Williams treated him like Adrian Peterson would a cornerback, lowering the shoulder and plowing Rondo on his way to the hoop.  But Paul Pierce and Garnett weren’t going to see Rondo’s temper get the best of him.

I wonder what they told Rajon. Maybe it was, “Damn, boy, he just truck-sticked the hell out of you.”

Whatever it was, they weren’t going to let Rondo get a technical. Chalk one up for the Big Three’s veteran leadership.

Now, if only they could exert the same fatherly role over Rasheed and Perk.