Let's ignore whether his TEN defensive rebounds, 9 assists and 14 points (on 60% shooting) had anything to do with why the game was even close ...
Not sure about that. He also had 5 turnovers, shot 2-10 from the FT line, and was a minus 10 in +/- in 33 minutes. Pressey was a plus 6 in 17 minutes. The team doesn't exactly fall apart when he's not in.
Why is it so difficult to actually look into the details when plus/minus numbers look odd?
Green's +/- was also -10. Yet by all accounts he played awesome for this game. Doesn't that even make you stop for a second look at what the numbers actually _mean_?
Rondo was on the floor for 33 minutes and overall, yep - the team posted a -10 on the scoreboard.
Well, a glance at the other starters shows that, whuddayaknow? Kelly Olynyk posted a big fat -15 in just 13 minutes of play! Now, what positives and negatives did Kelly bring to the floor last night to result in such a number? Oh yeah, he missed his two shots, committed 4 fouls, turned the ball over 3 times, played horrible defense and earned a seat on the bench - which didn't help much because Bass then came in and also played pretty bad. Just not AS bad.
The point is, when Kelly was in the game, he was just plain and obviously having a horrible game. Thats not to say he's a bad player. He's had mostly good games this season. He'll probably play great in his next game. But last night? He stunk. Eye test. Stats test. Coach-putting-him-on-the-bench-test. He stunk.
Well, 12 of Kelley's minutes came with Rondo on the floor. During that time, the team was -12.
In the other 21 minutes Rondo was on the floor, the team was +2.
But go on blaming Rondo. It's what you do.