Rondo hurt us at the very end. Does that invalidate everything else he did?
To be honest, I think we need to stop looking for "the person that lost us the game" and start looking at why our defense just isn't doing what it should be doing.
There's too many things wrong with this team to point to one person and say "you're it".
Sure, I just hate to see a guy who put in a flawed, but overall pretty special all around performance getting scapegoated for the loss.
Scapegoated is a strong word.
I keep reading on this blog - again and again - that we have the best point guard in the league.
To get that designation, you have to play better down the stretch of big games than Rondo did tonight. He did some good things - but his FT shooting still isn't good enough, either, and his lack of defense on Cole out front hurt late, too.
No one person lost this game. Plenty of blame defensively in the first half to spread around. Bass' shot selection late wasn't great, either.
But the criticism of Rondo's last two minutes is precise and spot on, IMHO. He has to be better than that.