How many times did Nelson , Harris, Barea get past Rondo tonight? How many times did Rondo get beat in the PNR? What was the score after the 1st quarter and 1st half of the 2nd??
Ok now, when Smart came in and Rondo goes out with 3 min left, how did the Mavs do then? In turn how did our offense perform?? The Mavs could not get setup on the offensive end with Smart all over whoever was bringing up the ball (though the PNR).
Smart's impact is significant out there. And Rondo's defense (letting a very important player though) is like a domino effect and messes up everyone else. I don't know how many times Rondo tries to do his octopus wrap around stuff, after his man gets by him. Don't do that and stay in front of him, get physical and get by the picks. There is no excuse that a smaller Barea is doing it but Rondo can't