Rajon Rondo's Triple Double Leads Celtics Past The New York Knicks

The past two games, the Celtics have been looking like a team recovering from a late night out.

Last nights game, in the first half at least, Rajon Rondo followed suit.  

Turnovers came as a result of overpassing made the victory more difficult than it should have been. New York had no business being in the game because the lads in green were decisive on the boards and scoring at will in the paint. 

The second half saw a different team; Rondo took charge of the game and played pick your poison with the Knick defense.

Rondo is quietly etching his way into the Celtics record book at the tender age of 24. He finished the game with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 24 assists. He was four assists shy of breaking Bob Cousy's team record.

Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen trust him to get them the ball by any means necessary. For Rondo, that often means using his varied passing skills at ridiculous angles to get them the ball.

Rondo is averaging 16.7 assists through the first three games of the season. Tonight he dropped his 10th career triple double his fifth in the regular season; all of this from a guy who can't shoot straight.

His much more celebrated peers have not matched his output in this sampling of the first three games. He affects the game without scoring; better that any other point guard in the league can. 

In every game he seems to be toying with his opponents sizing them up often running out of his shoes. He has done that twice this season all ready.

Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni is probably doing a Homer Simpson "Doh!", I could have coached him.

If it wasn't evident in the first game of the season, this game against the Knicks puts the league on notice that Rondo is on a mission.

Let us not forget the contributions of Mr. Glen "Big Baby" Davis. At first this article was going to be about him, but Rondo's play made him a necessary sidebar. 

Davis has been averaging about 13 point a game as the Celtic's sixth man—a concept that Celtic patriarch, Red Auerbach invented. He is in a great position to bring back the award to the team that invented the role.

His quickness belies his girth and catches the opponent’s second string forward or center off guard with his spin moves and mid-range jump shot.

After playing bit roles in the last two championship drive, Baby is finally playing and embracing the role the Celtics had for him last year. It doesn't hurt that it is his contract and redemption year.

If there is no lock out and he continues this level of play throughout the regular season and playoffs, he will get his payday. This will severely test the Celtics mantra of 'ubuntu.

We already saw how Tony Allen felt about that. However Davis' circumstances are slightly different, he has been a consistent rotation player and contributes on both ends of the court.

That is a story for another day, tonight Davis and Rondo made sure that Boston didn't embarrass itself like it did in Cleveland.