Rajon Rondo · Josh Smith
Handles · Playoff plays · Signature moves · #78
Rondo freezes Smith
Rondo wrapped the ball behind his back as if passing to the corner, kept it, and finished after Smith followed the fake out of the lane.
2012 · Second quarter
Rajon Rondo
Against Josh Smith
The stakes
Eastern Conference first-round Game 4
The deception turned Rondo's reputation as a passer into a scoring weapon. It remains one of the clearest examples of manipulating a defender without releasing the ball.
Eastern ConferenceFirst Round
2012Game4
ATLANTAHAWKS
BOSTONCELTICS
MAY 6, 2012
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2012 Eastern Conference First Round Game 4 · May 6, 2012
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