BOSTON – Celtics star Rajon Rondo tore the ACL in
his right knee and will be lost for the season.
It is possible that Rondo could return for the start
of the 2013-'14 season, but a timetable for his return won't be clear until
after his surgery.
Rondo injured the knee in Friday's double-overtime
loss to the Atlanta Hawks, where he had delivered his second consecutive
triple-double. He was scratched from the Celtics-Heat game on Sunday with what
the team termed a "hyperextended right knee." MRI results Sunday
afternoon confirmed the Celtics' worst fears.
Even with Rondo in the lineup, the Celtics had lost
six consecutive games and dropped to 20-23 and into the eight spot in the
Eastern Conference playoff race.
Boston could miss the playoffs for the first time
since the 2006-'07 season, prior to the arrival of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen
in what turned out to be a championship season in 07-'08.
Rondo was voted to the Eastern Conference's All-Star
starting team, but commissioner David Stern will now choose a replacement for
him.
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