VIDEO: Rondo's top 5 moments with the Celtics
Rajon Rondo makes his return to Boston on Friday with his new Dallas Mavericks squad.
Rondo admits it'll be emotional, as the Boston Celtics were the only team the point guard knew for the first eight years of his professional career.
The Kentucky alum arrived in Boston a season before general manager Danny Ainge acquired Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to join Paul Pierce. Rondo - the young point guard - rounded out one of the first-assembled superteams and grew into an elite point guard.
Here are his top five moments as a Celtic.
5. Game 4, 2010 Eastern Conference semifinals
Rondo puts together a triple-double (29 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists) as the Celtics tie their series with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers at two games apiece, a series they would ultimately win in six games.
4. Triple-doubles Knicks, 2012
Rondo notches his second triple-double in three games. But his line of 18 points, 20 assists and 17 rebounds makes him the first player since Magic Johnson to register 17 or more in each category.
3. 2010 hustle play
In Game 3 of the 2010 Eastern Conference Finals against the Orlando Magic, Rondo entered Celtics playoff lore by outhustling Orlando's Jason Williams and chasing a loose ball into the Magic end, finishing with a layup.
It may not have been equal to Larry Bird's famous inbound steal, but not unlike it, Rondo's play forever endeared him to the Celtics' faithful.
2. Rondo scores 44 in 2012 playoffs vs. Heat
Rondo once tried to sneak into the Miami Heat huddle. About a year later, the point guard played 53 minutes in a 115-111 overtime win over the Heat in Game 2 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals. Rondo scores 44 points on 16-of-24 shooting, dishes out 10 dimes and pulls down eight rebounds. The Celtics ultimately fall to Miami in seven games.
1. 2008 NBA Champion
Rondo's career highlight. And as he said upon arrival in Dallas, "I want another parade."
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