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22.04.2015, 10:51
http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/003/368/650/ba25b7a3313d24e4dd589411ff5917b9_crop_north.jpg?w= 630&h=420&q=75 With basketball Bunsen burners strewn about and head coach-turned-mad-scientist Rick Carlisle frantically searching for formulas to keep the Dallas Mavericks' season alive, the Rajon Rondo experiment appears to be on the brink of blowing up. As for the Houston Rockets, their examination of the Josh Smith phenomenon is edging toward a full-blown breakthrough. Four months ago,nike air force one (http://www.hoerfest.at/nike-air-force-one-damen-13), that would have sounded absurd. The Mavs brought in Rondo to be the missing playmaker they so sorely needed, and any piece of productivity Houston extracted from Smith was going to be viewed as a bonus. Now it seems we've entered a parallel universe where J-Smoove is finally living up to his potential, while Rondo's future with the Mavericks remains uncertain. While the Mavericks sputtered their way toward a 111-99 Game 2 loss Tuesday at the Toyota Center, Rondo remained glued to Dallas' bench after picking up his fourth foul 34 seconds into the third quarter. Carlisle never looked back to his 29-year-old point guard, whose demeanor read equal parts disinterested and frustrated. En route to seizing a 2-0 series lead, the Rockets leaned on Smith not just to score but also to distribute in a way that would have made some of the league's most esteemed point guards fill with envy. Led by their divisive December acquisition, the Rockets put together a fourth-quarter flourish that saw them outscore the Mavericks,air force one low (http://www.hoerfest.at/nike-air-force-one-damen-13), 30-19. Smith recorded 15 points in 26 minutes off the pine, but it was his nine assists?including seven in the fourth quarter?that stole the show. Smith and frontcourt running buddy Dwight Howard (28 points, 12 rebounds) connected on six alley-oops as the Rockets pulverized the Mavericks with deflating aerial acrobatics that allowed them to maintain a grip on home-court advantage as the series crosses over to Dallas. Smoove's nine assists not only tied a playoff career high, according to the Houston Chronicle's Jenny Dial Creech, but they also created an ironic dynamic, considering where Rondo spent the game's final 24 minutes, as Basketball Insiders' Jessica Camerato noted: Rondo finished with four points and a single assist in 10 minutes. Needless to say, posting identical foul and scoring totals isn't the mark of an impactful postseason performance. ? http://www.demolkerei-shop.nl/gastenboek/