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Video: Rondo Goes Behind the Back to Avoid LeBron's Block

May 9, 2010 – 6:35 PM
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Brett Pollakoff

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LeBron James has a reputation for chasing down his opponents on the fast break and making athletic blocks from behind at the last minute. The Cavs began tracking these chase-down blocks internally last season, and it's safe to say that James has more than any player in the league over the last couple of seasons.

Rajon Rondo must have been acutely aware of this fact, as you'll see in the following video. He had a path to the rim where he could have tried to lay it in, but he likely would have been swatted by James from behind. Instead, Rondo turned and flipped a behind-the-back pass to Tony Allen for the uncontested slam. Check it out in the clip below.



Rondo finished with a triple-double line of 29 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists, and led his team to a Game 4 victory over Cleveland, which evened the best-of-seven series at two games apiece.
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