Danny Ainge announced on WEEI that Rondo has been given a 2 game suspension for his part in the fight that took place in the Nets game on Wednesday. Rondo will miss Friday's game at home against the Portland Trail Blazers and Saturday's game in Milwaukee against the Bucks. He should return for the game against the Timberwolves next Wednesday at TD Garden.

After practice, Rondo said that he had spoken with league officials on Thursday afternoon to tell his side of the incident that involved him and Nets forward Kris Humphries, which eventually spilled into the first row of fans. After the referee crew chief said that Rondo initiated everything that happened after the foul, it was obvious that a suspension was coming. We just didn't know how many games it would be for.

I'm glad it was just 2 games because it could have been more considering that Rondo has a history of suspensions in the league. This is the third suspension in nine months for Rondo. He was suspended for two games in February for throwing a ball at a referee in a February game against the Pistons. He also received a one game suspension in April for bumping official Marc Davis during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference series vs the Atlanta Hawks.

Doc said he would lean on a three-guard rotation of Jason Terry, Courtney Lee, and Leandro Barbosa to share ball-handling duties with Rondo out. No word as to whether the refs would be punished for allowing the Nets to manhandle the Celtics throughout the game with no fouls called for it, which in my opinion, was the root cause of the fight in the first place. 


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