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Celts pregame: Rondo still restricted, but ready to go against Magic | Celtics Insider |

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Rajon Rondo made it through his return just fine on Friday and is set to go against the Magic here this evening. But he will be on the same minutes restriction, set to go just 20 minutes as he makes his way back from a torn right ACL.

    "I'm alive. I'm walking. I'm well," Rondo said today. "I feel fine. It's been a while since I played, but I'm fine."

    As for the minutes limitation that saw him go approximately five minutes in each quarter during the loss to the Lakers, he said, "That's about all I can do probably is 5-5-5-5.

    "I'm not the first guy to do this, and I won’t be the last, so I'll adapt and I'll adjust and make the best of 20 minutes."

    Brad Stevens confirmed the overall plan, saying, "From what I've been told, it's similar again, and I'm guess it will be at least for the first week, maybe more. Again, how we divvy those up or how we space those out, I don’t know what the answer is to that. I do think it's important that he's playing at the end like he did the other night. That's part of getting back into the groove of things."

    Looking back on Rondo's eight-point, four-assist opener, Stevens said, "The one good thing about limited minutes is it takes a lot less time to watch those minutes, so we sat down and watched a good portion of that.

    "Obviously you knew the first five minutes would be tough. The second five minutes were great. The third five minutes I thought were solid, and the fourth five minutes I thought he did a pretty solid job, as well. I thought we got the ball to the right people."



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