i thought the biggest mistake was this:
1 point game, 3rd quarter, lakers clearly on the ropes. rondo makes a nice play, ties up fisher for a jump ball. c's were playing great defense. fisher somehow wins the jump ball, but there is only 8 on the shot clock. they swing it back to fisher, who has nothing. he takes a jump shot, rondo inexcuseably fouls him, fisher banks it in, makes the FT, 4 point game.
i was on the phone with my brother, imploring doc to get rondo out of the game. that is inexcuseable in that situation to foul a jump shooter. it would get any high school player benched. they leave rondo in, he predictably comes down and makes a brutal turnover, radmonivich hits a three, lead back up to 7.
this is a lot on rondo, but also on doc. rondo is probbaly not 100%, and should be on a short leash. as soon as that terrible foul was commited, it should have been pine time. but he stuck with him one possession too long, and i think it cost us.