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Rondo, Triple Double – Celtics beat Cavs to even East semifinals

RondoBy BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer

May 9, 10:41 pm EDT

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BOSTON (AP)—Those “MVP! MVP!” chants are usually reserved for LeBron James or one of Boston’s Big Three.

Rajon Rondo earned every one of them Sunday.

The Boston point guard had 29 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists, and the Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 97-87 on Sunday to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series at two games apiece.

Still sometimes overlooked among the Celtics’ other All-Stars, Rondo is the reason his team is two wins away from knocking off the East’s No. 1 seed.

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