The Rajon Rondo experiment in Dallas may end up being a brief one.
The point guard was benched yet again by Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle for the final 23 minutes of the team’s Game 2 loss to the Houston Rockets.
Rondo was relegated to the bench after being whistled for two quick fouls while guarding James Harden in the opening seconds of the second half. Following the calls, Rondo got into a tussle with Harden, giving the Rockets star a two-handed shove that earned him a technical foul.
From there, the soon-to-be free agent spent the remainder of the contest watching from the bench as Carlisle used 11 other players, including third-string point guard Raymond Felton over Rondo.