Long after LeBron James moved into fourth place on the NBA all-time scoring list, and with the Los Angeles Lakers 49 seconds from suffering a fourth consecutive loss, Rajon Rondo checked out for the final time.
But rather than join his teammates on the bench, Rondo plopped into a vacated courtside seat. There were multiple options for the veteran point guard to choose from, and he ultimately settled on five chairs from Lakers head athletic trainer Marco Nuñez, who marks the end of the bench.
There was an empty seat on either side of Rondo as he stared forward, locked in on nothing in particular.