Lonzo Ball Had Started For Lakers.

Ball scored only six points on 2-of-8 shooting in 27 minutes with three assists, while Rondo had 12 points and five assists in 29 minutes.

In those three game, he had averaged 12.7 points on 53.6 percent shooting , 7.3 assists, 7.0 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game.

Its about our team, its about our team getting better, our team winning games.

Rondo, signed in the offseason to a one-year, $9 million contract after Le Bron James public fawning over the basketball IQ of the four-time All-Star, averaged 13 points on 57.1 percent shooting , 10.5 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals in the Lakers first two games.