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Rajon Rondo is back in the game for the Celtics after going to the locker room late in the first half of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Rajon Rondo is back in the game for the Boston Celtics after going to the locker room late in the first half of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Orlando Magic. Rondo was suffering from muscle spasms and left the court to stretch out, Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss said. The point guard left the game with 1:16 remaining in the first half Monday with the Magic leading 48-42.

Not to be outdone by the Magic’s draft-day acquisition of Vince Carter , the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled the trigger on a trade of their own on June 26, finalizing a deal for Phoenix’s Shaquille O’Neal . It was a swap that had been bandied about at the trade deadline — but ultimately not completed — and when the Cavs were ousted in an Eastern Conference Finals upset by Orlando, more than a few observers pointed to GM Danny Ferry’s unwillingness to acquire O’Neal in-season as a mistake that