Rajon Rondo's furious-looking reaction to Kawhi Leonard's airball became an NBA playoffs meme
He looked MAD.
We have ourselves a new NBA meme to play with thanks to Rajon Rondo.
Let’s break it down: with the Los Angeles Clippers down 103-100 to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of their NBA playoffs series, Kawhi Leonard had a chance to tie it up with under seven seconds left. He had one Mavs defender on him in the corner, so Leonard hoisted it up and found nothing but … air.
Game over. But TNT cameras caught Rondo appearing to be very mad about the shot attempt, something that looked very much like LeBron James’s WHAT ARE YOU DOING reaction to JR Smith back in the 2018 NBA Finals (you’ll see references to that below).
Yep! Meme time!
Here’s the moment:
Rondo's reaction after this Kawhi shot to tie the game
pic.twitter.com/yqLF8hW1P9
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 3, 2021
And the memes:
Rondo realizing Kawhi ain’t no LeBron
pic.twitter.com/FkrCyRWHKZ
— Brothers Talkin’ Sports (@PodThat) June 3, 2021
Rajon Rondo after Kawhi Leonard's air ball pic.twitter.com/1z5N3Q4Fi3
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) June 3, 2021
Rondo looking at Kawhi after that shot pic.twitter.com/y3AXozobKO
— Paulos Yoseph (@yosephpaulos) June 3, 2021
Rondo looking at Luka vs Rondo looking at Kawhi pic.twitter.com/QdOJpasJkI
— youtube.com/sbscreen ➐ (@sbscreen) June 3, 2021
yo rondo was disgusted by kawhi's airball lmao pic.twitter.com/jBVbclXAYv
— justin michael jerome (@JstnMchl) June 3, 2021
This remind me of the look that LBJ gave JR Smith that one game against the Warriors in the finals a couple years ago
— Baddie T
(@_Lashea29) June 3, 2021
Me when someone asks for some of my chips: https://t.co/5a7FjcpZYQ
— Miss A P (@MissAyePea) June 3, 2021
How Lakers fans looked at the Lakers during game 5
https://t.co/t6LCboFDbi
— José (@nogueyhozei) June 3, 2021
When someone puts a dirty dish in the sink right after you JUST GOT DONE doing dishes. https://t.co/JtChWsuOtO
— Cynthia Kirby (@TxToddlerChaser) June 3, 2021
Priceless.