Hurting Rondo may play in Game 4

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers did his best to stay out of the trainer's room Sunday, lest he learn something about one of his injured players that he didn't want to hear.

"It's a pretty busy room right now," he said, a day after the Celtics earned a bruising 97-81 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Heat leads the series 2-1, with Game 4 in Boston Monday night.

Rajon Rondo dislocated his left elbow, fellow point guard Delonte West has a bruised left shoulder, and center Shaquille O'Neal has swelling in his right calf after playing 8 minutes, 29 seconds Saturday -- his first appearance of the playoffs and just his second since Feb. 1.

"Right now, we're going to go with, 'They're all playing,' " Rivers said, adding that he will decide just before Game 4 whether Rondo will play.

Rondo was injured early in the second half Saturday when he was fouled by Dwyane Wade. Doctors popped his elbow back into place in the locker room and he was back on the court at the start of the fourth quarter, dribbling, passing and shooting with his right arm while leaving his left dangling at his side.-- AP