"Life is going to follow a different pace with Nate Robinson running the Celtics offense in Rajon Rondo's absence.

And, as Robinson discovered last night, he's going to be managed a lot more.

After a rough start to a 102-90 win over the Atlanta Hawks at the Garden, the C's point guard was forced to endure the direction of Doc Rivers.

"At halftime I said, 'Nate, just a notice for you: you're the starting point guard now, and I'm going to give you a lot of instruction. It's not criticism,'?" said the C's coach. "When Nate gets coaching at times, he hangs his head, and in the second quarter I couldn't even give him a play because he thought I was going to say 'Nate you suck' or something. I don't know what he thought I was going to say."