This being the preseason, Doc Rivers planned to give his starters plenty of rest. Paul Pierce had other ideas. Pierce lobbied to stay in the game, then made the tiebreaking jumper with eight seconds left as the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 104-101 on Wednesday night. Playing on his 33rd birthday, Pierce knocked down his jumper from just inside the 3-point arc to ensure there would be no overtime that would wreck his party plans. Read more: http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=301013018
lol, Pierce is really a tough guy, right? this could be just the opposite of lakers, as Kobe Bryant suffered a poor performance as he just got 4 in 10 shoots
