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| Pierce leads Celtics to 54-42 halftime lead |
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BOSTON (AP) - Paul Pierce had no trouble with his right knee or the Los Angeles defense, scoring 16 points in the first half and helping the Boston Celtics take a 54-42 lead over the Lakers on Sunday night in Game 2 of the NBA finals. Fellow All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen also had strong halves for the Celtics, who were trying to open a 2-0 lead before the series shifts to Southern California. They got help in the form of foul trouble for Kobe Bryant, who picked up three in the half and was on t |
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| The new Boston Garden: Baby it's cold inside |
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06/08/2008 |
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| hoose from. Among them: Red Sox stars David Ortiz and Jon Lester under one basket, Patriots Richard Seymour and Vince Wilfork under another and Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling sitting next to the Lakers bench. --- GINO FOUND: All season long, the Boston Celtics have been celebrating victories at home with an American Bandstand dance video that has become the modern answer to Red Auerbach's victory cigar. The disco-era video of a man with a thick black beard swiveling to the beat and wearing a shirt sayin |
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| Pierce OK for Game 2 |
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06/08/2008 |
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WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce practiced without difficulty Sunday and was cleared to play in Game 2 of the NBA finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Center Kendrick Perkins said he would start as well. ``I'm not that concerned about Paul. I really am not,'' coach Doc Rivers said before the game. ``He played one-on-one this morning and he looked good, so he's not a concern to me much at all. I think he'll be fine tonight.'' Pierce wore a white sleeve over his knee as he playe |
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| Lakers owner plays stud in Vegas |
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06/08/2008 |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -Lakers owner Jerry Buss entered a $10,000 7-card stud tournament in Las Vegas on Saturday, the day before his team played the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the NBA finals. The three-day tournament was part of the World Series of Poker being played at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Buss was eliminated on the first day. Buss, known to be an avid poker player who enters tournaments and plays high stakes cash games, won about $33,000 to finish third in a 7-card stud tournament at the 1 |
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| Lakers try to leave Boston with a split |
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06/08/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Lakers try to leave Beantown with a split, as they visit the Boston Celtics tonight at TD Banknorth Garden in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. The opener proved to be a very emotional contest. Carried off the court with a sprained right knee in the third quarter, Paul Pierce became the inspirational leader down the stretch as the Celtics beat the Lakers, 98-88. Pierce left the game with under seven minutes remaining in the third after colliding with teammate Kendrick Perkins, but |
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| Pierce says he's "definitely" expecting to play Game 2 |
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06/07/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce said on Saturday he's "definitely" expecting to play Sunday in Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, despite a knee injury he suffered in the series-opener. Pierce was hurt midway through the third quarter of Thursday's 98-88 Boston victory after a collision with teammate Kendrick Perkins and had to be carried off the court. He returned a few minutes later and helped the Celtics to victory, scoring 19 of his 22 points in the |
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| Allen, Garnett won't force if Pierce is limited |
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06/07/2008 |
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BOSTON (AP) -If Paul Pierce is sidelined or ineffective in Game 2 of the NBA finals, don't expect the remainder of the Big Three to go hunting for big nights. That's not the way the Boston Celtics do things. Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett said they will play as they always do, counting on their teammates to help carry the load, rather than trying to carry them. ``No, that doesn't mean I score more. That definitely doesn't,'' Allen said Saturday. ``I just have to play the same, attack. The ball might be |
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| Boston wins battle of the benches in the opener |
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06/06/2008 |
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BOSTON (AP) - Their reserves have been a strength in the postseason, and were expected to give the Los Angeles Lakers an advantage against the Boston Celtics in the NBA finals. Instead, Phil Jackson somewhat ignored them in the opener. The Celtics' reserves outplayed their counterparts in Boston's 98-88 Game 1 victory, and Jackson took the blame Friday. ``I really shortened the minutes of the bench last night, so that's not their fault about not scoring and no productivity,'' Jackson said. ``The adju |
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| Pierce rests sore knee day after inspiring return |
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06/06/2008 |
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| ff and was back on his feet in a minute.'' Pierce, who had to be hoisted in his teammates' arms and taken from the floor in excruciating pain, summoned his strength and returned to Game 1 of the NBA finals despite a sprained right knee and led the Boston Celtics to a 98-88 win in Game 1 of the NBA finals over Los Angeles. Pierce's gutty comeback - to some - drew immediate comparisons to a more famous one made by Reed, the Knicks center who dragged himself onto Madison Square Garden's court for Game 7 of t |
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| Job for Celtics PGs: Get the ball to the Big 3 |
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06/06/2008 |
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BOSTON (AP) -Their job is to get the ball to the Big Three, and they could not be any more different in the way they go about it. Rajon Rondo and Sam Cassell have been the perfect complements at point guard for the Boston Celtics this season - a quiet, second-year speedster in his first playoffs and the trash-talking 38-year-old chucker looking for one more title before he's done. ``It's like the yin and the yang,'' Celtics guard Eddie House said Friday before the team practiced for Game 2 of the NBA f |
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