Pierce's 41 helps Celtics to East finals (AP)
sports.yahoo.com 5/18/2008 — Paul Pierce returned home and made sure the Celtics would play there again. Boston's captain scored 41 points, hit two clinching free throws with 7.9 seconds left and led the team with the NBA's best regular season record to a 97-92 victory over the ...
Cavs Can’t Handle ‘The Truth’
soxanddawgs.com 5/19/2008 — The best players tend to shine when everything they play for is on the line. Today was no different as Cleveland’s Lebron James and Boston’s Paul Pierce went head-to-head as they each tried to propel their team into the Eastern Conference finals against the Detroit Pistons. It was too bad one guy had to lose, but in this case the right guy won as Pierce, who earned the nickname “The Truth” ...
Cavs Force Game 7
soxanddawgs.com 5/19/2008 — A poor shooting night by both clubs kept the game low scoring as the Cleveland Cavaliers came away with a 5-point win over the Boston Celtics, 74-69 at the Quicken Loans Arena Friday night in Game Six of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Game Seven will Sunday afternoon at the TD BankNorth Garden in Boston with the winner facing the Detroit Piston for the conference championship. After ...
Celtics - Cavaliers Game 7 Live Blog
sports.aol.com 5/19/2008 — There is nothing more exciting in sports than a Game 7. Expect perhaps finding out that both Mike Brown and Doc Rviers have been kidnapped before this game and that there will actually be some offense. Since that is unlikely to happen -- and ...
Celtics Edge Cavs as James and Pierce Stage a Duel for the Ages
20secondtimeout.blogspot.com 5/19/2008 — Paul Pierce and LeBron James did their best to revive memories of the classic 1988 game seven Boston Garden showdown between Larry Bird (34 points, 20 in the fourth quarter) and Dominique Wilkins (47 points, 16 in the fourth quarter). Bird's Celtics beat Wilkins' Hawks 118-116 and the final result this time was very similar: the visiting player scored more points but the Celtics won the game.
Cleveland vs. Boston - Recap - May 18, 2008
sports.espn.go.com 5/19/2008 — Pierce, James duke it out as Celtics close out Cavs in Game 7 BOSTON (AP) -- Paul Pierce hit a shot. Then LeBron James answered. Pierce hit another and so did James. It was like that all game long, two of the NBA's best trying to carry their teams to ...
Cavaliers at Celtics Game Info
nba.com 5/19/2008 — Print RSS Feeds E-News Sign Up Share on Facebook Cleveland Cavaliers (7-6) Field Goals Rebounds pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a +/- off def tot ast pf st to bs ba pts L.James F 46:48 14-29 3-11 14-19 -2 1 4 5 6 4 2 2 0 0 45 B.Wallace F 29:32 1-1 0-0 ...
Celtics-Cavaliers: Game 7 Live Blog —
NBA.com: News 5/18/2008
The Celtics and Cavaliers face off for the right to take on the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals. NBA.com's Ben Couch will be watching, and updating a live-blog throughout the game.
Pistons, Celtics set to renew rivalry (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 5/19/2008
The Detroit Pistons are not worried about rest making them rusty heading into the Eastern Conference finals. "We still got that fire under our butt," Rasheed Wallace said Sunday night. The Pistons resumed practicing after taking two days off, starting ...
