Pierce stars in his moment of Truth

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The Truth,The Whole Truth
Published 5/19/2008 by ssilva at Boston Dirt Dogs
... ... And Nothing But The Truth. Larry Bird's Not Gonna Come Walkin' Through That Door ... But Paul Pierce Is. Game 7 Box: Celtics 97, Cavs 92 Shaughnessy: Game Fit for a King, But James on Losing End

First Cup: Monday
Published 5/19/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: '"The Truth' may be a reach, but he sure lived up to his Captain's title yesterday. Paul Pierce brought his certified 'A' game to a deciding seventh game against the Cavaliers. He stood tall in the Cousy-Russell-Havlicek-Bird sense, picking the most propitious moment to play his best game of the 2008 playoffs. 'He just willed his team to victory,' said Cleveland's LeBron James. 'I know that was the breakout game he was waiting for.'" ...

The Internets are alive: Cavaliers at Celtics, Game 7
Published 5/19/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... Bob Ryan, Boston Globe. "Every once in a while Pierce reminds us that he is the greatest pure scoring machine in Celtics history. Many old-timers bristle when you say that, citing John Havlicek, Sam Jones, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, or whomever. But it just happens to be the truth. He can get his own shot, which is a major plus. He is an extremely proficient, highly ambidextrous, driver. He takes a lot of free throws. He is a constant 3-point threat. And he is the best fast break finisher the team has ever had. No argument." (Note: ...

End Of Season: Numbers And Words
Published 5/19/2008 by RockKing at WaitingForNextYear
... precocious 23-year old who scored 45 points. With Pierce scoring 41, there were serious overtones of a much-discussed Game 7 against Atlanta 20 years ago featuring two Hall of Famers fully recognizable by first names only. But this personal shootout will stand on its own merits, given that they combined for a fairly amazin’ 45 percent of the points in a 97-92 Celtics triumph that sends them into the Eastern Conference finals against those hardy perennials, the Detroit Pistons.” [ Bob Ryan ] “P.J. Brown - 38 years, 7 months and 4 days old - was the largest of their big men in ...

The Motherfucking Truth
Published 5/19/2008 by Jack (noreply@blogger.com) at The Shamrock Headband
... For obvious reasons, most newspaper reporters were unable to oblige Shaq's request, but were there ever a time to retroactively honor it, that time is now. Yesterday Pierce reminded us for the eleventy gazillionth time that he's the best Celtic since Bird, and as Bob Ryan notes in today's Globe, the greatest pure scorer the team has ever had. There are only a handful of guys who've ever played basketball who are capable of the sort of performance Pierce had yesterday, and amazingly two of them were on the court at the same time. Needless to say, these ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 5/19
Published 5/19/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
... heroics, LeBron James reduced to role of spectator Healthy Chauncey Billups set for series FL's Take: It isn't good that the Pistons got so much rest and the Celtics are coming in tired from 2 7 game series in a row. Rondo proved he can out play Billups in their last matchup and hopefully he has learned from that and will do the same in the playoffs. If Pistons play with desperation and fury, they can beat Celtics Globe Pierce stars in his moment of Truth This game was fit for a King, but Cavaliers' ...

Paul Pierce: ‘Greatest Pure Scoring Machine in Celtics History’?
Published 5/19/2008 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
... Following the big win, Pierce was predictably fawned over by the Boston media this morning, and it was longtime Boston Globe basketball scribe Bob Ryan who took the cake. ...