odenized.com - 6/6/2008
—
Odenized video clip on YouTube | Download Paul Pierce returns only minutes after spraining his right knee. While off-air, color commentators Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy extol Lakers ' Coach Phil Jackson 's wherewithal to call a timeout to silence the raucous Boston crowd.
Comments
Blog Reactions
East Siiiiiiiiide
Upside and Motor —
... . If you're healthy enough to come hopping out of the tunnel (not hopping as in on one foot; it's really more like skipping), it's hardly the same as our boy Willis. How does this affect the series? That depends on the severity of said sprain, of course. But unless it's fairly major (which it's obviously not...he finished out the game), I wouldn't look for it to make an impact. The strain is really a non-factor because of the nature of Pierce's game, which is -- bare with me here -- a strange amalgamation of Kobe and Dirk. In the post-surgery era, Pierce is a quicker, ...
About Paul Pierce’s Knee
Intentional Foul —
... to either ignite the crowd or to fool the Lakers into thinking — well, I’m not really sure. Perhaps the implication is being made that if the Lakers saw an injured Pierce, maybe they’d think the series was in-hand, only to see those hopes squashed when he came back to the game. ...
Related Content
Lakers-Celtics Game 1 recap
tommypoint.com 6/6/2008 — One down, three more wins to go. The Celtics came out knowing they had the pressure on them to win Game 1, and they did so, taking down the Lakers 98-88. This game wasn't without it's drama, however. With 6:52 remaining in the third quarter, Kendrick Perkins came down awkwardly on Paul Pierce, sending Pierce to the floor. Pierce was down for several moments, clutching at his knee, before ...
Celtics 98, Lakers 88: Instant Analysis
dimemag.com 6/6/2008 — 1-0
Why the Celtics won: Paul Pierce. He started out the second half outscoring the Lakers 8-2 by himself to give Boston the lead, then did the Willis Reed Lite thing and sparked a run that put the C’s ahead by the end of the third quarter. They would never relinquish that lead.
Why the Lakers lost: [...]
Incredible Beginning For Pierce and Celtics
shamrockheadband.blogspot.com 6/6/2008 — I'm almost at a loss for words after this, I am just glad I got to see it. This was a great game, extremely well played, and it made my heart beat faster than any game this year. Pierce might be the toughest player in the NBA, when you really think about it. This was truly a classical performance by him, an actualization of what makes him great.
Plaschke: Pierce Faked His Injury
latimes.com 6/6/2008 — Paul Pierce, the Boston Celtics captain, was carried from the opening game of the NBA Finals in the third quarter Thursday with an apparent serious knee injury that momentarily deadened and distracted the Lakers. At which point, Pierce came running back to finish them off.
To nearly 50 years of delicious Celtics-Lakers lore, add a new apparent bit of chicanery. Call it the Fake N'Shake.
For Celtics, It's Game Won —
Wash Post NBA 6/6/2008
Paul Pierce returns to the game with a sprained knee to score 22 points and help lead the Boston Celtics to a 98-88 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
