Pierce makes transition from petulant child to proud leader - Norwich, CT
norwichbulletin.com 6/3/2008 — It was the beginning of his seventh season, and Paul Pierce was still behaving like a petulant, entitled child. Bad enough that he’d thrown a tantrum at the end of the 2004 playoffs, when the Celtics had been swept in the first round by the Pacers ...

Pierce and Kobe are at center of drama
metrobostonnews.com 6/3/2008 — Why me? Paul Pierce is obviously a proud Celtic, but it took the Inglewood, Calif., native awhile to shed his love for the Lakers. Yesterday, while recounting the rivals battles from the 1980s, he even referred to the Lakers as us on one occasion. ...

PAUL PIERCE VS. THE LAKERS = GOOD NUMBERS
stevemasonsmog.typepad.com 6/3/2008 — From ESPN.COM Pierce has averaged 27.9 points per game in his career versus the Lakers, more than his average against any other team. In fact, March 13, 2001 could be considered his unofficial entry into the league's elite. Pierce scored...

The Media's Purple Bias
lexnihilnovi.blogspot.com 6/3/2008 — If you’ve found yourself watching too much Celtics-Lakers programming on television, and, admittedly, I have, you no doubt have heard a few media types poke fun at the exuberance shown by the Celtics in celebrating their Eastern Conference Finals ...

Kobe the Conqueror
lexnihilnovi.blogspot.com 6/3/2008 — One year ago Kobe Bryant first made public his desire to be traded from the Los Angeles Lakers. On opening night, Kobe was booed at Staples by the Lakers fans. But times have changed in the City of Angels, and, if you believe what ESPN has been ...

Pierce, Kobe no longer frustrated with franchises — Latest Sporting News Articles for NBA 6/2/2008
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -- Paul Pierce and Kobe Bryant were playing pickup basketball in a UCLA gym last...

Paul Pierce heard Doc Rivers' call — Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com 6/3/2008
There was a time, a little more than four years ago, when Doc Rivers would take Paul Pierce out of a game, and the Celtics captain would return to the bench looking straight...

Rondo unfazed by questions — Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com 6/4/2008
The doubt has been nothing if not consistent. Before the season, it was said the Celtics couldn't possibly win big with a second-year point guard next to Paul Pierce,...

LA loyalty long gone to Pierce — Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com 6/4/2008
Method acting was important for any local kid who wanted to sneak into The Forum to watch Lakers games, and Paul Pierce was good at it. "Act like a kid who didn't...

Magic, Bird Reminisce About Their Place in the L.A.-Boston Rivalry — NBA.com: News 6/4/2008
In the LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS, Brian Dohn writes "the rivalry blossomed in the 1960s, when Boston's domination of the Lakers en route to the NBA title was a rite of spring, and it bloomed again in the 1980s when Magic Johnson and Larry Bird helped ...