Saturday Links

BostonHerald.com - With more shares, Pierce stock on rise

Boston.com - With lineup, Rivers plans to wing it

BostonHerald.com - Rookie Allen gets tripped up

Looks like Allen hyperextended his knee, but should be ok. At least Raef and Googs will be able to give him all the pointers he needs on caring for his knees.

Rivers is going to experiment with a no-point-guard lineup from time to time tonight, with Ricky, Jiri, and Paul all on the floor at the same time. I would have to assume that Jiri would take the bulk of the ball handling duties, but it could be an interesting mix.

Also, Pierce is starting to sound like the Anti-Kobe (a model teammate):

``At this point in my career, if it takes my scoring going down to win 10 or 12 more games, then that is what I'll do. It's not about that for me now. If I average 14 points and we win 60 games, people are going to say it was my best year ever. They won't be looking at statistics.''