He is playing like a totally different man these playoffs. Making dumb plays, taking dumb shots, getting in foul trouble, pouting and missing clutch free throws?

He never did any of this last year and he just seems like a different player then the one we have been watching for 11 years here in Boston. He just hasn't looked the same ever since the end of the season. He isn't scoring as much and just hasn't performed the way he usually does.

So, I never want to hear about injuries but I have to speculate that Pierce has some kind of injury that none of us know about because I haven't seen him play like this in a long time.