Paul Pierce Passes Larry Legend In Celtics Win
by Jeff Clark on Feb 7, 2012 9:50 PM EST
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PrintOh Captain, my Captain. Let us all pause and give the Truth a blogging ovation.
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Now, for a quick word from the coach (pregame comments):
Pierce passes Bird on C's scoring list - Boston Celtics Blog - ESPN Boston
"Whenever you pass anybody in Boston, that means you’re old, No. 1," joked Celtics coach Doc Rivers before Tuesday's game. "That’s the only way you can get there. You’ve had to play a long time, because the history of this franchise and the numbers that are amassed. It’s just amazing -- his longevity and he’s been relatively injury free... and he’s been so consistent throughout his career. "Passing Larry Bird in anything is pretty impressive."
Here here. Well said (with his trademark humor).
In case anyone missed it this offseason, here's my personal tribute to Paul Pierce. Love that guy.
As far as some other notes from the game: Rondo got 10 points, 14 assists, and no turnovers. That's impressive. Garnett got 22, Ray got 17, Bass chipped in with 13. All in all a pretty typical night against a team like the Bobcats. So the story of the night was and is Paul Pierce.
Take a bow Captain.
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you could tell he was pressing really hard after he got within 3
funny stuff. so happy for Paul. BEAT LA
Pierce
Congrats to Pierce for achieving such a high level of success. Glad the Celtics played a solid second half to make sure it came in a victory.
The Bobcats are absolutely horrific but it’s still good to see the C’s pull away late.
Neither team is considered ‘elite’ this season but it’s still Celtics vs. Lakers so let’s hope the C’s will be ready to play a great 48 minutes!
From Doc Rivers 1/6/12 --- "Listen, we’re a 4-4 basketball team. That’s what we are," said Rivers. "You are what your record is; Don’t make no mistake about that. I mean, one of the guys said, ‘Hey, that’s alright, we’re better than that.’ And I said, ‘No we’re not. You’re what your record says you are. And you always have the ability to do something about that.
9 out of 10
C’s took care of business and are running on all cylinders.
Lets give Pierce the game ball for passing Larry legend on the C’s all time scoring list.
Considering the C’s were playing just the Bobcats tonight, if it was not for Pierces accomplishment it was a rather boring game.
But a win is a win and we will take it I guess.
I can hardly wait for the Lakers game as it should be a exciting game , especially after Kobe recently made comments kinda knocking the big 3 for winning just 1 NBA title in there era while he won 2.
Really Kobe did???
We will see come BEAT L.A. Next
Boston Celtics
Mayday Mayday!!!
we are going down!
I repeat we are going down…
And soon will be one of the retired numbers
Boston Celtics
Mayday Mayday!!!
we are going down!
I repeat we are going down…
Cs great defense makes up for offensive lapses
… and they still pull out an easy win. Imagine if they’d hit at least 1/3 of their 3s. Heck, I’d take 25% (it was only 17%… ugh). Second half only 4 TOs… well that’s good.
It’s gonna take some time to fully gel, but this team is definitely coming together. The league doesn’t quite know it yet, but the Celtics are poised to start dominating.
Yeah, the offense in the first half was awful, driving around with the parking brake on
as the whole team was clearly trying to force the ball the Pierce and he was nervously missing open 3s.
They were only shooting 45% for a while and the Bobcats were staying with the C’s by shooting 50%. But then we locked down the defense and the numbers flipped by the end of the game.
In fact up until the last garbage stretch where the Bobcats made some easy shots we had pushed their FG% down to 40%.
NBA Officiating - Corrupt? Incompetent? Which is worse? Does it matter? It sucks.
I think the whole team was trying to get Pierce the ball and it hurt them a bit. I even saw Pietrus give up a 3 for Puls chance at a 3 which he missed
by Blackberry33 on Feb 7, 2012 10:24 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah. Our team FG% started to rocket upward AFTER he finally passed Larry
and the team finally relaxed and started playing ‘normal’.
I’m really glad we got that out of the way before the Laker game.
NBA Officiating - Corrupt? Incompetent? Which is worse? Does it matter? It sucks.
It was a nice touch for Pierce to pass Bird...
utilizing one of Birds best weapons…the three pointer.
Maybe it was Pierce’s way to acknowledge Bird and show his respect to him as he passed him as the C’s all time leading scorer.
thats what I was trying to say but you say it so much better
by Blackberry33 on Feb 7, 2012 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
Congrats, Paul!
A true Celtic Great, in every sense.
‘Loved Doc’s pointed comments after the game lauding Pierce for his loyalty to the Celtic organization.
NBA Officiating - Corrupt? Incompetent? Which is worse? Does it matter? It sucks.
I loved those comments too
And the organization needs to remember that and show the same loyalty in return.
PP quotes:
PP: "It’s incredible. He’s one of the top 5 players ever. I’m not gonna lie. It was hanging over my head too much. You kind of just felt it.
PP: “We’re unhappy with where we’re at. We feel like we should be one of the top 4 teams in the Eastern Conference.”
And a lotta guys here wanted to trade him..
LOL…Big ups to the Cap! Much love Much Respect!
by The green mamba on Feb 7, 2012 10:35 PM EST via mobile reply actions
...and let's give 5 seconds to give much respect also to Kobe Bryant for being the 5th all-time scorer.
PP, Kobe…. these players are a rare breed nowadays with the new generation jumping off to build “super teams” every chance they get.
Yup! Maybe before the start of Thursday's game..
It would have been great though if they achieved their feats on that game… Like Ray last year..
Kobe might be our archrival but he has earned my respect because he is such a great competitor..
hats off to paul- that’s a lotta points. if we got duncan we would have had more rings, and while pp is no dunc, after all he’s 6’6", paul is as classy a player as we’ve had and a hall of famer. the game tonite was pedestrian- the cats are bad. i feel bad for the other paul, mr. silas. one of my all time celtic favorites. we better clean up the sloppy play- the fakers are coming.
the hall is coming
he will most likley be in the top 5 greatest celtics ever to pass larry legend is a great feat was healthy most of his career that helped him along to his greatness congrats paul you are a true celtic legend who will be in the hall of fame and your jersey will be hanging in the rafters at the garden. and please no mor stupid trade talk this guy is a celtic for life
lohaus #54
"he will most likley be in the top 5 greatest celtics ever"
Russell Bird Havlicek Mchale Cousy White Jones – not quite
(but we’ve had this discussion before!)
by spinetingler on Feb 7, 2012 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
Congrats, Paul Pierce!
We have not beaten LA in the regular season since 2007. Let’s BEAT LA on Thursday!!
Seriously? Since 2007?
Wow! I didn’t realize that. It seemed like we had.
I meant at home, forgot to mention that LOL
But yeah. We HAVE beaten LA, IN Los Angeles in those past few years though! :D
The LEGENDARY TRUTH
After passing Larry Bird The Legend, I think it is just befitting to give our Captain a boost up title – THE LEGENDARY TRUTH!
Congrats Paul Pierce!
By the way for the people who want to trade Rondo 10 points 14 dimes 0 turnovers and paid $10m a year.
by Blackberry33 on Feb 7, 2012 11:08 PM EST via mobile reply actions
If you pass Larry Bird on the freeway
You have a story to tell for the rest of your life. You just passed him in scoring. I looked up to Larry growing up, I used to go outside and shoot hoops like I was in French Lick, I must have read that book “Drive” about twenty times. It’s really quite an accomplishment. You won’t find someone that wanted to win more than Larry Bird anywhere. Congratulations to Paul Pierce!
As for tonights game I think the scoring record threw off the rhythm on offense or at least I hope it did because it really looked off, lots of jump shots, turnovers were somewhat of an issue. Rondo played great for us (better than Pau Gasol could). I thought the energy was good and it was a fun game to watch.
Aside from Paul Pierce talks...
KG missed a 3-pointer…he’s no longer the best 3-point shooter in the league D;
Stiemsma
is a 2-point-a-minute player!
Put him in, Doc!
Quote and audio post game interview link...
“Just want to thank everyone who has supported me my whole career to my teammates my coaches my family and all my fans. Thank You” https://twitter.com/paulpierce34
http://audio.weei.com/a/51643265/paul-pierce-postgame-interview-with-grande-max.htm
Paul Pierce deserves every accolade the team and fans can give him.
Although I didn’t manage to stay awake to watch the entire game, [ made it to half time, with my eyes closing ] after writing a piece about an international hockey tournament taking place in my backyard, I fell asleep with the knowledge that PP would come through this game, in spite of all the pressure involved in passing Larry Legend’s scoring record, and that a win was a near 100% certainty. I wasn’t wrong.
Once the record was out of the way, our Cs were able to bear down and stifle the struggling Bobcats.
I’m happy that it took place this game, since all that pressure is now alleviated for the upcoming game against the Lakers, and they’re always a tough team to play, no matter how their stats look. When they come to Boston, it’s a bar fight all over again, and the Cs will need their best effort against them.
Let’s make it six in a row, and go onwards from there.
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Congratulations
All the way from Sydney Australia, I just want to pass on my sincere congratulations to Paul.
Like many on this blog I have watched his whole career (as best I can from Australia) and he is right next to Larry in my all time Celtic list.
I started with Larry in 1984 and Paul has kept the Celtic passion burning in me since 1998.
After the stabbing and still coming back to play, I just felt there was something very special about the man.
I play golf and mark my ball #34 and whenever I am faced with a really tough shot, I simply think of Paul standing on the three point line with 1.0 second on the clock and the game on the line. That is good enough for me to believe and I hope that says what I think of Paul Pierce.
2008 was probably the crowning achievement, but 2012 would be oh so sweet.
I still believe and so does Paul.
Cheers
Aussie
great accomplishment
Passing Larry Bird at anything is a great accomplishment. Cheers to the Truth!
<3 Paul Pierce
I will always believe in #34, our Captain, and the “Truth”.
Congratulations Paul on passing Larry with that beautiful inspiring grace of yours…you have always been the biggest reason on why I love the Celtics sooooo much.
~:-)
Eh, Todd Day could have done it too...
…if he had stayed a Celtic…and been any good.
Congrats, Paul!!!
Now get back to work!
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