Is this the same Boston Celtics?
January 13, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Boston Celtics, Chris Bosh, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Toronto Raptors
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Paul Pierce takes turns scoring lots of points with Ray Allen
Maybe Boston is just bored, but they just went through a period where losses came more often than wins and that has been rare the last two years.
Boston 115 Toronto 109 OT
Now they turn to Paul Pierce for 39 points to beat a Toronto team missing both Calderon and O’Neal. Sunday they needed 36 from Ray Allen to be Toronto. The big 3 has turned into the big one at a time. Now it is Garnett’s turn to beat Toronto one would assume.
“Ya’ll need to start playing some of that ‘Superman’ theme music in the building when he’s going like that,” Garnett said of Pierce’s 39-point, 49-minute performance, all of it on a sore right knee that nearly kept him out.
“This is Clark Kent right here, ladies and gentlemen,” Garnett said. “He was 13-for-26 tonight with 39 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Superman.”
Not bad for a player who, prior to yesterday’s shootaround, was a 50-50 shot in the mind of Doc Rivers to even play.
Digging a little deeper one sees that Kevin Garnett held Chris Bosh to 1 – 4 shooting in the 4th quarter and 0 for 0 in the OT. Garnett proving why he is so valuable to the Celtics once again.
Photo source Newscom
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