Congrats to Paul Pierce

...a guy who paid his dues with one team over a tough 10-year period:

<table style="WIDTH: 144pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" x:str="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="192"><colgroup><col style="WIDTH: 48pt" span="2" width="64"><col style="WIDTH: 48pt" width="64"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl29" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; WIDTH: 144pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-ignore: colspan" colspan="3" x:str="Boston Celtics Record " height="17" width="192">Boston Celtics Record </td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl29" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-ignore: colspan" colspan="3" height="17">during the Paul Pierce Years:</td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17">
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</td><td class="xl25" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Regular</td><td class="xl26" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">
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</td><td class="xl25" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Season</td><td class="xl26" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">
</td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl27" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17">Year</td><td class="xl27" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Record</td><td class="xl28" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">%</td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17">1998-99</td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">19-31</td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:num="0.38">0.380 </td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17">1999-00</td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">35-47</td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:num="0.42699999999999999">0.427 </td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17">2000-01</td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">36-46</td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:num="0.439">0.439 </td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17">2001-02</td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">49-33</td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:num="0.59799999999999998">0.598 </td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17">2002-03</td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">44-38</td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:num="0.53700000000000003">0.537 </td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17">2003-04</td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">36-46</td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:num="0.439">0.439 </td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17">2004-05</td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">45-37</td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:num="0.54900000000000004">0.549 </td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17">2005-06</td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">33-49</td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:num="0.40200000000000002">0.402 </td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17">2007-08</td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">66-16</td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-TOP: #d4d0c8; BORDER-LEFT: #d4d0c8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #d4d0c8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" x:num="0.80500000000000005">0.805 </td></tr></tbody></table>

and most importantly he had to withstand the selfish, crybaby, bad example, lousy tutelage of Antoine Walker, this was my biggest fear of PP ever winning the whole deal...tonight it is erased, fuqu Antoine you undisciplined non-Celtic NBA would-be star...

honzie said:

and most importantly he had to withstand the selfish, crybaby, bad example, lousy tutelage of Antoine Walker, this was my biggest fear of PP ever winning the whole deal...tonight it is erased, fuqu Antoine you undisciplined non-Celtic NBA would-be star...

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And now they are both NBA CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats #2 Celtic scorer ever...

BOSTON (AP)—Paul Pierce knew what was on the line with every shot.

The pressure was quite clear to Pierce and anyone else in the arena as he stood on the verge of passing Larry Bird for No. 2 on Boston’s career scoring list. He needed only 10 points to overtake Bird when the Celtics hosted Charlotte on Tuesday night and those final three seemed as if they would never come.

They did early in the third quarter, then Pierce and the Celtics celebrated the milestone by increasing their season-best winning streak to five with a 94-84 win over the Bobcats.


Boston Celtics forward Paul Pi…
AP - Feb 7, 10:14 pm EST
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“It was a relief. So much was hanging over me the last couple of days. Just hearing about it and knowing that you’ve got a game to play,” said Pierce, who finished with 15 points. “Just to be mentioned with him, with this organization, is a great honor.”

Pierce now stands alone at No. 2—and it is quite a list—with 21,797 points, six more than Bird’s total of 21,791. Only John Havlicek has scored more in team history with 26,395 points.

I once said in an old thread that its Paul Pierce who is the heart & soul and most important to Bostons success, not Kevin Garnett, and everyone said I was crazy...

Thank to whoever cleaned this up as well...

Text often gets 'garbled' over the years

Hache Man said:

I once said in an old thread that its Paul Pierce who is the heart & soul and most important to Bostons success, not Kevin Garnett, and everyone said I was crazy...

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this is exactly right. just looked how they started off this season without him. they had now flow on offense when he was out. the offense really runs through pp

Being a Celtics fan who has watched the whole of both Larry's and Paul's career, as much as I like Pierce, he's not worthy do be mentioned in the same
sentence as Bird.

Hache Man said:

I once said in an old thread that its Paul Pierce who is the heart & soul and most important to Bostons success, not Kevin Garnett, and everyone said I was crazy...

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Agree with this completely - I don't think people, even in the city of Boston, necessarily know how much he means to that team and it's success.