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... Paul Pierce made one of the biggest shots of Tuesday night’s Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals in Miami, stepping back and launching a 3-pointer over the outstretched arms of LeBron James with 53 seconds left to help lift the Celtics to a 94-90 win....
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette
http://www.telegram.com/article/20120608/NEWS/106089675/1009/rss01&source=rss
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...Pierce and LeBron James have waged some classic back-and-forth playoff duels. Last night was not one of them. James came out guns blazing while Pierce was shooting blanks in Miami’s 98-79 win in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals at the Garden. James...
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/sports/~3/UQMaN-ZmRiE/view.bg
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...an easy two points. Paul Pierce, left, can't quite block the shot of LeBron James in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Paul Pierce, left, can't quite block the shot of LeBron James in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. "There is no love lost between...
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USA Today
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomSports-TopStories/~3/eADTWi9QbOg/1
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... Paul Pierce usually thrives in situations like last night’s Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The more pressure, the more drama, the more at stake — bring it on, says the Celtics captain. Pierce’s role went from performer to cheerleader when he...
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette
http://www.telegram.com/article/20120527/NEWS/120529551/1009/rss01&source=rss
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...rebounds. I think guys like Paul and the Kobe [Bryants,] they have something in their minds that just make them who they are." Pierce doesn't have to tell the truth about his knee, he just has to be The Truth and we'll be just fine. Yes it was awesome to see...
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Celtics Blog
http://www.celticsblog.com/2012/5/17/3026088/paul-pierce-grinds-it-out
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...coach. "We knew that coming into this whole playoff run with the bodies we have. We’ve got guys going in and out of games. Paul (Pierce) clearly is not 100 percent. We’re not going to run away from anybody." "He’s not hurting himself by playing," said Rivers,...
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Celtics Blog
http://www.celticsblog.com/2012/5/15/3023250/doc-paul-pierce-is-clearly-not-100
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... If Paul Pierce can’t play better than he did last night, the Celtics’ chances of making a deep postseason run are not good. Pierce, hampered by a left knee injury, scored just seven points and committed five turnovers as the Celtics fell to the 76ers, 82-81,...
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette
http://www.telegram.com/article/20120515/NEWS/105159886/1009/RSS01&source=rss
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... Paul Pierce plans on playing at 8 tonight when the Celtics open the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Sixers at the Garden, but Ray Allen isn’t so sure. Pierce gutted it through the last two games of the quarterfinals while playing with a sprained...
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette
http://www.telegram.com/article/20120512/NEWS/105129923/1009/RSS01&source=rss
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...17 points, 12 assists, and 14 rebounds countered by 22 field goal attempts and six turnovers. If Rondo messed around, Paul Pierce's stat line could be considered a mess: 3 for 12 shooting, 4 fouls, 2 assists, and 4 turnovers. But Pierce led all Celtics with...
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Boston.com
http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=61cbcd0c824a5d866b224a709d261423
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...17 points, 12 assists, and 14 rebounds countered by 22 field goal attempts and six turnovers. If Rondo messed around, Paul Pierce's stat line could be considered a mess: 3 for 12 shooting, 4 fouls, 2 assists, and 4 turnovers. But Pierce led all Celtics with...
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Celtics Blog (Boston Globe)
http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=fff370491b851c0427efc0a2770519c5
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...-- Paul Pierce knocked down the free throws to clinch it, then dropped to a knee near midcourt. With a stunning performance, Pierce single-handedly led the Boston Celtics to a playoff win -- even without their floor leader. Pierce battled through another tough...
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North Adams Transcript
http://www.thetranscript.com/sports/ci_20527558/paul-pierce-leads-11-point-comeback?source=rss
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...• Paul Pierce knocked down the free throws to clinch it, then dropped to a knee near midcourt. He wasn’t planning on Tebowing, but it just felt right. — Playoff schedule Sunday » Atlanta 83, Boston 74 Tuesday » Boston 87,Atlanta 80 Series tied 1-1 Friday »...
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Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/54028698-77/pierce-hawks-boston-celtics.html.csp
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...and the all time three point king. The great news for Celtics fans is they got that super human game from of course Paul Pierce. Pierce was aggressive on the offensive end all night long. Any question of that fact can be spieled by the fact that Pierce went...
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Boston Celtics Report
http://www.rantsports.com/boston-celtics/2012/05/01/boston-celtics-paul-pierce-has-monster-game-2/
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...1 against the Hawks and had to come out of the game, causing Boston fans to gasp and everybody else to say "Oh, yeah, it's Paul Pierce." So that was a thing for a few minutes. But later in the same half... Like to see major updates on this story in Facebook....
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Josh Ellis Dallas Cowboys Blog
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2012/4/29/2987367/animated-paul-pierce-is-paul-pierce
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...by a point, Paul Pierce had the ball with the bigger but slower Tim Duncan guarding him. “We had Duncan guarding Paul Pierce,” Rivers said. “I think you would take that.” Rivers liked the matchup, but not the result. Pierce missed a fadeaway 15-footer as time...
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette
http://www.telegram.com/article/20120405/NEWS/104059929/1009/rss01&source=rss
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...in franchise scoring as Celtics win fifth straight. Pierce Passes Bird VIDEO PLAYLIST Pierce Passes Bird Pierce Passes Bird Paul Pierce passes Larry Bird to move into second place in franchise scoring as Celtics win fifth straight. Pierce a Legend Also Pierce...
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ESPN
http://espn.go.com/boston/nba/story/_/id/7552796/paul-pierce-moves-larry-bird-boston-celtics-no-2-scorer
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...get on the court,“ Allen told CSNNE.com prior to the Celtics 98-80 win. “I couldn’t come out here and jack up 20 shots knowing Paul Pierce is alongside of me. So I had to do what Paul Pierce wasn’t doing — he wasn’t defending as well as I was, he wasn’t diving...
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Rant Sports
http://www.rantsports.com/boston-celtics/2012/02/06/boston-celtics-paul-pierce-gets-bashed-by-ta/
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...Babineau/NBAE/Getty Images Back in game shape, captain Paul Pierce is carrying the Celtics lately. BOSTON -- In six games since Rajon Rondo injured his right wrist, Celtics captain Paul Pierce has had at least six assists per night, totaling 48 assists during...
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ESPN
http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4688999/pierce-understanding-what-the-game-needs
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...to the post, the Celtics did not attack them as much as they should have. A big culprit was the usually aggressive Paul Pierce. Pierce was not shy about jacking up shots, but he did not attack the basket. Pierce settled for jump shot after jump shot. The lift...
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Rant Sports
http://www.rantsports.com/boston-celtics/2012/01/12/boston-celtics-paul-pierce-is-playing-hurt/
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...— It’s the postseason, which means it’s time for Paul Pierce [stats] to run through another gauntlet of the NBA’s premier players. There never seems to be a respite for Pierce, whose task is to be his team’s primary scorer while trying to limit some of the...
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/sports/basketball/~3/4TLBUpqX3DU/view.bg
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...statistical look at the book on guarding the Miami Heat, including this blurb about Paul Pierce's defense on LeBron. According to Newmann and Oliver, Pierce checked LeBron 69 percent of the time, with Rajon Rondo, Jeff Green and Marquis Daniels (no longer...
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Celtics Blog
http://www.celticsblog.com/2011/4/28/2140846/paul-pierce-is-good-at-guarding-lebron
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...team defense is. But, in that our mind’s video suite is equipped with picture-in-picture, we’ll be keeping an eye, too, on the Paul Pierce [stats]-Carmelo Anthony matchup. The teams’ leading scorers will be going head-to-head beginning Sunday, and while the...
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/sports/~3/N-EttvBp5xM/view.bg
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...“Late one night some 9 years ago, it took the Big Chairman of the Board just a moment to launch a nickname that would become Paul Pierce’s brand … Shaq was finishing up with a few reporters when he spotted the Boston writer and broke away from his pack. He...
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Slam
http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2010/10/how-paul-pierce-became-the-truth/
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...- Rumors of Paul Pierce [stats]’s demise apparently have been greatly exaggerated. The too old, too beat up, too unable to deal with LeBron James captain of the Celtics [team stats] played the first four games of this conference semifinal series in, as the...
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/sports/~3/1RnUqTRpMj8/view.bg
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...- Paul Pierce [stats]’s struggles in the Eastern Conference semifinals have been so prolonged and pronounced that it’s natural to wonder if anything is ailing the Celtics [team stats] captain. But Pierce yesterday reported that he is healthy. “There’s nothing...
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/sports/~3/QusRFLQEEfs/view.bg
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...Pierce wasn’t about to let his personal struggles overshadow a solid team win yesterday. Though he had another subpar game offensively, Pierce’s focus was on his team’s 97-87 win over the Cavaliers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. “At the end...
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/sports/basketball/celtics/~3/dxTwgwiYfNI/view.bg
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Paul Pierce has listened to all the Dwyane Wade free agent talk with proper detachment. A potential crisis for the Miami Heat is of no real concern to Pierce as he tries to make a long playoff run with the Celtics [team stats].
But Pierce has some
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/sports/basketball/celtics/~3/_SxKxGVgpPo/view.bg
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...- Paul Pierce [stats] simply wasn’t taking the bait as he went swimming yesterday through a media chat dedicated largely to Quentin Richardson’s characterizations of the Celtics [team stats] captain as an actress and faker. On the thespian charge, Pierce smiled...
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/sports/basketball/celtics/~3/1mLdMaHcpk4/view.bg
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...is averaging 19.4 points in his last five games after sitting out the previous five with a left knee injury. : Boston SG Paul Pierce injured his right knee in practice on Sunday as he tangled with Shelden Williams in the final moments, reports ESPN via...
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CBS Sports
http://feeds.cbssports.com/click.phdo?i=c0b00094271951f1306785856694af34
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...Pierce doesn’t enjoy any conversation in which a decrease in his playing time is the issue. The Celtics [team stats] captain may be two weeks removed from two procedures to drain an infection in his right knee, but injuries elsewhere in the lineup have triggered...
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/~3/mJaPqXlnz_M/view.bg
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...stats] are 2-3 without him. Rondo, according to coach Doc Rivers, is less certain and likely will be a gametime decision. “Paul looked good,” Rivers said. “Rondo you couldn’t tell because he didn’t do too much. I think he’ll go, but I wouldn’t write that down...
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/~3/ZQ6Yfc1j_CA/view.bg
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: The Boston Globe reports that Paul Pierce will have his right knee evaluated this weekend. Vice president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said that there will then be a determination made on when he might return. "We don't have any definite
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CBS Sports
http://feeds.cbssports.com/click.phdo?i=a02c71cf8a69590cb2d51d3276fc0d0d
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Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce reacts after hitting a basket against the Indiana Pacers late in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Boston on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. The Celtics won 103-94. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
(Elise Amendola - AP)
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The Washington Post
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=34bf7addc2dd95ec434e8a5b39e0ad7d
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Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce reacts after hitting a basket against the Indiana Pacers late in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Boston on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. The Celtics won 103-94. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
ORLANDO, Fla. Paul
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San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/24/celtics-paul-pierce-could-miss-at-least-2-weeks/
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BOSTON
The Celtics don’t need Paul Pierce to score 25 points every night to win, but they’re not looking for him to contribute single-digits either.
So after Pierce continued his recent slump by scoring only nine points in a 98-97 loss to the lowly
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette
http://www.telegram.com/article/20091221/NEWS/912210356/1009/RSS01&source=rss
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Paul Pierce didn’t seem all that happy during the first half and when he walked off the floor to the dressing room at recess.
But unlike the 18,624 in the stands, he could do more than just encourage the lads. He could directly affect the outcome.
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/~3/hTKNhV8x360/view.bg
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The Great Recession of 2008 and 2009 has hurt not just the everyday working person, but also those who harbored big dreams in real estate only to see fortunes vanish as the bubble burst. In this Recession Diaries three-part special, developer Paul
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WalletPop
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/09/30/a-real-life-hank-the-sad-story-of-a-milllionaires-downfall/
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Moments after its Game 7 loss to Orlando in the 2009 Eastern Conference semifinals, the Celtics kicked the offseason into high gear. The players and coaches could have sulked over missing their chance for an 18th title. Instead, everyone committed to
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Hoopsworld
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=13904
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What do Boston Celtics All-Star Paul Pierce, former president Bill Clinton, and recording artist Usher all have in common? An interest in helping America's youth. The trio was on hand to join forces with world leaders to tackle global issues at the
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PR Newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/09-24-2009/0005100833&EDATE=
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Paul Pierce has been undervalued his entire NBA career.
He's a guy who was projected to be picked in the top three of the 1998 NBA Draft before falling to the Celtics at No. 10.
Since then, he's been a star in a league full of superstars.
He's a guy
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/237013-does-paul-pierce-belong-in-the-hall-of-fame
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Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky
Tony Pierce in Muncie, Ind., writes: Paul, Please remind everyone that the birth of the Colts as we now know them did not occur under Tony Dungy and that his departure while sad does not automatically mean they
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ESPN
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afcsouth/0-11-51/An-afternoon-as-a-mailman.html
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Celtics forward Paul Pierce will turn 32 Oct. 13, and there hasn’t been a drop in his game, as he can still score at will. But to ensure Pierce will be able to play at a top level for as long as possible, the Celtics are expected to slice his minutes
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Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2009/07/12/it8217s_time_to_cut_minutes?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Boston+Celtics+news
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After last season, Pierce made the bold statement that he was the single best player in the league.
"I don't think Kobe is the best player," he said. "I'm the best player. There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/188873-paul-pierce-underrated-and-underappreciated
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Sometimes you don’t come up big. Sometimes you just come up human. That’s what happened to Paul Pierce [stats] last night.
There will be critics who say he didn’t “step up,” whatever that phrase means, but stepping up wasn’t the issue. Pierce came to
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/~3/bxVpO66q2p0/view.bg
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Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard (12) dunks the ball in front of Boston Celtics forward Glen Davis (partially obscured) and guard Paul Pierce (34) during the first half of a second-round NBA playoff basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, May 14,
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The Post-Star | Glen Falls, NY
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/05/15/ap/sports/d986ctvg0.txt
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Yesterday morning, [stats] was seated on the Celtics [team stats] bench engaging Eddie House in a shooting match. And he was hitting.
If only NBA rules permitted such stuff in games, the Celts might not have had to sweat out the final
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/~3/cmELnzYUk-8/view.bg
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ORLANDO, Fla. - The Celtics set up nearly every option possible in a half-court set on their final possession against the Orlando Magic last night. And with four guards - Ray Allen, Eddie House, Paul Pierce, and Rajon Rondo - eager to take the deciding
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Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2009/05/11/baby_delivers_the_celtics_late?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Boston+Celtics+news
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Everyone knows The Truth about the Celtics [team stats], but nobody knows where he went.
Last night, Paul Pierce [stats], aka “The Truth,” had the least relevant 27-point scoring night in NBA playoff history. That’s the truth about a
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Boston Herald
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/~3/K1_BIizohyE/view.bg
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Paul Pierce led Boston to a Game 5 victory over the Bulls, hitting the game-winning bucket in overtime.
Buck O'Neil would talk all the time about how he saw the past while looking at the present. For instance, Buck would see Ken Griffey swing the bat
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Sports Illustrated
http://si.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/04/29/paul.pierce/index.html?eref=si_writers
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(Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)
Thanks to Paul Pierce' s late-game heroics, the defending champs have a 3-2 series lead on the Bulls.
Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images
The Sixers came out fired up, but couldn't make enough
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ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-090429
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