February 6th, 2012 
Russ Loede 
Posted in Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce and San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for the week ending February 5. Pierce averaged 22.0 points, 6.3 assists and 5.8 rebounds to help the Celtics get to 4-0 last week. He collected 30 points, seven rebounds and [...]
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Celtics SF Paul Pierce “Very Close” To Returning For Tonight’s Home Opener vs. Detroit
UPDATE: Paul Pierce was in the starting lineup at small forward tonight against Detroit. Boston Celtics scoring sensation Paul Pierce, who missed the first three games of the season with a bruised right heel, tweeted Thursday that he was “close very very close very.” The Celtics play their home opener Friday night against another winless team –the 0-2 Detroit Pistons. [...]
Paul Pierce To Miss At Least One More Game
Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said small forward Paul Pierce, who is sidelined for tonight’s game in Miami, will also sit out Wednesday’s visit to New Orleans with lingering pain from a bruised right heel. The Kansas product suffered the bruise during the team’s first practice session of training camp and has been sidelined since. He went through a [...]
Celtics SF Paul Pierce Out For Tonight At Miami
Boston Celtics small forward Paul Pierce worked out Monday and experienced limited soreness in his bruised right heel, but coach Doc Rivers does not believe Pierce will be ready to play tonight at Miami. “He worked out (Monday), went pretty well,” Rivers said. “He didn’t get as sore, so that’s a good sign. He’s not [...]
Celtics SF Paul Pierce “Doubtful” For Sunday’s Opener At Knicks
Boston Celtics small forward Paul Pierce returned to the court and shot jumpers after the team practiced on Friday. However, head coach Doc Rivers said he thinks its “doubtful” Pierce will play Christmas Day, as the club travels to Madison Square Garden to face the Knicks. Last season, Pierce averaged 23.9 points point per game [...]
Celtics SF Paul Pierce Questionable for Season Opener
Boston Celtics small forward Paul Pierce will sit out Wednesday’s preseason finale against the Toronto Raptors with a bruised heel and his status for the Christmas Day season opener against the New York Knicks is uncertain. “It’s just a heel bruise,” said coach Doc Rivers. “He went real hard (Monday) and it got real sore. We just want him to rest.” Find [...]
NBA union president Derek Fisher on Tuesday meeting: “Today was not the day to get this done”
UPDATE: “By Monday, we will have no choice but to cancel the first two weeks of the season,” NBA commissioner David Stern said. The progress players and owners had been hoping for to preserve the 2011-12 NBA season did not come to fruition in collective bargaining talks on Tuesday, union president Derek Fisher said. “We [...]
Celtics Expected To Be At Full Strength For Game Three
Can The Fallen Celtics Get Back Up? “We can’t allow they to play like this, or it’s going to be tough at our place, too.” – Doc Rivers, following his team’s 102-91 loss in Game two. If it’s already not tough enough. Being down 0-2 against a team which features both LeBron and Wade. On [...]
