Sooo Paul Pierce Is Pretty Good

Paul Pierce scored 18 points in the 4th quarter of tonight's Celts-Mavs game. The Mavs scored 17 points as a team in the 4th quarter of tonight's Celts-Mavs game. Rajon Rondo added 56 points, 43 assists, and 29 rebounds.



That is championship basketball. The Celtics go into the break with the best record in the East, which is pretty much what we all expected; it just sucks because they aren't up big like last year, so Doc is gonna have to think about saving the Big 3 for the playoffs but also worry about actually getting home-court throughout (which, as we saw last year, might matter a little). The good news is that they've already played 55 games, which is a fuckload, and the second "half" of the season is going to be hella restful (relatively). If you think about how brutal their schedule has been thus far--12 back-to-backs--then 44-11 starts to look pretty impressive.