Pierce Has His Moment

Posted by Mike Giardi May 18, 2008 at 9:52 pm

LeBron James got the points. He had 45 in today’s Game 7 showdown at the Garden, the most any player has ever gotten in NBA history of Game 7’s. But Paul Pierce was better, and consequently, it his team that moves on to the Eastern Conference finals.

Pierce did everything short of sweeping the floors during timeouts. He willed the C’s through a difficult first-half offensively by scoring 26 of the team’s 50. Then, in the 4th Quarter, with LeBron on his way to Dictatorship, the C’s captain hit some crucial buckets with LeBron draped all over him. Oh, that’s step-back J’s were money. Pierce finished with 41 points, hitting 13-of-23 from the floor. That’s the best I’ve ever seen him play at the offensive end. He must feel like a King tonight.

I won’t call this is a defining moment for PP. We love to do that in media - find the turning point or call something a “Statement Game,” but this is, after all, only Round 2. Of course, if the C’s end up as the last team standing come mid-June, I reserve the right to change my mind.