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Pierce propels Celtics past Lakers in Game 1
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BOSTON - A brilliant rivalry was renewed Thursday night, with all the attendant tension, drama, ill will and ear-splitting volume. (article 8)
So while the Lakers and Celtics restarted a rivalry that had been dormant since 1987, Pierce borrowed a chapter from another historic finals moment, doing his best Willis Reed impression. (article 8)
BOSTON - Big moments have defined the Lakers-Celtics blood feud, and in their first get together in 21 years, a kid from Los Angeles gave Boston one to remember. (article 5)
Kevin Garnett scored 24 points, Pierce finished with 22 und 11 after getting hurt und and Ray Allen added 19 for the Celtics, who are chasing a 17th NBA championship. (article 4)
Pierce went to the ground after colliding with teammate Kendrick Perkins under the basket with 6:49 left in the third quarter of the Celtics' 98-88 victory. (article 3)
Pierce stayed on the court for several minutes as the game went into a timeout, with the fans yelling, " Let's go Paul. (article 3)
A year ago, maybe on this same day, Paul Pierce was home in Southern California, playing ball at UCLA, talking with another disgruntled superstar named Kobe Bryant. (article 6)
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Source articles
- Garnett will let it flow (boston.com, 06/05/2008, 782 words)
- It's Celtics' defense vs. Lakers' offense (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 806 words)
- Pierce returns after injury in finals Game 1 (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/05/2008, 348 words)
- Pierce leads Celtics past Lakers 98-88 in Game 1 (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 407 words)
- Pierce leads Celtics to 98-88 win in Game 1 (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/05/2008, 453 words)
- Pierce's moment of truth was realization that he had to grow up (boston.com, 06/05/2008, 2510 words)
- Celtics Blog (boston.com, 06/06/2008, 423 words)
- Pierce’s Return Fuels Celtics and a Rivalry (nytimes.com, 06/06/2008, 872 words)
- Making Three Stars Think as One (nytimes.com, 06/06/2008, 898 words)
- Big 3 played as 1 to help Celtics return to Finals (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 788 words)
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