“Wow. What a game.” That’s exactly how you’d expect Celtics fans to react after Boston’s 92-86 win over Los Angeles in Sunday night’s Game 5. The folks over at CelticsBlog are no different. Some musings on the game from them below, including just how important it was for Paul Pierce to play his game of the season.
CelticsBlog: Boston One Win From Title No. 18
Paul Pierce played his best game of this series in the most important game of this series. He scored a series-high 27 points, owned the Lakers in pick-and-roll and isolation situations, and submitted perhaps the most important play of the game when he took a Kevin Garnett inbounds pass with 35.4 seconds left and fed a cutting Rajon Rondo for a layup as he was falling out of bounds. Rondo’s bucket gave Boston an 89-82 lead.
Pierce has a knack for the ball, or at least wanting it more. Back in 2008 he took that jump ball away from LeBron James, and earlier tonight he ripped a rebound away from Kobe with less than a minute left. The guy just wants this.
Pierce was the headliner, but this was a total team effort tonight.
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