Was he? He looked tired to me once again, and he was shooting three’s when he should have been driving to the basket… but I love Paul Pierce. You don’t make someone Captain if you aren’t going to listen to him ….and if he says “no meeting yet” then he...

They are saying the same things over and over again. Nothing changes. It is all talk and it is getting very frustrating. Not just for me and you fans, but for everyone - especially Doc. The Celtics again followed their suicidal script. They surrendered...

The Mavs are home for the next three games. They are 12-5 in their building this season. Boston, meanwhile, is struggling and lost its third straight game on Sunday, falling to the Detroit Pistons, 96-81. Paul Pierce netted a game-high 18 points, Chris...

Pistons' Tayshaun Prince (22) grabs a rebound away from Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, in Auburn Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Detroit has now won seven of...

A look at the team's overall slam leaderboard through 30 games: Brandon Bass - 21 Jermaine O'Neal - 19 Chris Wilcox - 18 Kevin Garnett - 17 Paul Pierce - 7 JaJuan Johnson - 7 Avery Bradley - 3 Mickael Pietrus - 3 Marquis Daniels - 2 Sasha Pavlovic - 1...

The Mavs are home for the next three games. They are 12-5 in their building this season. Boston, meanwhile, is struggling and lost its third straight game on Sunday, falling to the Detroit Pistons, 96-81. Paul Pierce netted a game-high 18 points, Chris...

“But that has also let us set up the rotation so that we are getting great minutes off the bench from Jonas (Jerebko) and Body (Wallace).” Without Garnett and Bass, former Pistons player Chris Wilcox was inserted into the starting lineup. Paul Pierce...

"But that has also let us set up the rotation so that we are getting great minutes off the bench from Jonas (Jerebko) and Body (Wallace)." Without Garnett and Bass, former Pistons player Chris Wilcox was inserted into the starting lineup. Paul Pierce...

Turning point: When the Celtics cut a 13-point halftime deficit to five early in the third quarter, Detroit answered with a 12-0 run in which seven Pistons scored. The other side: Paul Pierce scored 18 points for the Celtics, who were missing Kevin...

The game was tied after the first quarter at 26, but the Pistons held the Celtics to 16 points in the second quarter as they forced nine turnovers, which led to 15 Detroit points. Ben Wallace, Jason Maxiell and Jonas Jerebko were especially active in...

Celtics (and two Mavericks) are among the top seven active career scoring leaders. Kevin Garnett is second, Ray Allen is fourth and Paul Pierce is sixth. The Mavericks are Dirk Nowitzki (third) and Vince Carter (seventh). Point guard Rajon Rondo had 24...

HILLS, Mich. Captain Paul Pierce doesn’t believe it’s that time quite yet. They both agree that something has to change if the Celtics are going to make any impact on the playoffs in eight weeks. A disappointing 96-81 loss last night to the Pistons,...

"He's a very good rebounder, and that obviously helps me, even if he's taking some of those away from me." To be fair to Boston, the Pistons haven't been beating the Celtics team that won the 2008 title. Paul Pierce is 34, Ray Allen is 36 and Kevin...

Jonas Jerebko added 13 points and six rebounds off the bench, Brandon Knight scored 12 points, Tayshaun Prince had 13 points and six rebounds and Jason Maxiell finished with six points and 10 rebounds. The loss was Boston’s third straight. Paul Pierce...

The total came in at under the closing line of 180 ½ points. Boston fell behind by 13 points at the half. Kevin Garnett missed the game due to personal issues. The Celtics shot 44.4% from the floor with 6 of 16 coming from the field. They were...

16 points and was 12 for 15 from the free-throw line. Jonas Jerebko added 13 points and six rebounds off the bench, Brandon Knight scored 12 points, Tayshaun Prince had 13 points and six rebounds and Jason Maxiell finished with six points and 10 rebounds.

The Pistons were not threatened again. Rajon Rondo, who scored a career-high 35 points in the loss to the Pistons on Wednesday, was held to five points on 1-of-6 shooting on Sunday. Paul Pierce paced the Celtics with 18 points. The Celtics were without...

Prince and Jonas Jerebko each netted 13 for the Pistons, winners of three straight, including a 98-88 win in Boston last Wednesday. Without Kevin Garnett, who missed the game due to personal reasons, the Celtics held Detroit to 38 percent shooting but...

Monroe grabbed 10 rebounds while Jonas Jerebko and Tayshaun Prince each netted 13 points as the Pistons notched a third straight win. Detroit managed only 38 percent shooting from the field but used a tough defense to score 40 points off 24 Boston...