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Paul Pierce scored 25 points and Kevin Garnett backed up claims that his knee is just fine, adding 12 points and six rebounds in the Boston Celtics’ 100-93 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Sunday

Garnett, who missed much of last season with a strained right knee, looked comfortable as he chased loose balls and drove to the basket early. He matched his preseason average of eight points with 3:18 to spare in the first quarter, and wound up playing 21 minutes.

Brook Lopez led the Nets with 21 points, and Yi Jianlin added 20 points and eight rebounds.

The teams traded the lead 10 times and combined for 26 fouls, but Boston opened a 13-point lead in the second half on strong shooting by Pierce and clutch 3-pointers by Eddie House.


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Paul Pierce is about to start his 12th NBA season, and the Celtics [team stats] captain expects it to be one of the oddest in memory.

Paul Pierce is about to start his 12th NBA season, and the Celtics [team stats] captain expects it to be one of the oddest in memory.

Given the initial stances between the league and players on the eve of negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement (with the current one set to expire after next season), and preparation by teams for the ballyhooed 2010 free agent class, the 2009-10 season can’t help but suffer.

Toss in major free agent signings and trades by upper tier teams like the Celtics, Lakers and Cavaliers — with the rich getting richer — and Pierce sees the dynamic changing.

“I think it’s going to be a very different kind of year, man,” Pierce said. “You obviously have your teams at the top, your teams in the middle. But the difference this year is that the teams at the top got better, and the teams at the bottom didn’t get any better.

“I think that will be a concern — that things get lopsided for teams at the top — especially going into a new collective bargaining agreement. They’re going to have to try to see how they can balance out this league, especially with the small-(market) teams that can’t get the big time players in free agency.”


Click here to read the full article – By Mark Murphy of BotonHerald.com

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These are the hot, broiling days of summer where things are sizzling everywhere from the beach to the barbecue grill to the steamy gyms with no air conditioning. It’s the time of the year when most teams have a warm feeling about their off-season moves. Three weeks into the annual free agent roundup, everybody who’s opened their wallet likes to think they got the deal of the century. Or at least their money was well spent.

Two years ago, GM Danny Ainge set the Celtics on the path to winning championship No. 17 with his wheeling and dealing for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. This time he might have put them back on track for No. 18 by convincing the 14-year veteran Wallace to climb aboard for the mid-level exception. While the core of the Celtics’ hopes, of course, rest on Garnett’s recovery from knee surgery. Wallace gives Boston much-needed depth in the form of a versatile power forward who can still fill it up in bursts at the offensive end and be a defensive stopper when motivated. With Leon Powe’s physical status up in the air and Glen Davis still hanging out in the free agent ether, this was exactly the addition the Celtics needed.

Click here to read the full article – By Fran Blinebury of NBA.com

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