Found April 29, 2009 on Red's Army: Yardbarker Blogger Network
... or maybe the alternate title is "An indicator of how high we've set the bar for Paul."Pretend we haven't seen Paul struggle... or debate whether he's hurt or exhausted... or yelled at the TV when he inexplicably played sloppy.  If you were to come back from a 2 week vacation and long on to check Pierce's stats and see how he was doing, this is what you'd see: 24 points, 44.6% fg, 37% 3pt, 6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.2 steals, and 3.4 turnovers Compare this to his regular season stats: 20.5 points, 45.7% fg, 39.1% 3pt, 5.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1 steal and 2.8 turnovers If you haven't seen a minute of these playoffs, you'd probably think "Ok, his points are up and assists are down because he's picking up some of KG's slack.  He's turning the ball over a little more than usual, but not much... so he must be playing well."But how many people think Pierce is playing well?  He had a great finish last n...
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