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 The Celtics have won 9 of their past 11 and it in the seventh spot in the Eastern Conference at the moment with a 14-11 record. They went 2-1 this week with wins over Memphis and Charlotte. The biggest moment of the week goes to the captain Paul Pierce. On Tuesday night against Charlotte, Pierce surpassed Larry Bird on the Celtics all-time scoring list. He still has a way to go to pass the leader John Havlicek, but this was a huge moment for Paul and the Celtics. The first game of the week took place on Sunday afternoon at the Garden when the C's took on the Memphis Grizzlies. I was sitting in the balcony of this game and I enjoyed every minute of it. The C's routed the Grizz 98-80 behind 24 points from power forward Kevin Garnett. Brandon Bass sat out this game with a sore left knee so Doc had to look elsewhere for scoing off the bench. Back-up big men Chris Wilcox and JaJuan Johnson were phenomenal as they chipped in a combined 22 points on 10-13 shooting. It wa...
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