Celics Paul Pierce Passes Larry Bird To Become 2nd On Celtics Scoring List

Sportsguy9695 · #1 02-08-2012, 08:02 AM

Boston Celtics captain Paul Pierce passed Larry Bird to move into second place on the franchise's list of all-time leading scorers during Tuesday night's 94-84 win over the Charlotte Bobcats at TD Garden.Pierce buried a 3-pointer from the right wing with 10:23 to go in the third quarter to move past Bird, who scored 21,791 points during his career, spent entirely with the Celtics. Only John Havlicek has scored more in team history with 26,395 points.On the cusp of leapfrogging Bird, Pierce swore Sunday that he wouldn't even think about the milestone moment during Tuesday's game.He lied.

Source: ESPN

smeagle · #2 02-08-2012, 08:11 AM

props to pierece. it still to this day pisses me off to no end that the sixers didnt draft him.