Paul Pierce might not think about the games he's recently played, but Celtics fans had past performances in their minds on Wednesday night - particularly the manner in which he'd faltered last month during play against those pesky Suns of Phoenix. It was with a big cheer (and sigh of relief) that we responded to a 27-point effort from P Squared during last night's 117-97 Celtics win at the Call It What You Want Garden. Kevin Garnett's 30-point effort earned the MVP chants from the Celts crowd, but it was Pierce that earned the really big smiles of the night (matched only by the smile on his face captured by the Boston Herald).

In baseball news, the Sox bent the space-time continuum as they traveled from Japan on Wednesday night and arrived Wednesday evening. Oh, and we're saying this now: if anything happens to Jacoby Ellsbury or Clay Buchholz within the next few weeks, we know where to point the blame.

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