Doc’s take
Celtics coach Doc Rivers said he could have used Paul Pierce much more in the second half, but he wanted to rest as many players as he could with the Celtics leaving for Minnesota tomorrow afternoon.
“Our bench was struggling scoring but they held the other team from scoring, and we actually stretched the lead,” Rivers said. “Then when the starters came back in, we kind of got a cushion. It was a great effort by everyone, it was a team win. I was just really happy that we could go that long with the bench in the fourth quarter.”
For his part, Pierce said he felt fine.
“I felt pretty good,” he said. “I was a little weak yesterday. I don’t know if I should have played yesterday but I felt good today and I was ready to go.”
Rivers also had a comment on Sam Cassell’s hard foul on Rajon Rondo in the second quarter. Cassell was ejected on the play.
“You know, in my day that probably wouldn’t have even been called,” said Rivers. “I don’t know, I couldn’t see it honestly, so you know I don’t have a lot to say. It clearly had to be hard because I saw Rondo go down… It looked like a swing or whatever. You know, I don’t know if you remember that old play, everyone used to do it, we all used to do it. If a guy would beat you, you’d swing hard from behind and try to get the ball. Now every once in a while you’d miss and hit the head and it would look bad, and that is what I’m assuming he did.”
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