Truly excellent last 6 minutes of that half. Just some great shut down defense and loved Pierce on Wade defensively and Rondo the whole quarter.
People don't give Paul enough credit for his defense, but he's one of the few players that can effectively shut down, (or I should say bother), players like D-Wade and Kobe. I'll never forget how frustrated Kobe was in game 6 of the playoffs ... Pierce shut him down in that game, and just went off at the other end ... that game was one of my best Celtics memories ever.
I agree, Bahku..Pierce doesn't get enough credit for his defense. I believe it will take him getting another Ring for some credit to start coming his way.
He did play solid D on Kobe in that series..my favorite game, though, was that game 4 win in LA...that may have been my favorite C's win of ALL time, in my 29 yrs of being a fan.
And then Ray Allen went on the ESPYs that summer and said, "Another win in LA", LOL...and then the camera panned over to Derrick Fisher and he looked STEAMED..classic!!