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PAUL PIERCE.
>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU
GAVE THE CELTICS TONIGHT
CONSIDERING THAT PAUL AND RAY
WERE NOT TOTALLY HEALTHY, HOW
YOU HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE?
>> FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO THEIR OWNER FOR
GIVING ME SOME EXTRA GAS
TONIGHT.
NEXT ONADVICE TO HIM IS
THE OPENS HIS MOUTH, TO NOBODY
IS TALKING ABOUT.
HIS XE'S AND O'S.
BOTTOMTEXT BOOKS AND
LINES.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING FILM
THROUGHOUT THE SERIES AND I SEEN
MOMENTS BYPASS OF SHOTS, AND THE
COACHING STAFF IS TELLING ME TO
STAY AGGRESSIVE.
WE KNOW TRUTH IS BANGEDUP A BI
T.
THAT'S ALL.
I TOOK MY SHOTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES WHEN I HAD THEM.
NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS THAN
THAT.
TALK ABOUT WHAT
THEIR OWNER SAID.
SEEMS AS A GROUP YOU GUYS
RELISHED PEOPLE CALLING YOU OLD.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT AS A TEAM HOW
YOU USE THOSE THINGS?
>> WE ARE NOT A DIRTY.
WE PLAYED AGGRESSIVE.
DRAFT UNDERSTAND THE WORD DURING
THE IN THIS -- DIRTY IS DEFINED.
THAT IS NOT THE WAY WE PLAY
BASKETBALL.
WE PLAY VERY RESPECTABLE TO THE
OPPONENT.
PLAY WITH PASSION, FORCE.
PLAYOFFS.
I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE TO HURT
ANYBODY.
NOR HAVE MY TEAMMATES.
I FELT THE COMMENTS WERE OUT OF
HAND.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS IT.
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF
MONEY DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN OPEN
YOUR MOUTH.
>> DOC WAS GRABBLING WHEN TO
TAKE YOU OUT, HE SAID YOU HAD NO
INTENTION OF TAKING YOU OUT AND
FINALLY ELECTED HIM AND SAID,
CAN YOU GIVE ME A COUPLE OF
MINUTES?
I HAVE NOING LIKE,
IDEA WHAT IT IS.
I KNOW THE 6 MINUTE MARK, I WILL
COME OUT AND WE GOT TO THAT
MARKET WAS NOT COMING OUT.
I DO NOT CARE HALL LONG I
PLAYED.
I WILL FALL OUT IF HE NEED ME
TO.
I I DO NOT CARE HOW LONG
PLAYED.
I'M HUMAN.
I GET TIRED.
SOMETIMES IT IS HARD FOR HIM TO
UNDERSTAND THAT.
DOC DOES A GOOD JOB OF GIVING US
REST.
HE WAS ONCE A PLAYER.
HE HAS GIVEN US FREEDOM TO
EXERCISE SOME OF THAT REST.
AND THEN THAT'S WHY WE GO
THROUGH THE WALL FOR HIM.
WE HAVE A GREAT COACH, NOT A
GOOD COACH.
>> THIS QUESTION IS FOR BOTH OF
YOU.
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE ABLE
TO DO AND WHAT PAUL WAS ABLE TO
DO, BUT SOME OF THE GUYS THAT DO
NOT GET THE HEADLINES -- RYAN
HOLLINS -- TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE
GUYS MEANT TONIGHT?
--UM, IT WAS A GREAT
TEAM EFFORT.T
WE RODE KEVIN'S BACK, BUT
OVERALL IT WAS A GOOD TEAM
EFFORT.
RYAN WAS BIG.
MP CAME IN.
EVERY POSSESSION COUNT.
WE CAME OUT OF TIME OUT AND DID
A GREAT JOB EXECUTING DOWN THE
STRETCH.
THAT IS HOW WE GOT THE WIN.
KEVIN, YOU GUYS WENT THROUGH
SO MUCH WITH INJURIES AND HAVING
TO BATTLE TO THAT, CAN YOU TALK
ABOUT HOW GREAT IT FEELS NOT
ONLY TO BE ADVANCING BUT GOING
ON TO THE NEXT ROUND AND HAVING
HOME-COURT?
>> IT FEELS GOOD.
OBVIOUSLY, GETTING TO THE FIRST
ROUND.
NOW WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE
SERIES.
IS PHILLY NEXT?
GET READY FOR PHILLY. EVERY
TIME YOU'RE ABLE TO COME UP ON
TOP, THAT IS A PLUS.
WE HAVE HOME-COURT, THAT IS
ANOTHER PLUS.
WE CAN RELAX AND SAVOR THIS A
LITTLE BIT AND GET BACK TO WORK
TOMORROW.
BUT, YEAH, FEELS GOOD.
NOT ONE TOOU ARE
REFLECT WHAT CAN YOU TRY TO
REFLECT ON THE LAST 30-35 GAMES
YOU HAVE PLAYED AND THE QUALITY
OF BASKETBALL, CAN YOU ASSESS
THAT?
>> I DO NOT WANT TO COME OF KIND
OF WRONG.
YOU TELL ME IF I'M ON A FLIGHT.
YOU GUYS, I GO AT MY CRAFT AND I
TAKE MY CRAFT VERY SERIOUSLY.
I GUESS BEING 35, SOON TO BE 36,
NOT 37 -- 76 LOOK IT UP.
I PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO MY
CRAFT.
I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
I ALWAYS HAVE, SINCE 1970 --
SINC E1995.
IT IS ALMOST LIKE YOU GUYS ARE
SHOCKED.
EVERYHIS AIN'T WHAT I DO
DAY.
IT COMES OFF LIKE -- I'M NOT
GOING TO SAY THAT.
DISRESPECTFUL.
I PUT A LOT OF WORK AND TIME
INTO THIS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN LEVELS I
EXPECT OUT OF MYSELF.
TO REFLECT ON 35 GAMES, IF NOT
THE ENTIRE YEAR, NO ONE IS
PERFECT.
THIS GAME IS A RHYTHM GAME.
IT IS A CHEMISTRY GAME.
AND YOU JUST DO NOT GET THAT
THROUGH THE FIRST 3 WEEKS, FIRST
MONTH OF THE SEASON.
AS YOU GRADUALLY GO, YOU GET
BETTER.
I BELIEVE THAT.
IT IS ABOUT PREDICATOR TO YOUR
WORK ETHIC AND WHAT YOU PUT IN
TO IT.
YOU GUYS CALLING ME, YOU HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU
DO THAT.
I APPRECIATE YOU.
WHOEVER IS WRITING THE OLD
COMMENTS, KEEP DOING THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I DO NOT READ YOUR COLUMN, BUT
IT GETS BACK TO ME.
>> KEVIN, OBVIOUSLY, AGE A
TOUCHY SUBJECT.
>> ALL GOOD.
SOME OF YOU 30, 40, 590, 60.
LOSING YOUR AGE.
KEEPAT CONTINUES TO
FUELING YOU OUT THERE?
>> NOT KNOWING IF THIS IS MY
LAST YEAR TO PLAY.
PLAYING AGAINST YOUNGER TALENT.
BEING COMPETITIVE.
I AM NOT A VERY COMPETITIVE
PERSON.
I HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH GREAT
GUYS, EVEN BETTER, YOUNG GUYS
THAT ARE GETTING BETTER.
GREAT COACHING STAFF AND A GREAT
ORGANIZATION.
WITH GOOD PEOPLE WORKING IN IT.
COMEELF MOTIVATED BUT TO
HERE EVERY DAY IS AN EASY THING
TO DO.
YOU HAVE SOME HARD DAYS, BUT FOR