NBA – Boston Celtics defeat Milwaukee Bucks in OT

The Boston Celtics had to go into overtime to bring down the Milwaukee Bucks at the Boston Garden on Wednesday night. It was a great night for the Celtics, as, the Big Three: Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Keving Garnett had brilliant performances during the game and next to the talents of the young Rajon Rondo, the Celtics went on to win 105-102.

Sure, these guys are growing old, but despite what happened last year, when the Celtics lost in the Finals to the LA Lakers, for the NBA National Championship, the team is still as competitive as it have ever been. This year they are going to have to find a way to steal the thunder from the Miami Heat and the sort of big-star coalition that was formed by the talents of Dwayne Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, who took all the media attention during the summer break. The Heat is expected to be one of the best teams in the NBA for this season.

And then came the big day for Paul Pierce. Just at the beginning of this season, there where unconfirmed rumors that the talented veteran could be leaving that only team he had played for as a professional athlete. Good thing he stayed because after a free throw in overtime the great Paul Pierce scored his 20,000th point in the NBA. He is only the third player to reach that mark as a Boston Celtics player, next to John Havlicek and the NBA legend Larry Bird. As if that was not enough, Pierce kept on going after his record breaking point and scored an additional 5 more points to win the game in overtime.

Ray Allen had 23 points for the Celtics and Kevin Garnett had 13 points and 8 rebounds to his mark while Rajon Rondo finished with a double double with17 points and 15 assists. Andrew Bogut was the Bucks leader with 21 points and 13 rebounds while teammates Ersan Ilyasova and Carlos Delfino had 15 points each. Still it was not enough for the Bucks to take the lead in overtime and keep the Milwaukee Bucks from hitting a 1-4 mark this early in the  season.