Pierce led the Celtics with 20 points and Rajon Rondo had a double-double, scoring 16 points and 11 assists before coming off late in the third quarter.
"We played like a team on a mission," Pierce told reporters, "hopefully that will carry over for the rest of the season."
ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Filipino Manny Pacquiao produced a dominating display to outclass Ghanaian Joshua Clottey and retain his WBO welterweight title with a unanimous points victory on Saturday.
Pacquiao's speed and relentless punching proved too much for his bigger opponent, who offered ...
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Twice champion and holder Rafa Nadal of Spain eased into the third round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament with a commanding 6-4 6-4 victory over Germany's Rainer Schuettler on Saturday.
Second-seeded Serb Novak Djokovic survived a lapse in the second set ...
The victory was the Knicks first over the Mavericks in nine tries dating back to January 11, 2006. It was their first win in Dallas in more than 10 years.
"I thought we competed, that's what we talked about today. And it's a lot more fun to play this way," Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni told ...
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova was bundled out of the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Saturday, piling up unforced errors in a 6-4 4-6 6-1 loss to Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro in the second round.
Twice champion and former world number one Kim Clijsters of ...
Rafalski's slap shot 31 seconds into overtime came after Sabres' rookie Tyler Myers received a penalty for delaying the game with just over a minute remaining in the third period.
"I saw the defenseman go right... so I knew I would have a good chance to get a shot through and Nick (Lidstrom) ...
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Former tennis greats Andre Agassi and Martina Navratilova stole the limelight with their wit while playing in exhibition matches on Friday to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake.
Navratilova and Justine Henin beat Steffi Graf and Lindsay Davenport ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - Charl Schwartzel was Ernie Els' house guest last week but it will be strictly business on Sunday as the South African pair go head-to-head in the last round of the WGC-CA Championship at Doral.
Els, who is 15 years older than Schwartzel and even played in a tournament with his ...
DOHA (Reuters) - Dwain Chambers claimed his first global sprint title and Jessica Ennis posted the fourth-best pentathlon score of all-time on a golden day for Britain at the world indoor championships on Saturday.
Chambers, banned for doping for two years in 2003, won the 60 meters with the ...
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Maintaining the best possible balance between marriage, motherhood and life on the WTA Tour has become the driving force for former world number one Kim Clijsters.
The Belgian returned to the circuit in 2009 after a two-year "retirement" but she no ...
