On this day in Boston Celtics history, legendary Boston small forward Paul Pierce had one of the best all-around games of his Hall of Fame career as he carried the Celtics to an overtime win against the Los Angeles Clippers in 2001.
Pierce had been selected out of the University of Kansas three years earlier with the 10th overall pick of the 1998 NBA draft after an unexpected slide and was starting to truly come into his own with Boston, exploding onto the national scene with his performance in the tilt with the Clippers, which padded his stats a little with the game going to overtime.
The Inglewood native scored 35 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and a block in just over 49 minutes of floor time, including the extra period.