Kendrick Perkins is a MONSTER, Celtics Winning

Not sure how the Celtics were down by 8 at one point in the first half of this game. They have had some very good performances by a couple of unexpected sources, not the least of which was Kendrick Perkins who has a double double already. He had six boards before the end of the first quarter. You need a guy like Perk to step up in games like this. You know the other team is going to zero in on guys like Pierce and KG and Perk will have an opp. to make plays. He has made the plays and more in the first half.

The Celtics reall turned up the intensity towards the end of the second half which is a good sign. Everybody knows that the team that closes out the 2nd quarter strong is the team that gets the leg up in the second half.

On the other side of the ball the C's have been playing well, but Rasheed Wallace has been nasty from downtown with 4-5 from behind the arc.

The story of the first half though was Kendrick Perkins. We have always liked Perk here on WickedPissaDude.com, but tonight he has been NASTY!!! Let's hope he keeps it up in the second half.

1st half:

Perkins: 12 points, 13 boards
Wallace: 12 points 4 boards
Garnett: 15 points 6 boards

Score: Celtics 52 Pistons 46

Labels: Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Kendrick Perkins, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce