Merry Christmas blah, blah, blah your captain is out two weeks. That’s probably all the Celtics front office heard when doctors told them that Paul Pierce will miss the next two weeks after undergoing minor right knee surgery yesterday.
Pierce was admitted to New England Baptist Hospital for a procedure to drain an infection, the morning after scoring 21 points in a 103-94 win over Indiana.
“Paul felt fine after the game,’’ said president of basketball operations Danny Ainge. “He felt great. A few hours later there was swelling and pain, and so they put him through some tests [yesterday] morning. Then they went in and they felt like they needed to clean out the infection. It’s nothing structural, and it’s a guess, but they are saying two weeks. I’m always worried when a player gets hurt, but the good news is there was no structural [damage].’’
Of course this means that Pierce will miss the Celtics vs. Magic Christmas match. However, this will not change my plan to watch as much basketball as possible, while fighting the effects of tryptophan and copious amounts of liquor.
via Boston Globe
