Despite a 23 point effort from Delonte West to go along with a 26 point night for Paul Pierce, the Boston Celtics lost the first game of their difficult five game road trip. With the loss, the Celtics drop to 13 and 39 on the year.
Delonte West played a total of forty five minutes and hit nine of his sixteen shot attempts, including five of eight from beyond the three point line. West also added in six rebounds, seven assists and one steal while becoming the Celtics second leading scorer in the game.
The Celtics are back on the road and playing again on Wednesday night when they visit the Phoenix Suns in a 9:00PM game that will be broadcast on FSN New England. In that game, West will likely start opposite of MVP candidate Steve Nash — unless changes are made to the lineup as a result of Wally Szczerbiak’s most recent ankle injury.
Note: Wally went down tonight against the Kings when retreating on defense and stepping on Paul Pierce’s foot. No immediate condition was available late Tuesday night.
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Delonte is the most phenomenal player on the Celtics. If we didn’t have him I simply would not be a Celtics fan. Thanks Delonte for being alive.