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Celtics opener: Tears from Pierce, hunger pangs from LBJ

By Chris Sheridan
ESPN.com

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

BOSTON -- There are several snapshots we'll walk away with from the night the Boston Celtics raised their 17th championship banner to the rafters -- a night, unlike ring ceremonies we've witnessed in recent years, in which the focus on what happened last season seemed to dissipate before the evening was even halfway over. Yes, the Celtics came to get their rings. Yes, there were the requisite jokes about whether commissioner David Stern flashed a gang symbol at Paul Pierce before handing him ...

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