And with somewhere between 21 and 23 turnovers (depending on who you talk to), these cats were all thumbs. Embracing the current trend of "The Opposition" however, they were scrappy and gave their best to the C's all game long. They tried hard.

Paul Pierce scored 19 points to help the Boston Celtics win their eighth straight game, 89-84 over the Charlotte Bobcats on this Saturday night.

Kendrick Perkins had 15 points and 12 rebounds, Ray Allen added 15 points, Tony Allen had 11, and Eddie House and Kevin Garnett 10 each for the defending NBA champions. The Celtics improved to 16-2.

Gerald Wallace scored 23 points, Jason Richardson had 22 and rookie D.J. Augustin 13 for the Bobcats.

It will be said that the Celtics "played down" to this game. That may be true to some extent (whether the team would admit it or not). Given the level of competion we are seeing this year compared to the corresponding timeframe of last year, I can't help but feel as though the 2008 NBA Finals stirred something deep within many in the league in ways that have been missing for a good while.

When it is all said and done we may see in time that the value of the Celtics franchise to the NBA game maybe be more important and valuable than the championships they've won. That's a heck of a thing ponder isn't it? It is transcendent.

(Thanks to the Associated Press for the assist)

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