Paul Passes Larry

Even after passing Larry Bird for 33rd on the all-time scoring list, you'll never ever get a Bostonian to ever say Paul Pierce is a greater Celtic small forward than Larry Legend ... But, just for fun, here's how The Truth measures up to The Legend when it comes to all-time box-score statistics ...

TOTALS

Larry Bird ... 21,792 points, 8,974 rebounds, 5,695 assists, 1,556 steals, 755 blocks, 34,443 minutes

Paul Pierce ... 21,797 points, 5,965 rebounds, 3,780 assists, 1,450 steals, 622 blocks, 36,417 minutes

PER GAME

Larry Bird ... 24.3 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 6.3 apg, 1.7 spg, 0.8 bpg, .496 fg%, .376 3%, .886 ft%

Paul Pierce ... 22.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 3.8 apg, 1.5 spg, 0.6 bpg, .448 fg%, .370 3%, .806 ft%