It’s early, only seven minutes into the game, but both Paul Pierce and Kendrick Perkins are not hampered by their injuries (Pierce knee, Perkins ankle).
Pierce took the ball to the basket on three occasions as well as hitting a 3-pointer from 26 feet away on the left side.
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The Lakers are definitely more aggressive in the early going at Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom have gone out of their way to take it to the basket. Through the first nine minutes Gasol had six points, includuing a thunderous dunk in front of Kevin Garnett.
