Paul Pierce

Boston, MA (Sports Network) – Paul Pierce was clutch at the foul line late in overtime and surpassed 20,000 points for his career, as the Boston Celtics snuck past the Milwaukee Bucks, 105-102, at TD Garden.

Pierce scored 28 points and became just the third Celtic to score 20,000 points while playing their entire career for Boston. Pierce went 11-of-11 from the foul line.

Ray Allen added 23 points and six rebounds for the Celtics, who have won three in a row. Rajon Rondo ended with 17 points, 15 assists, and eight boards, while Glen Davis tallied 14 points off the bench for the victors.

Andrew Bogut scored 21 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for the Bucks, who are off to a 1-4 start. Carlos Delfino and Ersan Ilyasova each had 15 points.

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Charlie Villanueva

The Boston Globe reports: Notorious trash-talker Kevin Garnett might have gone too far with comments directed toward Pistons forward Charlie Villanueva during Tuesday's 109-86 Celtics' win.

According to posts on Villanueva's Twitter page, Garnett called him a cancer patient. Villanueva suffers from alopecia universalis, a disease that prevents him from growing hair (that same disease that afflicts Cubs manager Mike Quade).

"KG called me a cancer patient ... u know how many people died from cancer, and he's tossing it like it's a joke," Villanueva wrote on his Twitter page. "KG talks alot of crap, he's prob never been in a fight, I would love to get in a ring with him, I will expose him."

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