Seeing Paul Pierce getting mentally bombarded by Yu Fei, Rivers still wore a pig-headed look of contentment, but Thibodeau beside him suggested, "We need to give Paul a break."
"He's only played for a few minutes," the pig-headed coach asked seriously, "Is it really necessary?"
Thibodeau replied, "I don't know, but it's definitely better to let Paul come off and regroup than to continue playing like this."
It wasn't until Rivers saw Pierce use a feint to shake off Yu Fei, and then miss his normally reliable jump shot, that he realized his beloved PP34 was indeed disturbed by some villain.
"You're right, Tom."
Pierce missed the shot, Yu Fei grabbed the long rebound, and promptly passed it to Durant, who was breaking fast.
Finally getting his chance to shine, Durant caught the ball in the frontcourt and after just one dribble, faced Michael Redd, who just put up a token defense. Redd was no match for Durant's height and wingspan as he easily made a "layup" right above the rim.
