Somewhere in the third quarter - somewhere around the time Paul Pierce was making eight of his first nine second-half shots - last night's Celtics vs. Denver tilt turned into an evening with the Globetrotters.

With a bit less than four minutes left in the period, Antoine Walker cruised into the lane on a fast break and flipped a no-look, over-the-shoulder pass to a trailing Pierce. No matter that Pierce was fouled and his shot went over the backboard, the crowd still howled.