The Celtics made a little history yesterday. Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker shared Eastern Conference Player of the Month honors for December, marking the first time teammates have been co-winners of the award.

``It's a great honor because it shows how far we've come as players and how far we've come as a team,'' Pierce said after the Celtics' 110-94 rout of Orlando last night at the FleetCenter. ``We've established ourselves as one of the top teams in the East so far this season and when you do that individual awards are bound to follow.''