Celtics star Paul Pierce helped lead the team past the Bulls in Saturday night's Game 7, and he's more than ready to battle the Magic in the second round.

"I ain't tired," Pierce said after Game 7. "I sleep all day and play basketball at night. How can I be tired?"

Pierce averaged nearly 45 minutes a game for Boston in their epic series with Chicago, which saw several overtime games.

"This was probably the most mentally tough series I've been through. Of course you're going to have your emotional highs and lows, but when you lose that game and you go home, I thought some of my lows were a little too low. ... I haven't took it this hard in a while in a playoff series," Pierce said of the series.

The defending-champions will kick off their series against the Magic on Monday night in Boston.