BOSTON -- There were no tears this time, only smiles.
For the second time Paul Pierce had the honor Sunday of pulling a banner up to the rafters. But instead of crying like he did in 2008, hoisting Banner 17 to the rafters, he just smiled and smiled as he raised No. 34 and became the 23rd Celtics legend to have his number hang above the parquet.
“I was thinking about the last time I pulled ropes up there I was tearing up crying and I was trying not to cry,” Pierce said.