Looks like the power of twitter has shown again as this was something that came up in my news feed as I was browsing through twitter.  Next thing, you know it’s official and Ray Allen is heading to the Miami Heat.

But looking from the Boston Celtics perspective, it’s not that big of a loss.  He was already delegated to the bench halfway through the season, and I can’t imagine he’ll see much playing time down in Miami.

Kevin Garnett might play even harder this season to show that the Celtics can win without Allen in my opinion.  They could play with the edge of a team that lost a player who was part of their Big Three.

It’s up to Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce, and Kevin Garnett to carry the load.  But the Celtics will get some help with the addition of Jason Terry.  They also resigned Brandon Bass.  I don’t think the window is closing on Boston quite.

As far as Miami goes, the role Allen plays will be one of a leadership one, and someone who can come off the bench for a timely three.  But I can’t see Allen getting anymore playing time in Miami than Boston, therefore this is a chasing the ring move for Allen, who already has one.  Getting the second one is something he seems set on to solidify his already great career.

“That’s the point we make with this team. When the ball moves, there’s assists,” coach Doc Rivers said. “Guys are going to get assists and they’re getting that.”

This was Pierce’s first triple-double since 2006 against the Philadelphiaa 76ers.

“I pride myself in trying to be a complete player,” Pierce said. “Throughout the course of my career I’ve worked on a lot of things on both sides of the ball.”

Nate Robinson filled in well for Rondo, putting up 18 points. Shaq returned from injury, and he had eleven points including a great alley-oop jam over Jeff Foster in the game.

“Shaq is a big guy. When he looks up, I get his head nod and he says ‘throw it to the rim’ — that’s what I try to do,” Pierce said. “He doesn’t have to jump too high to dunk the ball, so I just try to put it right next to the rim.”

Roy Hibbert played solid, and had a big game as predicted with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Danny Granger added to it with 19 points, but it wasn’t enough for a Pacers’ victory as they drop to 12-14. The C’s improve to 22-4. Indiana shouldn’t worry, however, as they are the seventh best team in the standings in the Eastern Conference. They’ve been playing well and they are bound to have games like these.

But they gave the Celtics a competition and they showed they could possibly beat them. But sometimes it may take luck. Just ask Granger.

“They can be beat, but you have to play a near perfect game,” he said. “I think the Celtics are more talented than those other teams across the board. They probably have 40 years of All-Star games between [them].”

Indiana knows they can beat them.

But it sometimes they need to be near-perfect to beat this team.