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Celtics Pierce 'Day To Day' With Strained Achilles

BOSTON (CBS) -The Boston Celtics are down 2-0 to the Miami Heat, and now their captain is hurting.

Paul Pierce suffered a strained left Achilles in the first quarter of Tuesday night's 102-91 loss, but should be okay by Saturday's Game 3 in Boston.

"I'm day-to-day right now," Pierce said. "We're just going to see how it feels the next couple of days."

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Pierce missed nearly 10 minutes over the first and second quarter while being tended to in the locker room.

"When you strain your Achilles every step is like a slight, little pain in there," said Pierce. "But it actually loosened up when I got back in there, got up and down a few times, and it really didn't affect me the rest of the game."

Pierce finished the game with 13 points on 5-for-11 shooting in 33 minutes.

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