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Pierce takes charge

Paul Pierce said yesterday that it's time he and Walker take some matters into
their own hands.

``We know we've got to carry the load,'' he said. ``As captains of the
ballclub, as leaders of this team, we've got to go out and do a lot of things.
We've got a lot of responsibilities. We can't wait on other guys. We've got to
get the job done ourselves. I know in the past two weeks we haven't been
playing like we've been playing all year. We've really got to pick ourselves
up and start playing better basketball for this team to be successful - and we
realize that.''



Paul M.