Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff

Kendrick Perkins was held out of practice today and will be held out tomorrow in order to keep him healthy for game night on Wednesday. He is still battling plantar fasciitis in his foot.

Paul Pierce practiced with his left wrist taped, saying that he had slightly sprained it against Milwaukee on Saturday. Neither Pierce or head coach Doc Rivers viewed it as anything serious. It didn’t appear to effect Pierce’s performance on Saturday as he scored a game-high 34 in the victory.

Following practice, Rivers talked at length about the importance of Sebastian Telfair’s play on Saturday night at both ends of the floor. Telfair played 36 minutes, including the entire second half, scoring 12 points and dishing out eight assists. His defense was one of the most impressive things to Rivers who pointed to comments made by Bucks head coach Terry Stotts about Telfair single-handily disrupting their offense.

The Celtics, who surprisingly are tied for first place in the Atlantic Division with the Nets and Philadelphia, take on New Jersey at the TD Banknorth Garden on Wednesday.