Doc Rivers spoke this morning with Dennis and Callahan on WEEI:
Rivers said he was told the incident became heated after Richardson told Paul Pierce to get up off the floor while the players stood over the injured Celtic. Rivers said everyone should expect to see additional similar reactions from Pierce. Said Rivers: "I don't know that [Pierce was embellishing]. I will say this with Paul: The stinger thing is going to continue to happen, I guess, going by [trainer Ed Lacerte], because it's a nerve. Once it starts, it's tough to settle down until you rest it, I don't think that's the last time we'll see that with Paul."
The shoulder shouldn't be a major problem, as long as Paul continues to bounce back quickly and doesn't miss any game or practice time.
Doc still thinks Q-Bitch should have been suspended:
Rivers said he still was disappointed Quentin Richardson was not suspended along with Garnett following their Game 1 incident. "I do think the instigator deserves to be suspended just like the retaliator," he said. "I just think there's a lot of instigating going on in our league right now. ... If the league is saying they really want to clean up fights, it's not going to work until you — Kevin should have been suspended, but so should have Quentin Richardson. I just thought both of them should have been."