BOSTON — excerpt 

Nerves of steel

As Boston whittled away Orlando’s lead, a lot of the Magic players looked scared to shoot.

Mickael Pietrus was an exception. The 6-foot-6 swingman from France scored 17 points and went 3 of 7 from beyond the arc.

“It’s tough when you put yourself in a hole against a team like that,” Rivers said. “Eventually someone’s going to make a shot. Unfortunately it was Pietrus a couple times that made huge shots for them.”