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Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce gets his steps in after his game 2 Celtices-Knick’s prediction ended terribly to him.
Celtics blew a 20-point lead in Game 1 that fell to Knicks in overtime in Boston. But Pierce, who adhered to his former team, made a bold prediction before Game 2’s Tipoff.
“If Celtics is losing game 2 at home, I promise you, I’ll go here tomorrow,” he said. “I’m going here. I go here 15 miles. I go here in my robe, no shoes on, Barefeet. If Celtics loses,” Pierce said on FS1’s “Speak,” and refers to a Fox study in Los Angeles.
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Former NBA player Paul Pierce May 14, 2018 in New York City. (Slave Vlasic/Getty Images)
Pierce may have jinxed his Celtics because they blew another 20-point lead Wednesday night and fell to Knicks, 91-90.
After watching Celtics crumble, Pierce went to X to send how far his walk would be to get to work on time.
And Pierce seemed to do well with his promise and appeared on Instagram Live to catch himself going to the studio, cloak and everything.
“This is crazy, dog. I can’t believe it. C got me out here like this,” Pierce said. “I sweat. So I’m about four miles in right now. So I think I got another 16 miles?”
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His former teammate, Kevin Garnett, even discovered him on the side of the road.
When Pierce finally came to Fox Studio, he arrived on a wheelchair after his “Walk of Shame.”
Paul Pierce from Brooklyn Nets during a game against Detroit Piston’s April 4, 2014 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, new (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
Pierce made her efforts on live TV, but few Celtices fans probably thought they would blow up another game, as they did in the game 1.
Even worse, Celtics did not convert a basket from the field to the last 8:40 in the fourth quarter, enabling Knicks to get back into what they did Monday night.
Jalen Brunson made two clutch-free throws that gave New York a one-point lead, and Mikal Bridges, who scored 14 points in the fourth quarter alone to help Knicks’ comeback, blocked a Jayson Tatum pass to seal the victory, as he did Monday night when he tore the ball out of Jaylen Brown’s hands.
NBA legend Paul Pierce during match 3 in 2022 NBA final 8 June 2022 at TD Garden in Boston. (Mark Blinch/NBAE via Getty Images)
Knicks and Celtics overturn on Saturday afternoon in Madison Square Garden.
