The series also gave him a defining moment. Pierce exited Game 1 in a wheelchair with what appeared to be a serious knee injury, but he triumphantly returned to lead the Celtics to a 98-88 win — or at least that’s the version Pierce had us believe for all these years.
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Ahead of Game 3 of the 2019 NBA Finals on Wednesday night, “The Truth” told, well, the truth to the broadcast crew of Michelle Beadle, Jalen Rose and Chauncey Billups.
“I have a confession to make,” Pierce said on ABC. “I just had to go to a bathroom.”
Pierce’s admission confirms a conspiracy theory that had been pushed on NBA Reddit for years. It turns out there was no damage done to Pierce’s knee.
No. 34 just had to take a No. 2.
Give Pierce a little bit of credit here. He shared this information right before a pivotal Finals game. That’s a perfect news dump.
UPDATE: Pierce is upset with the haters for… something? This doesn’t make much sense. No one forced him to talk about that game on national television.
