FILE - Former NBA basketball player Paul Pierce smiles watching warmups before an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Chicago Bulls, Nov. 14, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, file)
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) and guard Jaylen Brown (7) talk during the second half of Game 2 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the New York Knicks, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Former Celtics great Paul Pierce was so confident in his team in Game 2 against the Knicks, he said he would walk to work barefoot “in my robe” if they lost for a second straight game in the second-round series.
“If the Celtics lose Game 2 at home, I promise you, I am walking here tomorrow,” he declared on an FS1 show Wednesday. “I guarantee this one. Put the house on this game.”
That didn't turn out so great. The Celtics in Game 2, as they did in Game 1, and .
Pierce appeared to honor his vow Thursday, saying he set out before the sun rose for what he said was a 20.2-mile commute to work in the Los Angeles area. He posted updates on Instagram Live. Pierce made the wise choice of not walking barefoot, but bath-robed? Yes.
“All right, time for me to get to steppin’,” he said after 5 a.m. Pacific time, calling himself a “man of my word.”
“I cant believe the Celtics got me out here like this, dog,” he said in a later update. “I’m really walking out here like this.”
A little before 9 a.m., Pierce posted another Live of a couple of hecklers on the sidewalk.
“You lost that bet, huh?” one of them said.
Pierce took it all in stride, having some fun with them. He said he was about halfway at that point.
He posted another video saying he arrived to work at around 1 p.m.
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