Celtics legend Paul Pierce walked 20 miles to Fox studio after bold prediction goes horribly wrong

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Boston Celtics fable Paul Pierce volition beryllium getting his steps successful aft his Game 2 Celtics-Knicks prediction ended terribly for him.

The Celtics blew a 20-point pb successful Game 1, falling to the Knicks successful overtime successful Boston. But Pierce, sticking with his erstwhile squad, made a bold prediction earlier Game 2's tipoff.

"If the Celtics suffer Game 2 astatine home, I committedness you, I’m walking present tomorrow," helium said. "I’m walking here. I’m walking present 15 miles. I’m walking present successful my robe, nary shoes on, barefeet. If the Celtics lose," Pierce said connected FS1’s "Speak," referring to a Fox workplace successful Los Angeles.

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Former NBA subordinate Paul Pierce May 14, 2018, successful New York City. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Pierce mightiness person jinxed his Celtics, due to the fact that they blew different 20-point pb Wednesday night, falling to the Knicks, 91-90.

After watching the Celtics crumble, Pierce took to X to station conscionable however acold his locomotion would beryllium to get to enactment connected time.

And Pierce appeared to marque bully connected his promise, appearing connected Instagram Live to seizure himself walking to the studio, robe and all.

"This is crazy, dog. I can’t judge this. C’s got maine retired present similar this," Pierce said. "I’m sweating. So, I’m astir 4 miles successful close now. So, I deliberation I got different 16 miles?"

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His erstwhile teammate, Kevin Garnett, adjacent spotted him connected the broadside of the road.

When Pierce yet made it to the Fox studio, helium arrived wrong connected a wheelchair aft his "walk of shame."

Paul Pierce of the Brooklyn Nets during a crippled against the Detroit Pistons April 4, 2014, astatine the Barclays Center successful Brooklyn, N.Y. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

Pierce made his stake connected unrecorded TV, but fewer Celtics fans astir apt thought they'd stroke different crippled similar they did successful Game 1. However, they were ice-cold from the tract yet again, shooting 25% from 3-point range.

Even worse, the Celtics didn’t person a handbasket from the tract for the last 8:40 of the 4th quarter, allowing the Knicks to get close backmost into it similar they did Monday night.

Jalen Brunson made 2 clutch escaped throws that gave New York a one-point lead, and Mikal Bridges, who scored 14 points successful the 4th fourth unsocial to assistance the Knicks’ comeback, blocked a Jayson Tatum walk to seal the triumph similar helium did Monday nighttime erstwhile helium ripped the shot retired of Jaylen Brown’s hands.