Paul Pierce walks 20 miles to paintings in gown as punishment for making sure Celtics win

Former Celtics nice Paul Pierce was once so assured in his staff in Game 2 towards the Knicks, he mentioned he would stroll to paintings barefoot “in my robe” in the event that they misplaced for a moment instantly sport within the second-round sequence.

“If the Celtics lose Game 2 at home, I promise you, I am walking here tomorrow,” he declared on an FS1 display Wednesday. “I guarantee this one. Put the house on this game.”

That did not prove so nice. The Celtics blew a 20-point lead in Game 2, as they did in Game 1, and misplaced 91-90. 

Pierce seemed to honour his vow Thursday, announcing he set out sooner than the solar rose for what he mentioned was once a 20.2-mile (32.5 km) shuttle to paintings within the Los Angeles space. He posted updates on Instagram Live. It was once unclear whether or not he was once in fact barefoot, however bath-robed? Yes.

“All right, time for me to get to steppin’,” he mentioned after 5 a.m. PT, calling himself a “man of my word.”

“I cant believe the Celtics got me out here like this dog,” he mentioned in a later replace. “I’m really walking out here like this.”

A bit sooner than 9 a.m., Pierce posted every other Live of a pair hecklers at the sidewalk.

“You lost that bet, huh?” one in every of them mentioned.

Pierce took all of it in stride, having some amusing with them. He mentioned he was once about midway at that time.