Why did Paul Pierce really need a wheelchair in 2008?

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Or dirty.

Following his heroic return to that win in the first game, Pierce said he heard a pop. It may be true, but it may not be knee as we had supposed.

We will let Pierce tell the story:

"I have a confession to make," Pierce told millions of viewers from his televised pulpit nationally before the third game of this finals. "I just had to go to the bathroom."

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"Something has fallen," he says. "I had to use a wheelchair."

Later, on Twitter:

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On the contrary. Pierce seems to have just confirmed the suspicions of his diary.

After a closer look, this story is all the more remarkable as Pierce does not need a wheelchair. He whispered that God knew what in the ear of the former Celtics coach, Ed Lacerte, and then was taken out of the akimbo court – legs by teammates.

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Is there a stain? Did Pierce wear the same shorts in the second match? So many questions.

Does this make Pierce's performance less heroic? Maybe more. After missing just 1:45 in the third quarter, Pierce came back, I guess, to a two-point tie that turned a two-point deficit into a four-point advantage, but Boston never gave up. Pierce went on to win the Final Final Player title, which would mean that the biggest moment of his career was being skipped by a bathroom escort.

Finally, the truth. Where was it?

I do not know what to believe anymore.

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