Paul Pierce had a brutal truth to say about his Boston Celtics while taking a shot at the New York Knicks at the same time.

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Pierce played with the Celtics from 1998 to 2013, winning the NBA championship in 2008 while making one last NBA Finals appearance in 2010. Retiring in 2017, he got to enjoy watching Boston return to the throne in 2024.

However, the team's quest for a repeat ended in the second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. They lost to the Knicks in six games, going down 2-0 after blowing their initial home games despite having big leads.

Pierce came to that admission , knowing that the Celtics wasted their chances in the series. However, he believes the Knicks winning wasn't because of their own doing but r

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