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One of the toughest rivalries in the modern era of the NBA had LeBron James and Paul Pierce as protagonists. How it all started? The Boston Celtics legend revealed it.
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By Julius Montenegro
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The tension rose, they couldn’t even see each other and each ball they disputed they fought as if it were the last one they were going to touch. LeBron James and Paul Pierce staged one of the toughest rivals in the modern era of the NBA. The origin was revealed!
Since 2007 sparks began to fly. Pierce y Boston Celtics eliminated the Cleveland Cavaliers of LeBron James and company twice during the Playoffs of 2008 and 2010. The result of the defeats? ‘The king’ he changed teams and signed for the Miami Heat.
Every conflict has an origin, but in the case of rivalry Paul Pierce vs. LeBron James, the confrontation began in a rather particular way. In a 2003-04 NBA preseason game, PP spat on the Cavaliers bench and from then on ‘The king’ he had it between his eyes.
Pierce was an analyst for ESPN in 2020 and on the show ‘NBA Countdown’ (Countdown) was in charge of revealing how a rivalry with lebron james started that had them about to go to blows in 2004 according to Brian Windhorst. It was a relationship of 12 years of bad blood, added Bill Simmons, from the portal The Ringer (El Timbre).
Paul Pierce revealed how the confrontation with LeBron James began
“You know, the crazy thing was that it was a preseason game, that didn’t mean anything. I don’t know, me and LeBron going back and forth, the bench is yelling something. And I look at the bench and say, ‘That’s why they’re all in the bench’ or something, and I spit on them. And I’m not sure if I hit someone or not, but I spit in that direction. And then just, tempers flared, next thing you know we were in the hallway, he was about to collapse. That’s kind of like the basis of everything.” revealed Paul Pierce about the origin of the rivalry with LeBron James.
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