Paul Pierce doesn't sweat the big moments—he lives for them.
After Derrick Rose kept the bank open past regular operating hours Friday night, Pierce extended that window with a patented fade-away jump shot as the final buzzer sounded to give the Washington Wizards a 103-101 Game 3 win over the Atlanta Hawks, and a 2-1 series lead to boot.
In vintage Pierce fashion, the 37-year-old capped off his single-handed salvation of the Wizards by dropping a line that reminded us The Truth would be a master craftsman of AND1 t-shirts:
Reporter: Paul, take us through that last sequence.
Pierce: You know, coach drew the play up for me. I've been in that situation millions of times. Caught the ball in my sweet spot, and I just wanted to make sure we got the last shot with no time on the clock. I was able to get it off.
Reporter: I saw you looking at Bradley Beal—like I thought it might be for him—were you trying to get him to give you some space, or what?
Pierce: Yeah, I was just telling him to get out. I had a small guy on me, I had it at the elbow, what ...
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Paul Pierce Saves Washington Wizards from Collapse in Pivotal Game 3 vs. Hawks
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