Pierce was so dedicated to showing that he was a man of his word that his former Celtics teammate and fellow Basketball Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett appeared to come and check on him while driving by. After Garnett saw Pierce was OK, he just egged him on to keep going while Pierce chuckled:

Paul Pierce is a man of his word. On Thursday, the Basketball Hall of Famer fulfilled a promise he made about Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Pierce promised to walk from his home to work at the Fox Sports 1 studios in a bathrobe if the Boston Celtics lost the game to the New York Knicks.

Former Boston Celtics great Paul Pierce learned a valuable lesson Wednesday: If you make an outlandish prediction on live television, you better be ready to follow through. Pierce paid for that decision Thursday, as he walked 20 miles to the FS1 studio after his Celtics prediction backfired in horrific fashion.