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“You’re giving them everything!” cried a laughing Paul Pierce in a feeble attempt to dissuade his former Celtics teammate Kendrick Perkins from continuing his story.

After being honored with the lifetime achievement award for The Sports Museum’s 17th running of “The Tradition” Wednesday night at TD Garden, Pierce couldn’t stop his presenter, Perkins, from dishing on the seven-plus seasons they shared together. The bearded big man was in the midst of his third vignette of the evening — one that took place outside of a club in New York City.

Coming off a victory over the Knicks at Madison Square Garden in 2008, Pierce hit up Perkins with an invitation to go out in the city.