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:
He's never caved when the pressure's mounted, and as NBA.