Pierce embraces villain role in Wizards’ opening victory Pierce scored five of his 20 points in overtime, Nene had 12 points and 13 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards beat Toronto 93-86 on Saturday in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Pierce hit a three-pointer, his fourth of the game, to begin the extra session, further tormenting a Raptors team he eliminated with Brooklyn in last year’s playoffs, then derided this week by saying, “I don’t feel they have the 'It’ that makes you worried,” in an interview with ESPN. Amir Johnson scored 18 points and DeMar DeRozan had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Raptors, who have yet to win the opening game of a first-round series in seven postseason appearances. Masai Ujiri, who was fined $25,000 after he used a profanity about Brooklyn at the start of last year’s series, used another profanity in a pregame speech to thousands of fans watching on a big screen outside the arena. Before the series, Wittman said he picked Pierce’s brain about what Brooklyn did to beat Toronto last year, and Pierce’s experience in winning an NBA title with Boston. Washington held a double-digit lead in the second half, but Greivis Vasquez, who came on after All-Star Kyle Lowry fouled out, tied it at 82 by hitting a three-pointer with 25 seconds left. Neither team scored again until Pierce made a three-pointer 36 seconds into overtime, the first basket in a 7-0 Wizards run. Toronto missed seven straight shots before DeRozan’s dunk with 29 seconds left. DeRozan, Lowry and Terrence Ross shot a combined 11-for-41, including a 0-for-11 performance from three-point range.
Pierce Embraces Villain Role In Wizards’ Opening Victory
Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Sports
Sat, 04/18/2015 - 5:05pm
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