Pierce believes the playoff battles with James took his game to another level.
Retired 10-time All-Star Paul Pierce believes that he is responsible for Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James elevating his game to superstar status.
Pierce says the numerous playoff battles with James, specifically when the Boston Celtics squared off against the Miami Heat in the early 2010s, helped mold James into the superstar that he's become.on FS1. "When he went to Miami, Game 6 in Boston when we had them on the ropes to go back to the Finals, that was the game that took LeBron to the next level."
When Skip Bayless asked Pierce if he felt like he was able to challenge James, the former Celtics star said that at that point in his career he was switching on-and-off James defensively. In earlier playoff battles when James was in Cleveland, Pierce was the primary defender. "It wasn't a lot against me," Pierce said of his playoff battles when James was in Miami. "I was a little older. I guarded him a little. Brandon Bass guarded him a little."There's no doubt that the playoff tilts between Pierce and James were some of the best early stage postseason games of James's career, and whether or not Pierce's statement is true, the battles will go down in Eastern Conference playoff history as historic to James's career.
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