Bill Belichick was in the stands as well as current players Wes Welker, Stephen Gostkowski and Pat Chung. In addition, former New England linebackers Tedy Bruschi and Larry Izzo were also in attendance.
And Celtics’ star Paul Pierce was able to flash some football skills late in the game, when he ran a fly pattern along the sideline to haul in Kevin Garnett’s inbounds pass with less than a minute to go and Boston clinging to a five-point lead. Pierce caught the ball high above his head and neatly missed stepping out of bounds before throwing it crosscourt to Rajon Rondo, who connected on a layup that helped seal the win.
“I was just showing off my Randy Moss and my Tom Brady in one play, that’s all,” Pierce told reporters. “Going up to catch it, then I went to my Brady mode when I was falling out of bounds to find Rondo for the receiving end.”
Wicked pissah!
