It’s do or die for Brooklyn after Game 5 loss to Toronto
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It wasn’t quite as bold as Patrick Ewing’s “See you on Sunday!” guarantee before Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Chicago Bulls in May of 1996.
But Paul Pierce had a similar notion following Wednesday night’s crushing 115-113 Game 5 loss to the Toronto Raptors at the Air Canada Centre.
The former NBA Finals MVP channeled his inner-Ewing after sitting on the bench for the entire fourth quarter of the Nets’ furious comeback from a 26-point deficit en route to another heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Kyle Lowry and the feisty Raptors.