Overview

• Pierce said that if he and James were the same age, James “wouldn’t have got those two in Miami” and might not have four championships.
• He asserted he could have “offset” James in key moments, including matching a 40-point Game 6 performance.
• Pierce explained he was older with heavy mileage during those series and now sees himself looking “stiff” on film.
• The take hinges on a seven-year age difference within a rivalry that ran from the 2008 Celtics–Cavaliers series into James’s Miami tenure.
• James leads their head-to-head meetings and playoff series overall and has four titles to Pierce’s one.