Pierce: Fortunately, the nightclub where I was stabbed is just across the street from the hospital. Otherwise, I might really be dead.

Recently, Paul Pierce participated in celebrity Sharpe's show "Club Shay Shay" and talked about his previous experience of being stabbed.

He said: "At first, I thought there was only one person stabbing me, but when it happened, I discovered that there were actually three or four people. I was big, so it was not easy for them to knock me down. Some people said at the time that if I had not fought hard, I would have died. The fact is that I kept resisting, and they surrounded me, but I never stopped resisting. You know, those three people had knives in their hands, three in total. Judging from the wounds, they were all stabbing me repeatedly.

Sharp: "Some people said that if you hadn't been wearing that leather jacket, the situation would have been much worse than it actually was, and you probably wouldn't have survived. "

Pierce: "Yes, I was wearing a very thick leather jacket. I wish I had a picture of it - the clothes were ripped and torn. After all this was over, I only remembered the last scene: I looked at myself covered in blood. I wanted to wipe it off but couldn't. The blood kept flowing profusely. At that time, someone shouted, ‘Oh no, I have to go to the hospital quickly’ because my clothes were soaked in blood. Fortunately, I finally got downstairs - I was dragged into a dark room next to it, but I managed to get downstairs. The hospital was actually a block away, so I could walk there, but we drove there anyway. To be honest, if the hospital hadn't been nearby, I might not be able to sit here and talk to you now. That incident really changed my life completely. ”

2000 In 2016, Pierce, a second-year Celtics player, was attending a party with his teammates at a private club in Boston. The then 23-year-old Pierce was provoked by a gang member when he was interacting with a woman on the dance floor. After a verbal conflict between the two parties, the gang member suddenly stabbed Pierce with a knife, and then more than ten accomplices joined in the attack. Pierce was stabbed 11 times in the face, neck, back and other parts, one of which pierced the lungs, only 0.25 centimeters away from the heart. Another person hit his head with a glass bottle, causing blood to flow. Teammate Betty rushed him to a nearby hospital. The doctor said he might have died if he had been delayed 15 minutes.