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Paul Pierce celebrates 40th birthday with cake showing him in wheelchair

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Paul Pierce turned 40 on Friday, and celebrated with some cakes commemorating his storied career with the Boston Celtics.

One of the desserts featured a photo from the 2008 NBA Finals, when Pierce was infamously carted to the locker room in a wheelchair following a collision. He checked back into the contest just minutes later, raising questions about how much pain he was actually in.

Peace out 30s headed to the distinguished 40s club✌🏾✊🏾🖖🏾👋🏾

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It's not the first time Pierce has been teased about the incident, with Doc Rivers, his coach at the time, sending him a wheelchair as a retirement gift in May.

The Truth got a kick out of the present, and yelled: "A ring came with this wheelchair! So to all you haters, BLAH!"

It's true, the Celtics won the championship that year, and Pierce was named Finals MVP.

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