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PAUL PIERCE’S EVENING STARTED WITH SOME GIRLFRIEND DRAMA

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Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce started his Saturday night with some girlfriend drama and ended it with being stopped by Las Vegas police at 3 a.m. Sunday.

Pierce arrived at N9NE Steakhouse about 9 p.m. with a date and another couple.

Their dinner included a $700 bottle of Melbury Bond cabernet and a visit from some Playboy Bunnies in costume.

Pierce, the most valuable player in the 2008 NBA Finals and a Las Vegas resident in the off-season, passed a field sobriety tests, including a Breathalyzer, after driving erratically on the Strip.

He was stopped near Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue, according to the police report.

During their two-hour dinner, the female companion of Pierce's buddy tossed a shrimp at the 6-foot-7 former Kansas star. Pierce's galpal scolded her, saying, “What’s wrong with you? Little girls do that."

-- NORM CLARKE, Vegas Confidential

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