PAUL PIERCE’S EVENING STARTED WITH SOME GIRLFRIEND DRAMA
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