Paul Pierce rocks The Posts Choke 2.0 back page on a T-shirt on FS1: Im a fan

Paul Pierce loved The Post’s Thursday back page so much that he donned a T-shirt featuring it. The former Celtics great and current FS1 personality sported a shirt with The Post’s ‘Choke 2.0” back page emblazoned on it during the latest episode of “Speak” before handing them out to his fellow panelists on the show. The back page featured Tyrese Haliburton mimicking Reggie Miller’s infamous choke gesture from the 1994 playoffs against the Knicks. “As you can see, I have this for my New York [fans].Hey, listen New York fans, don’t get mad at me,” Pierce said while standing up and holding the shirt up for the camera.

“Don’t get mad at me.This picture is from the New York Post.”Pierce then expressed his fandom for “The Best Sports In Town.” “They sent this to me, and I was just like, alright, I like to read the New York Post.

I’m a fan,” he said, not explaining who “they” is. He then proceeded to hand out shirts to the three other members of the show. The Knicks suffered a devastating loss to the Pacers in Game 1 on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden when they squandered a double-digit fourth-quarter lead.Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series.The loss felt like a throwback to Miller’s classic postseason performances against the Knicks in the ’90s, which were equally as haunting to fans of a certain age. Pierce hasn’t been shy about who he is rooting for in the series, proclaiming after the Knicks defeated the Celtics in the second round that the “Pacers are gonna pop ya’ll,” referring to the New York squad. The NBA great wasn’t the only person on FS1 basking in the Knicks’ misery after Game 1. “Breakfast Ball” co-host Danny Parkin wore a shirt with the Haliburton image on it during Thursday’s show to troll fellow co-host, and former WFAN personality, Craig Carton.The Knicks will get a chance ...