A friend pointed me toward a sports story with an amusing parenting anecdote from a Celtics-Cavaliers game.

Paul Pierce gave LeBron James “a good foul, a hard foul,” according to Michael Vega’s report in the Boston Globe:

“With 4:13 remaining in the first half, Pierce denied James an easy transition basket by throwing a bear hug on him. Both players stumbled out of bounds, near were Gloria James was seated. Gloria sprang into action and gave Pierce an earful, wagging her finger at him.

“So, what did she say?

‘I really don’t know,’ Pierce said. ‘She was just coming to her son; that’s how moms are when they see something happening to their kids. My mom probably would’ve done the same thing.’

Which invited the question: Could Pierce’s mom take LeBron’s mom?

‘I don’t know,’ Pierce said with a laugh. ‘My momma’s a little older, but she’s old school. She’s got some tactics. She called me this morning. I talked to her.’

– Michael Vega, The Boston Globe

The whole story is pretty funny.

Pierce handled the situation a lot better than James did, judging by this video:

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