Pierce was stabbed 11 times in the face, neck, and back during a fight in a nightclub in the Boston area. He underwent surgery to repair the wounds. He also had a bottle cracked over his head.

Pierce came very close to death on September 25, 2000, when he got into a fight with a stranger inside the Buzz Club in Boston. He got stabbed 11 times in his face, neck, and body and had a bottle smashed on his head. Pierce was carried to a medical facility in Boston immediately after the stabbing and had surgery that saved his life.

Battie and his brother rushed Pierce to Tufts Medical emergency room and he was given emergency lung surgery. He was stabbed 3 times in the stomach and 5 times in the back by two different knives. He was also smashed in the head with a champagne bottle which sliced open just above his right eye and almost resulted in him losing the eye.

On this day in 2000, Paul Pierce narrowly survived being stabbed 11 times in his face, neck & back - only to play all 82 games that season.

B O S T O N, Sept. 25 -- Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics was stabbed inthe face, neck and back while in the pool room of a nightclub earlytoday and was listed in fair condition. The 22-year-old player underwent surgery, Boston radio stationWEEI-AM said, quoting an unidentified hospital source.