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After arrest, Paul Pierce says he was just ‘old’ and ‘tired,’ not drunk

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Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of driving under the influence Tuesday night after he was found asleep behind the wheel, authorities said.

Pierce, 47, was allegedly found sleeping in the driver’s seat of a Range Rover SUV stopped on U.S. Highway 101, California Highway Patrol said in a news release obtained by the Associated Press. Troopers had previously closed four of the highway’s six lanes while responding to an unrelated car crash around 10:40 p.