Globe :
Pierce, sidelined by a stress reaction in his left foot, said he hopes to get back on the court next week. "The cavalry is coming," Pierce told reporters while at Tufts New England Medical Center. He was there for the opening of the Paul Pierce Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery; he donated $250,000 to get the center up and running. Pierce was treated at the hospital after he was stabbed at a Boston nightclub in September 2000