Last year in the playoffs, Paul Pierce called game. On Saturday, The Truth called his shot once again: a throwback dunk in the Los Angeles Clippers’ win over the Brooklyn Nets.

Paul finished with 10 points in 12 minutes of play as his Clippers topped his former team, the Brooklyn Nets, 105-100 at the Barclays Center. But Paul’s signature play in this game didn’t net a single point for his team. It came thanks to some good-natured ribbing from teammate Chris Paul.

Early in the fourth quarter, with the Clips in complete control and leading by 16 points, No. 34 pulled up for a 12-foot jumper and missed the mark. It was a harmless miss, but one that Chris Paul wouldn’t let The Truth forget. During a timeout moments later, CP3 gave his veteran teammate a hard time, noting that a younger Pierce would’ve finished that play with a dunk. The Truth responded, “I still can.”

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Two plays later, he proved it.

Holding the ball near the top of the key, No. 34 burned Thaddeus Young on a drive and went right to the rack, where he dunked over another former teammate, Brooklyn point guard Jarrett Jack.

“It was hilarious,” said Clippers head coach Doc Rivers. “That’s why our bench went nuts because CP, the play before during that timeout, said on the move before, ‘Paul, in your younger days you would have dunked that.’ And then Paul said, ‘I still can,’ and then he did it.”

Unfortunately, Paul was whistled for an offensive foul on the play, and the bucket was waved off. But it still provided a spark for the L.A. bench on the road.

“Charge or not, offensive foul or not, I was just excited that he gave us that little boost,” said center DeAndre Jordan. “I don’t know if we’ll get that again until 2016, but it was good to see.”

Though’s The Truth’s filthy flush over the Nets defense didn’t go down as a bucket, he had plenty of impact in his return to Brooklyn, where he played for the Nets during the 2013-14 season.

Paul did most of his damage off the bench in the second quarter. Moments after entering the game to start the second he took a drive down the lan and knocked down a short pull-up jumper amid four Brooklyn defenders. Shortly thereafter, No. 34 drained two three-pointers: the first from up top of the key off a feed by Austin Rivers, and the second from the wing, assisted by Jamal Crawford.

The Truth tallied eight points in the second quarter to help give Los Angeles a 57-44 lead at halftime. After a quiet third, Paul made it 10 with a tough fast-break layup. Not long after came the dunk sequence that would’ve given No. 34 a dozen points on the night, but the basket didn’t stand.

“I think on principle, you cannot call anything if Paul Pierce is dunking the ball,” Rivers joked. “Even if he did it, you just on principle, you get a grace period after you get 36, if you get a dunk it should count.”

While that play provided a temporary spark, the Nets clawed their way back over the course of the fourth quarter. LA’s lead was even sliced down to just two in the final four minutes, but CP3 and Blake Griffin combined to score the team’s final 12 points to hold off the Brooklyn rally.

Rivers liked what he saw out of the Clippers as they pushed their way through a tough road victory, and he likes where the team is headed going forward.

“Our defense has really improved and if we keep on this track we’re going to be where we think we should be,” Rivers said.

WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS – DEC. 14

1. Golden State Warriors (24-1)

2. San Antonio Spurs (20-5)

3. Oklahoma City Thunder (16-8)

4. Los Angeles Clippers (14-10)

5. Dallas Mavericks (13-11)

6. Memphis Grizzlies (13-12)

7. Houston Rockets (12-12)

8. Utah Jazz (10-12)

NEXT UP

The Clippers close their five-game road trip on Monday night against the Detroit Pistons (14-11).

Los Angeles will look to improve to 4-1 during this five-game stint away from home, with the only loss coming to the Chicago Bulls. The Clips will briefly head back home on Wednesday to host the Milwaukee Bucks before hitting the road once again for a tough Texas back-to-back against the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets.

The Pistons are coming off back-to-back wins over the Philadelphia 76ers and Indiana Pacers. Los Angeles won the first of the teams’ two meetings this year: a 101-96 victory at the Staples Center on Nov. 14.

Tipoff is set for 4:30 p.m. PT. FOX Sports West 2 will have the broadcast from the Palace of Auburn Hills.

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