It appears as though the Twitter account of Celtics forward Paul Pierce was hacked shortly after Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night.

Pierce's verified Twitter account displayed a message that read "Anybody got a BROOM?" after Boston took a 2-0 lead over Orlando in the series.

The message has since been deleted.

"Hacked in game and post game while on podium [for postgame press conference]. Disregard chatter," Pierce wrote on Wednesday.

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Why would someone hack into someone elses account? I know it's done elsewhere aside from here, but it's just stupid to me. Instead of doing stupid stuff with your time, use it to do something that will benefit someone rather than hurting them or someone else.