ESPN edited Justin Timberlake’s opening monologue after the singer/actor made a comment about Boston Celtics player Paul Pierce’s injured knee in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. In describing how Pierce quickly came back, Justin joked that Pierce was back on the court, “shucking and jiving.”

The comment, which was cut out of the broadcast that aired Sunday night, was met with silence from the crowd when the show taped on Wednesday.

Way to go JT.