“The most handsome memory I have took place in this locker room back here”, Bryant said. The Garden taunted him with endless loops of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin” and the Dropkick Murphys’ “I’m Shipping Up to Boston amid the Lakers’ Game 6 series-clinching loss to the Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals”.
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Even worse was that annoying Laker fan in front of us gesticulating and generally being a stereotypical obnoxious Kobe fan. This was the Boston swan song for an all-time great.
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The image of Kobe Bryant leaping onto the stage and hoisting his Finals MVP trophy is one that I still keep in mind to this day and one I likely won’t forget. Leave it to Bryant to one-up them with his own farewell, hitting a late three-pointer and walking off the court to chants of his name in the Lakers’ 112-104 victory at TD Garden.
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“I’ve known Paul since he was in Kansas”, he said. But he played well and didn’t miss shots in the fourth quarter (nine points with two three pointers and three from the line), and so everything that Jordan Clarkson, D’Angelo Russell and Lou Williams did simply disappeared.
Not all Celtics fans hate Kobe, but none of them like him. But on this night, a sellout crowd of 18,624 loudly expressed their appreciation.
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“It was unbelievable”, said Bryant.
Next I pulled out a big coffee table book filled with pictures from the Celtics history. “I’ve come to really enjoy it. It’s different now to have perspective and bring my head above water and appreciate, not my career, but appreciate the fans and the support and the criticism, because it helped drive me”. From the signing of the songs, the shaking of the bus going back to the hotel, that stuff really stuck with me.
Now, by that, I do not mean that I hate Kobe Bryant the person because I don’t know the man. But I sure do hate Kobe Bryant the basketball player. “The recognition and the top of the game and then as soon as I touched the ball and they booed I was like, ‘Oh, I’m home.’ It felt great”. He returned the favor by saluting the crowd.
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“Because of the history”, said Bryant. The Celtics were forced to play a rotation of Rasheed Wallace and Glenn Davis at the five spot, and despite their best efforts, the team lost a heartbreaker in game seven.
“I always remember the beauty of it”, he continued before adding with a laugh, “at the time, not so much”.
“I think it should be like that”. It was clearly the dominant storyline, and may or may not have contributed to a lackluster performance by the Celtics, particularly on the defensive end.
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The Lakers were the first team to lose to the Sixers but I don’t think that’s going to happen again as the Lakers looked surprisingly good in their last outing and will be eager to atone for their 103-91 loss at Philadelphia back on December 1. “And so this new middle-third, the second-third, is just a chance for us to continue to grow along that path. I expect us to find some wins”.
