Kevin Garnett Credits His Celtics Squad for Stopping Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol’s Mighty Lakers: “I Thought They Should Have Won More Championships. But There Was a Celtics Team Out There”
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA APRIL 28, 2013-Lakers Kobe Bryant consoles Pau Gasol late in the 4th quarter against the Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Playoffs at the Staples Center Sunday. (Photo by Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
As one of basketball’s most important players, Kobe Bryant and his legacy lives on in the NBA. The former NBA superstar helped the Los Angeles Lakers dominate the NBA for most of his career. NBA players, fans, analysts, and others still remain in awe of Kobe’s Lakers’ feats. One such former NBA player recently acknowledged Kobe’s carry-job for the Lakers.
NBA great Kevin Garnett revealed how the Boston Celtics stopped Kobe and Pau Gasol from establishing a dynasty at the Lakers. Garnett recalled these details while speaking in episode 1 of Gasol’s Amazon Prime documentary, ‘Pau Gasol: It’s About The Journey’. He suggested that the Lakers could have won more championships if not for the Celtics.
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Garnett said, “That combination of Gasol and Kobe, and him and Bynum coming together, that whole synergy, I actually thought they should have won more championships. But there was a Celtics team out there somewhere. “ Andrew Bynum was another key player at the Lakers.
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(Orlando, Florida Sunday, June 14, 2009) Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant share a warm embrace at center court as they realize victory is certain over the Magic in game five of the NBA Finals at Amway Arena. (Photo by Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Garnett and the Celtics maintained an intense rivalry with the Lakers who were led by Kobe and Gasol. The Lakers lost the 2008 NBA Finals to the Celtics. They met the Celtics once again in the 2010 NBA Finals however, the Lakers succeeded in defeating their rivals in the rematch.
Kobe joined the Lakers after getting drafted by Charlotte Hornets in 1996.
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His desire to win often helped him to power the Lakers over the finish line in most games. In-Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals, Kobe scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to lessen the third quarter gap of 13 points against the Boston Celtics. The 2010 Finals, however, lingers as his last NBA title triumph.
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