Kobe Bryant might have won five championships, but according to him, the Finals loss against the Celtics was the toughest one of his career. The Celtics beat the Lakers in 6 games and the manner they won the deciding game 6 was shocking. The Celtics beat the Lakers by a record 39 points.

This was one of the most one-sided finals games of all time. For Kobe, this was something that didn’t sit right with him, especially the manner in which they lost. And that too to their illustrious rivals, The Boston Celtics.

Kobe was more motivated than ever to avenge this loss. He tried to motivate himself by cutting out a photo of Paul Pierce celebrating and keeping it in his pocket at all times.

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He put up his Olympic gold medal in Pau Gasol’s locker to try to get him motivated. In the end, Kobe finally got his revenge by winning against the Celtics in the 2010 finals.

Kobe Bryant reveals how the Lakers lost an NBA championship

Kobe tells how being relaxed and happy cost the Lakers in the finals. He says, “For us to have a team that’s confrontational and on edge brings out the competitive spirit of everybody else, you know what I’m saying? If everybody is just relaxed and happy-go-lucky and this, that and the other, then that’s the personality we’ll have as a team.”

He says the Boston Celtics were a confrontational team and loved to challenge teams. Kobe adds, “That’s what happened to us in 2008. Everything was really easy for us, real smooth. …Everybody liked each other. And then we got to the Finals, and we ran into a bus. The Celtics – those m*therf*ckers just beat the sh*t out of us.”

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Kobe was having one of his best seasons ever in 2008. In fact, The Lakers finally had a good enough team to compete for a championship. The Lakers finished first in an incredibly competitive western conference. Kobe himself was having a great year and he was the league MVP that year. He was also having a great playoff run, averaging over 30 PPG. Unfortunately, he could not convert this into a championship as they ran into a resurgent Celtics team.

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