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What Kemba Walker said about his first win in 29 tries against LeBron James

Kemba Walker finally did it. He finally defeated LeBron James.

The three-time All-Star was 0-28 in his career in his team’s games against James entering Monday night’s Lakers-Celtics matchup.

That changed Monday after the Celtics’ 139-107 win. Walker scored 20 points in the win and improved his all-time record against James to 1-28.

Walker was happy to finally get the monkey off his back.

“No question,” Walker said with a smile when asked if it was great to finally beat James. “He’s beaten a lot of people. I bet you there’s not a lot of guys that have a winning record against LeBron James.