For 20 years, Kobe Bryant has been showered by boos from the fans in each of his trips to Boston, and the beginning of the game was no different. But after hitting a clutch 3-pointer from way beyond the arc, the sold-out arena had a different response.
“Kobe! Kobe!” the TD Garden crowd chanted, as Bryant’s triple prevented a Celtics comeback in the Lakers’ 112-104 victory over their bitter rivals.
“Honestly, if I could chant for them, I would,” Bryant said after his final game in Boston. “I don’t think the fans here really understand how much they drove me.