Lakers at Celtics (2007)
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Kobe is pretty much the only player in today’s NBA to have truly proven that he plays some of his best basketball when he’s upset, angry, pissed off, has a chip on his shoulder and what have you. Coming off of a one-game suspension for catching Manu Ginobili in the face with his arm during a jump shot, the Mamba stepped onto the Boston Celtics’ home court with his Nike Zoom Kobe II laced up tight back in 2007, ready to unleash a game’s worth of pent-up aggression.
Four quarters and 43 points later (seven three-pointers), Kobe left TD Banknorth Garden after hearing chants of “MVP, MVP, MVP,” especially following a monster drive-and-dunk along the baseline. As things currently stand though, we probably have a better chance of the world actually ending in 2012 than we do of ever hearing that kind of ovation for Kobe in Boston ever again.
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