The Ubuntu period Boston Celtics hung the well-known ball membership’s penultimate banner on the expense of longtime NBA rivals the Los Angeles Lakers. And it actually hit dwelling for the late Kobe Bryant, his teammate Derek Fisher and the remainder of the Lake Present crew.
A lot so, in actual fact, that every one these years later, Fisher nonetheless vividly remembers how Bryant et al. “obsessed” (his phrases) with Boston beating them within the 2008 NBA Finals. It lit a hearth below them that helped Los Angeles catch up within the title tally all these years later – even when they by no means acquired previous Boston and are again behind the Celtics the place they belong.
Check out the clip beneath to listen to what Fisher needed to say about this dynamic in a latest interview with Philadelphia 76ers tight finish Paul George on a latest episode of his present “Podcast P.”
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This text was initially printed on Celtics Wire: Derek Fisher on Lakers’ obsession with Celtics after 2008 title
