Celtics fans go soft as Kobe puts up 43

January 31, 2007

Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant, center, shoots  as Boston Celtics Al Jefferson, left, and Delonte West, right, try to defend  during the third quarter of NBA basketball game in Boston, Wednesday, Jan., 31, 2007.  (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)AP - In Gary Vitti’s 23 years as the Los Angeles trainer, a tenure that dates to the great Celtics-Lakers rivalry of the 1980s, he has heard his share of chants from the Boston fans. “Beat L.A.,” usually. But cheering for a Lakers player: This was a first.

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