During Game Four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs, held at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on April 28, 2013, Kevin Garnett #5 of the Boston Celtics reacts after their overtime victory against the New York Knicks.
Without a doubt, one of the best teams in NBA history is the Boston Celtics.
With 17 championship banners hanging in the attic, they are tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for the most NBA titles won.
But the Celtics’ last championship came in 2008, when Doc Rivers was the team’s head coach.
Under Rivers’ direction, the Celtics were a different team, yet despite their close-knit group dynamic, there were moments when brawls occurred in the locker room.
After a victory over the Indiana Pacers, Rivers revealed one such occurrence on Twitter via SHOWTIME Basketball.
Although the team defeated the Pacers, Rivers disclosed that there was a near brawl in the locker room between Kevin Garnett and Brandon Bass over an argument that escalated.
“You and Brandon Bass are going to fight, and we just won the game. Kevin is screaming at me as I sit there, saying, “You ain’t getting involved!” You are not participating! According to Rivers.
It was evident that the seasoned head coach was in the locker room, and many people anticipated that he would break up the brawl between the two players.
The entire locker room became extremely heated as a result of Garnett’s warning to Rivers to stay out of the altercation.
Rivers made every effort at the moment to keep the news inside the Celtics locker room.
After all, it would have negatively impacted the team’s cohesion and given the media a fresh subject to discuss.
The narrative demonstrates that, as the team’s head coach, Rivers surely had a good understanding of how to manage his players.
