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The Top 10 Moments Of Kevin Garnett’s Career

By Gerald Bourguet

Nov 27, 2015; Sacramento, CA, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett (21) look on from the sideline during the third quarter against the Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train Arena. The The Timberwolves won 101-91. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 27, 2015; Sacramento, CA, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett (21) look on from the sideline during the third quarter against the Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train Arena. The The Timberwolves won 101-91. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 26, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Celtics forward/center Kevin Garnett (5) reacts after a play against the New York Knicks during the second quarter of game three of the first round of the 2013 NBA playoffs at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports /

2. Anything Is Possible

Kevin Garnett would be a first ballot Hall of Famer even if he had never won a title, but there’s no question that 2008 championship season with the Boston Celtics — his first season after leaving Minnesota — was one of the sweetest addition to his NBA resume.

During the season that brought Boston its first NBA title since 1986, Garnett averaged 18.8 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.3 blocks per game.

He finished third in MVP voting, helped lead the Celtics to a league-best 66-16 record and was the decisive factor in the championship-clinching Game 6 of the NBA Finals. He capped off the six-game victory over Boston’s biggest rival with 26 points, 14 rebounds, four assists, three steals and one block.

Before KG, the Celtics were a team led by an uninspired Paul Pierce. Everyone felt like his career was wasting away and it translated into his poor body language at times. But with the arrival of Garnett, Ray Allen, the Boston Three-Party era had begun and Pierce was reenergized like never before.

The Big Ticket was absolutely right in a moment that will forever serve as a career highlight: Anything is possible.

That 2010 Game 7 Finals defeat will forever haunt Celtics fans, because in a game that seemingly no one wanted to win down the stretch, Boston missed out on what should’ve been a second championship.

But no one can ever take away the impact Kevin Garnett had in Boston, nor can they take away the franchise’s 16th NBA championship from the 2007-08 season. Anything is possible indeed.

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