Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol deliver Lakers' their 16th NBA championship on June 18, 2010: Watch

Thursday marked 10th anniversary of Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol scripting history, when y helped Los Angeles Lakers win 2010 NBA Finals with a Game 7 win over Boston Celtics. By winning Lakers vs Celtics Game 7, Bryant avenged his 2008 NBA Finals loss and helped coach Phil Jackson lift his fifth title with Lakers. 2010 NBA Finals win was final championship Kobe Bryant won, before his retirement in 2016. 

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OTD 2010: Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol help Lakers lift ir 16th NBA championship 

2010 NBA playoffs was one of many seasons where fans hoped that Kobe Bryant's Lakers and LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers faced off in NBA finals. However, Boston Celtics took care of Cavaliers in six games in second round, before setting up a 2010 NBA Finals clash with Lakers. Kobe Bryant and Lakers started well, clinching first game 102-89 at Staples Center.

However, Celtics fought back and won Game 2, before Lakers won 3rd. Celtics clinched next two games, only for Los Angeles outfit to force a Lakers vs Celtics game 7 to decide 2010 NBA finals winner. 

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Despite struggling to make shots, Boston Celtics held Lakers to a lower shooting percent from field and led 49-36 with a little more than eight minutes to play in third quarter of Lakers vs Celtics Game 7. However, an inspired Kobe Bryant led Lakers' fightback, closing  third quarter on a 17-7 run and before outscoring Celtics's 30-22 in final period of Lakers vs Celtics Game 7 to clinch 2010 NBA finals.

Kobe Bryant scored 10 of his 23 points in  fourth quarter of clash, helping Lakers register an 83-79 win. Pau Gasol also pitched in with a table performance, finishing with 19 points, 18 rebounds, and four assists. 2010 NBA finals remain Lakers' final NBA championship till date and inched m closer to Celtics' record of 17 Championship wins.  2010 NBA finals win was Phil Jackson's 11th NBA championship, making him most successful coach in history of league. 

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Lakers vs Celtics Game 7: Kobe Bryant helps  Lakers to ir final NBA championship; WATCH

How many rings does Kobe have?

Kobe Bryant has lifted five NBA Championships with Los Angeles Lakers before his retirement in 2016. Bryant's fifth championship win placed him above former teammate and fellow NBA Hall of farmer Shaquille O'Neal who lifted his fourth and final NBA championship ring in 2006 with Miami Heat. Kobe won three consecutive NBA championships from 1999-2002 with Lakers taking over from Chicago Bulls as league's most dominant force. Bryant, however, had to wait long eugh for his final two championship rings before clinching m in consecutive seasons in 2009 and 2010. 

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