“Just because he’s white and has red hair doesn’t mean he’s with me” - Leon Powe on how an outsider snuck into the Boston Celtics ‘08 title celebration

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Despite his limited time in the league, lasting only five seasons, Leon Powe experienced the thrill of being part of the Boston Celtics team that clinched the championship in the 2007-08 season.

Recollecting the memories of the jubilant championship celebration in the team locker room, the 6’8” center recalled an unexpected encounter with an outsider who had managed to sneak inside unnoticed, casually questioning the players without anyone being aware.

Powe on when the team got to know about the intruder

During an interview with Sportscasting, Lowe reminisced about the festive atmosphere inside the Celtics locker room after they won the Larry O’Brien trophy with a comfortable 39-point victory, with champagne flying everywhere. ‘The Show’ mentioned that when he sat at a round table with Kevin Garnett, Eddie House, and Brian Scalabrine, they were joined by another individual, who they initially interpreted to be a reporter as he was questioning all the others about their feeling after winning the silverware.

It wasn’t until ‘The Big Ticket’ cross-questioned him that the truth of the matter came out.

“KG then turns to me and says, ‘Powe, is this motherf***er with you?’ I said, ‘No.’ He asked Scal if he was with him, ‘Just because he’s white and has red hair doesn’t mean he’s with me,'” Powe recalled. “KG said, ‘Who the f**k are you?’ He told us he snuck into the game and then snuck into the locker room. I don’t know how he did it.”

Powe met the intruder years later

Contrary to expectations, the intruder showed no signs of embarrassment upon being caught by the players. Powe also revealed that he encountered the same individual at an event years alter, where instead of avoiding him, he boldly waved and boasted loudly about sneaking into the Celtics locker room.

“The funny thing is I saw the dude at an event years later. Some guy was waving at me from a distance,” Powe continued. “He yelled to me that he was the guy who snuck into the locker room. I called him down, and we had a few laughs.”

In the ‘07-08 season, the California native logged his career-best scoring average of 7.9 points along with 4.1 rebounds per game in 56 regular-game appearances to help the Celtics at the best of his abilities to break their 22-year championship drought.