The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off a formidable run within the NBA playoffs during which LeBron James and firm had been capable of defy the percentages and attain the Western Convention Finals to face the Denver Nuggets.
Regardless of developing brief within the Western Convention Finals with the Nuggets pulling off the sweep in 4 video games, the 2022-23 marketing campaign was a hit for the Lakers and one thing the group can construct off transferring ahead.
Satirically, 23 years in the past, was the beginning of an unbelievable run and partnership between Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, with the dynamic duo pulling off an unbelievable comeback in Recreation 7 of the Western Convention Finals in opposition to Scottie Pippen’s Portland Path Blazers.
The Lakers regarded down and out in opposition to the Blazers within the last recreation of the sequence, with the Blazers up by 16 heading into the fourth quarter, however that didn’t cease Los Angeles from pulling off the upset with an alley-oop between Bryant and O’Neal, placing the nail within the coffin by way of NBA on ESPN.
23 YEARS AGO 🤩
Kobe and Shaq’s iconic alley-oop. pic.twitter.com/sMIxgEF9bW
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) June 4, 2023
Listed below are some fan reactions to this iconic Lakers second:
“Bryant… TO SHAQ!”
Provides me chills each time
— 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧’ 𝐍𝐁𝐀 (@_Talkin_NBA) June 4, 2023
Finest duo to ever play collectively
— PlaybyPlayBark (@playbyplaybark) June 4, 2023
I want they stayed collectively man
Think about the dominance all through the remainder of the 2000’s
— Three and G 🏀 (@ThreeandG) June 4, 2023
That dunk will get the heavy credit score rightfully so however that cross Kobe placed on Pippen 🤌🏽
— Hotep Côte d’Ivoire (@GreenKing1300) June 4, 2023
This alley-oop turned one of the crucial iconic moments within the franchise’s historical past, which is saying one thing contemplating all of the particular moments from superstars like Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar over time.
Though the Pippen-led Blazers had been a professional title contender with one of the crucial gifted squads within the league, Portland by no means recovered from this sequence, because the Lakers dominated the competitors, successful three straight titles with O’Neal and Bryant main the best way.
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