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The Shaq–Kobe feud was the conflict between National Basketball Association (NBA) players Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, who played together for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1996–2004. O'Neal and Bryant won three consecutive NBA championships ( 2000 , 2001 , 2002 ), and made an additional NBA Finals appearance in 2004 .
The Lakers were able to complete the sweep the next game, giving the Kobe-Shaq Lakers a championship three-peat. 20. Kobe v. Timberwolves, March 18, 2007 50 points (17-35 FG), 6 rebounds, 5 steals.
The Lakers had a star-studded lineup that included offseason acquisitions Karl Malone and Gary Payton as well as mainstays Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal. Malone and Payton were perennial All-Stars ; Payton had led the Seattle SuperSonics to the Finals in 1996 , while Malone's Utah Jazz reached the Finals in 1997 and 1998 . [ 17 ]
The 2002 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2001–02 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.The best-of-seven playoff was contested between the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers (who were also two-time defending NBA champion), and the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets.
The relationship between Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal has been notoriously icy over the decades, but the pair seems to be getting along better recently. Shaquille O'Neal says Kobe Bryant is ...
Last season Shaq played for the Lakers, as he would be traded to the Miami Heat the subsequent season. 2004 Western Conference Semifinals: Lakers: 4–2: Lakers, 3–0: Spurs, 2–1: Lakers 92–72: 10th postseason series. In Game 5, Tim Duncan successfully executes a fadeaway jumper over Shaquille O'Neal, putting the Spurs ahead with just 0.4 ...
Kobe's statue will be among a number of other honorary statues paying tribute to L.A. Lakers icons, including Elgin Baylor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Jerry West, Shaquille O’Neal and ...
The 2010 championship marks the 16th NBA championship in Lakers franchise history. The Lakers would claim their first championship led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis in 2020 after defeating the Miami Heat, marking the 17th and tying the Celtics. The list is composed of players who played at least one BAA/NBA game for the Lakers franchise.