A Hollywood ending for Tinseltown Lakers
By Chris Sheridan
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Like Magic,
Wilt and Kareem before them,
Shaq and Kobe can now be de
scribed with just one word.
Champions.
After so many years of coming
up short, after hearing so much
about weaknesses and unfulfilled
potential, Shaquille O’Neal and
Kobe Bryant won their first NBA
championship Monday night.
In an exciting fourth quarter
that ended Larry Bird’s coaching
career, O’Neal and Bryant led the
Lakers to a 116-111 victory over
the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of
the NBA Finals for the franchise’s
first title since 1988.
O’Neal scored 41 points, mark
ing the third time he scored 40 or
more in this series, and Bryant
had 26 including four free throws
that clinched it in the final 13
seconds.
“We finally got a champi
onship and it feels great,” Bryant
said.
O’Neal was the unanimous
choice for MVP of the series,
adding to his MVP awards from
the regular season and All-Star
game.
The victory gave coach Phil
Jackson his seventh title — his
first without Michael Jordan — in
just his first season coaching a
Lakers team that had been ousted
from the playoffs in each of the
first three seasons since O’Neal
and Bryant arrived.
O’Neal, 28, and Bryant, 21,
hugged on the court after the fi
nal buzzer, and O’Neal was
mobbed as he tried to leave the
court. With his exit blocked, he
turned around and headed to
center court to receive the cham
pionship trophy.
As long as he worked to get to
this point, it was only fitting that
he stayed to get his rewards.
It was the 12th title in fran
chise history for the Lakers, the
seventh since they moved to Los
Angeles in 1960. Magic Johnson,
Kareem-Abdul Jabbar and Wilt
Chamberlain had earned the Lak
ers’ previous titles, and this
starstruck city had been anxious
ly awaiting the next one — espe
cially since the 7-foot-l, 330
pound unstoppable force arrived
from Orlando in 1996.
Even though they trailed for
most of the first three quarters
against a better shooting, more
experienced opponent, the Lak
ers were the better team down
the stretch.
Indiana tied the game at 103
103 on a 3-pointer by Jalen Rose
with 5:04 left, but that was the
beginning of the end.
Robert Horry, who won his
third career title, hit a leaner from
the lane, and Ron Harper, who
won his fourth, stole the ball on
the Pacers’ next possession.
O'Neal hit a soft 10-footer from
the baseline, Rose missed on a
drive and Bryant calmly sank a
20-footer, bobbing and weaving
and whistling ever so slightly as
he sauntered back to the bench
and Indiana called timeout with
3:28 left.
The Pacers then went to the
Hack-a-Shaq defensive strategy,
sending O’Neal to the line four
times in a span of 21 seconds. He
missed three of them before Jack
son took him out with 2:27 left.
When O’Neal returned with
1:56 left, the Lakers’ lead was
down to 110-107 and Indiana
had the ball. Austin Croshere was
fouled with 1 second left on the
shot clock. He made both to make
it a one-point game.
Glen Rice answered with two
free throws, Croshere airballed a
turnaround jumper, Bryant
missed a drive and Miller rushed
a long 3-pomter and missed.
Bryant then was isolated at the
top of the key and was hacked on
a drive. He calmly made both free
throws with 13 seconds left for a
114-109 lead.
Dale Davis dunked for Indiana
to make it a three-point game
with 5.4 seconds left, but Bryant
again went to the line and calm
ly sank two more to clinch it.
As he walked to the bench, he
pointed to his ring finger, the one
that will soon be adorned with a
championship ring.
Purple and gold confetti
streamed down from the rafters
as owner Jerry Buss addressed
the fans and commissioner David
Stern presented O’Neal with his
trophy.
O’Neal held it aloft in his mas
sive left arm and waved it to the
crowd.
“I want to thank Phil Jackson,
the real coach of the year,”
O’Neal said. “I want to thank you
all for believing in us. We’re go
ing to get one next year, too,” he
said.
O’Neal shot 19-for-32 from the
field and grabbed 12 rebounds,
while Bryant had 10 rebounds
and four assists to buffer an 8-for
27 shooting performance.
Rice added 16 lor the Lakers,
who outscored Indiana 37-27 in
the fourth quarter.
Rose had 29, Miller 25 and
Davis 20 for the Pacers, whose
quest for the franchise’s first NBA
title came up short. In the end,
they simply couldn’t keep up
with the energy the Lakers got
from a crowd that waited 12
years for this moment.
.For much of the game, it
looked like that party wouldn’t
happen until Game 7 Wednesday
night — or maybe not at all.
The Lakers repeatedly whittled
down deficits and got within one,
only to watch the Pacers surge
back ahead. But when Los Ange
les made yet another charge ear
ly in the fourth and finally took
the lead, it was the Pacers who
had to play from behind.
That’ll be the next test for the
Lakers, to see if they can build a
dynasty to replace Jordan and the
Bulls.
For now, though, it’s one title
— the one O’Neal and Bryant
have been waiting so long to win.
Their playoff run included a
stunning comeback from a late
16-point deficit to defeat the Port
land Trail Blazers in Game 7 of
the Western Conference finals.
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