shaq went to the lakers first, not kobe.
shaq went to the lakers first, not kobe.
who went to the lakers first shaq or kobe?
shaq
los angeles and indiana were evenly matched for the first quarter, both scoring 28. however, los angeles suffered a major setback when kobe bryant left the game in the 2nd quarter due to a sprained ankle and did not return. jalen rose later admitted that he intentionally stuck out his foot when kobe shot a jumpshot in order to trip him when he landed. ron harper went in for bryant and scored 21 points for the game. desperate to try to gain the lead, larry bird resorted to the "hack-a-shaq" strategy. shaq shot 39 free throws, making only 18, an nba record for most free throws attempted. despite this low percentage, shaq made 9 of 16 in the 4th quarter to keep a lakers lead. the pacers cut the lead to 99–96 and were looking to foul shaq, but when shaq got the ball he passed to robert horry who converted not only the layup, but the foul shot as well giving them a 102–96 lead en route to a 111–104 lakers victory.
1999–2000 los angeles lakers season
upon hearing bryant's comment about having more titles than o'neal, wyc grousbeck, principal owner of the boston celtics, said to danny ainge, celtics' president, "let's go get shaq." o'neal signed a two-year contract with the celtics for the 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 season for the league minimum of $1.3 million and adding to the celtics–lakers rivalry. bill simmons of espn speculated that o'neal wanted to tie bryant with five titles and that still "shaq hates kobe and kobe hates shaq." o'neal said he didn't "compete with little guys who run around dominating the ball, throwing up 30 shots a night – like d-wade, kobe." o'neal added that he is only competing against tim duncan: "if tim duncan gets five rings, then that gives some writer the chance to say 'duncan is the best,' and i can't have that." kobe and shaq would play each other one last time on january 30, 2011, with shaq's celtics prevailing over the kobe's lakers in a 109–96 victory. however, o'neal was held scoreless, as he was now relegated to a role player. the teams would face again a week and a half later, but o'neal would not play as he was dealing with an injury.
shaq–kobe feud