![]() ![]() RUMOR: Lakers insider pours fuel on Christian Wood to Heat, but there’s a catch He puts on a beat (the Cheers theme song to be exact) and blesses us with some bars. O'Neal on the team bus, getting recorded while pulling out his flip phone. This all reached the height of amazingness after the 2003 playoffs. Of course, as anyone knows don't pick a fight with Shaq Diesel. He wasn't scared of them and they never gave him a legitimate reason to be. The Sacramento “Queens”, as he called them, couldn't get past the Lakers - and O'Neal was ready to let everyone know. O'Neal loved to talk trash to them, and it's impossible to say it didn't work. Let's not pretend like this whole thing didn't have a lot to do with Shaq though. However, they weren't the only two with problems.ĭoug Christie of the Kings and Rick Fox of the Lakers actually got into a fight in a Preseason game in 2002. It's well documented that O'Neal and Divac weren't fans of each. These three postseason meetings created a lot of beef between the two teams. Chris Webber was again dominant for the Kings, and got some help from Mike Bibby and Vlade Divac. While Shaq and Kobe dominated again, they didn't lead all the headlines. However, Game 7 wasn't his best showing, hurling up 12 shots and only making three. He still has one of the craziest passes of all-time in fact. Stojakovic's will be remembered for his ridiculous shooting abilities and underrated skills in other areas of the game. Obviously they lost the final two games, including a Game 7 in Sacramento. Then the Kings won Game Five, and they were up in the series 3-2 heading into Game 6. It culminated with Robert Horry hitting his infamous game-winning three-pointer on a ball that the Kings Vlade Divac tipped out to him. They squandered away a massive lead however. They had a 2-1 series lead and were poised to make it 3-1. What's worse for the Kings were the blown leads. The Lakers got the best of the Kings again though, winning the series 4-3. This was the great matchup you'd expect, going all the way to a Game 7. Now the Kings were the “favorites” as the top seed, while the Lakers were the three-seed. This time it was the Western Conference Finals. Those games included two 40-20 efforts from Shaq and an absurd Game Four from Kobe that saw him put up 48 points and 16 rebounds.Ĭhris Webber and Peja Stojakovic were the standouts for the Kings this time around.įinally, there was the 2002 playoffs. ![]() O'Neal led the game in scoring twice and rebounds three times. Bryant led the game in scoring twice and rebounds once. Once again, it was all about Shaq and Kobe. This wasn't the great matchup you'd expect after the prior season though. However, the Lakers were the two-seed and the Kings were the three-seed. This time they met in the Western Conference Semi-Finals. O'Neal also led the game in rebounds in all five contests.Ĭhris Webber carried the load for the Kings. Bryant led the game in points three times, with O'Neal taking the other two. The Lakers still won the series, though, 3-2.Īs expected, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant absolutely dominated the series. Despite that, the Kings put up a good fight - pushing the five-game series to it's max. Finally in 2002, they met in the Western Conference Finals. Then in 2001, they met in the Western Conference Semi-Finals. In 2000, the two teams met in the first round. Oddly enough, there was a pattern in those three years. The Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings met in the Western Conference playoffs three seasons in a row. ![]() What exactly happened that created such animosity though? Darius Soriano of Bleacher Report threw out some reasons back in 2012 and I'm here to expand on them. The Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Lakers were such a great rivalry in the early 2000s that to this day their fans still don't like each other. ![]()
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