Shaquille O’Neal famously makes up half of perhaps the greatest duo in NBA history.
O’Neal and Kobe Bryant wreaked havoc on the league in their eight seasons together on the Los Angeles Lakers. Their dominance truly began in the 1999-2000 NBA season when the Lakers matched up with the Indiana Pacers in the 2000 NBA Finals.
The Lakers didn’t have the easiest route to the Finals, going a full five games against the Sacramento Kings in the first round and needing seven games to eliminate the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals.