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The Los Angeles Lakers begin their NBA Playoffs journey at Disney World.
“We’re going to Disney World!” This is a common phrase amongst athletes describing the first thing they’ll do after winning their hard-earned championship. However, in the strange year of 2020, Disney World is now where championships must be earned.
Disney, The NBA and the Los Angeles Lakers have a surprising amount of connections. One connection is that most great Disney movies have the main character experience a tragic beginning.
Whether it is Bambi’s mother dying after being hunted, Simba’s father Mufasa being killed when Simba was just a young cub or even the opening sequence of 2009’s “Up”, showing Carl’s entire marriage to his wife Ellie from the wedding until her death in old age.