ON THIS DAY IN 2000...
Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant's ICONIC alley-oop capped a 15-point Q4 comeback against Portland in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals 🔥
Spoiler Alert:
This whole thing ends with every knee bowing at the name of Jesus, and every tongue confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord.
(Philippians 2:10-11)
May 31, 1995: Shaquille O’Neal runs the floor (and runs over an NBC camera operator) during Orlando’s 108-106 win over Indiana in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
O’Neal finished with 35 PTS (13-21 FG)/13 REB as the Magic took a 3-2 series lead on the Pacers.
On this day in 1996, MJ didn’t just sweep Orlando, he hit “end credits” on the Shaq & Penny era.
Jordan dropped 45 in Game 4, the Bulls finished the Magic 106–101, and Orlando’s dream duo never played another playoff game together.
The NFC West is taking the scenic route this season ✈️
With the NFL heading to Australia, the 49ers and Rams are expected to lead the league in total miles traveled.
San Francisco is projected to travel 37,909 miles in 2026, the most by an NFL team in a single season since 2002.
May 25, 1995: Shaquille O'Neal finishes with 39 PTS (15-21 FG)/10 REB in Orlando’s 119-114 win over Indiana in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Dennis Scott added 25 PTS for the Magic, who took a 2-0 series lead. Reggie Miller scored a team-high 37 PTS for the Pacers.
“Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?’” (Matthew 16:24-26)
Shaq dunks on Michael Olowokandi in Game 1.
'04 Western Conference Finals.
O'Neal 27 PTS (9-16 FG)/18 REB/5 AST/4 BLK
Latrell Sprewell 23 PTS.
Lakers 97, Timberwolves 88
Los Angeles leads the series, 1-0
May 21, 2004.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” (John 3:16-19)
On this day in 2004...
@derekfisher hit one of the most iconic postseason shots in NBA history with 0.4 seconds left in Game 5 of Round 2, giving the Lakers a 3-2 series lead over the San Antonio Spurs!
Lakers would go onto win the series 4-2 🔥
May 10, 1996: Orlando's Shaquille O'Neal slam dunks the lob from Brian Shaw during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
O'Neal finished with 28 PTS/9 REB and Nick Anderson had 22 PTS/6 STL in a 120-94 Magic win over Atlanta. Mookie Blaylock scored 25 PTS for the Hawks.
“The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.” —@BillyGraham
May 9, 1999: The Lakers defeat the Rockets, 101-100, in Game 1 of their Western Conference First Round playoff series.
Glen Rice scored 29 PTS (12-17 FG/2-3 3P) and Shaquille O'Neal had 27 PTS/11 REB/4 BLK for Los Angeles. Houston's Charles Barkley had 25 PTS/10 REB.
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May 9, 1999: Shaquille O'Neal lobs to Kobe Bryant on a Lakers fast break against the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of their first round playoff series.
Shaq had 27 PTS/11 REB/4 BLK, Bryant scored 17 PTS, and Glen Rice scored a team-high 27 PTS (12-17 FG) in Los Angeles' 101-100 win.