FRI Journal Entry 11

The 2000 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1999–2000 National Basketball Association season. The Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference took on the Indiana Pacers of the Eastern Conference for the title. The series was played under a best-of-seven format, with the Lakers holding home court advantage. The Los Angeles Lakers ended up winning the finals 4 games to 2 against the Indiana Pacers. What I thought about the series was that Larry bird and his Pacers weren’t prepared for Phil Jackson along with his team, including some of the greatest, well known basketball players of all time like Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal and Derek Fisher. In the series, it was said that Shaquille O’Neal had won the MVP of the NBA Finals. But as of the games, the Pacers had little to know that, the Lakers were coming for them and there was no way of stopping it from happening.