The Los Angeles Lakers – together with the Boston Celtics – have probably the most NBA titles in league historical past with 17. The Lakers additionally now have probably the most NBA Cup titles in league historical past.
Certain, it was the primary championship of the NBA season, however LeBron James and his teammates in purple and gold discovered themselves in a well-recognized place in Las Vegas – hoisting the trophy with a 123-109 win over the Indiana Pacers in Las Vegas.
James had one other nice efficiency within the playoffs with 24 factors and 11 rebounds within the title recreation and was named match MVP. However Anthony Davis was the star of the Finals and was in every single place on each ends of the ground with 41 factors, 20 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks. He would have been the third Laker with greater than 40 factors, greater than 20 rebounds and greater than 5 assists in a recreation — Elgin Baylor did it 13 occasions, Wilt Chamberlain did it twice — however the stats from this season’s championship recreation do not rely towards the official complete. For this season.
Whether or not it issues within the stat columns in any respect or not, the Lakers are on prime of the NBA hill heading into Christmas — if not the mountain they’d wish to be on prime of in June.
With a win, every Lakers participant will obtain a $500,000 bonus and the Pacers will every win a $250,000 bonus.
Within the shedding recreation, Tyrese Haliburton scored 20 factors and 11 assists for Indiana, and Benedict Mathurin added 20 factors off the bench for the Pacers.
