A decade of frustration vanished on Sunday as the Lakers won the NBA championship with a 106-93 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 6. It is their first title since 2010 and the franchise’s 17th overall.
James missed 27 games last season, mostly because of a groin injury, and the Lakers didn’t make the playoffs. They were a young team with Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and Kyle Kuzma.
Kawhi Leonard chose the crosstown Clippers instead of the Lakers, but Pelinka filled out the roster with complementary players: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Danny Green, Avery Bradley, Rajon Rondo and Dwight Howard in the offseason and added Markieff Morris in March. "No. 1 thing for us with our size was to try to create a defense that didn't allow the modern NBA offense to invert us too much," Vogel said,"and I really like how the plan has taken form, but also developed throughout the course of the year where obviously in this league, there's a lot of switching required."
Bryant died in the crash, along with his daughter Gianna and seven others, leaving the Lakers, the city of Los Angeles and the NBA to mourn the loss of one of their brightest stars. "You just look at the history of America and the disrespect that Black women have gotten for the last 400 years," James said."You can't turn a blind eye to that. When I look at my household and see my daughter, who is 5 on her way to 6, my wife and my mom, rest in peace my grandmother, so many Black women have done so many things for me. Seeing the sacrifices they made, especially my mom when I was growing up.
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