As Kobe Bryant plays out his 20th and final season with the Lakers, The Times has reached out to players, coaches and broadcasters for recollections about his career.
Shaquille O’Neal was the center on the Lakers’ title teams with Bryant in the early 2000s, the two hooking up to win three consecutive NBA championships from 2000-02, doing so many times while feuding. Here is Shaq’s story about Kobe taking over Game 4 of the 2000 NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers after O’Neal had fouled out:
“My favorite Kobe story was when we were going back and forth against Indiana and I had fouled out.