Los Angeles Lakers and basketball fans can rejoice as we finally have action again. Starting on May 31, the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will face off to decide this year’s NBA world championship. If you’re like me, you’re probably starting to experience some withdrawal symptoms, given that the Lakers haven’t made the playoffs in five years.
But it wasn’t a really long time ago that the purple and gold was the gold standard of the NBA and its reigning dynasty. Let’s take a trip back to those halcyon days of 2002 when the Lakers were going for a historic threepeat, and the super talented Sacramento Kings stood in the way.