AD on how the Lakers overcame the late comeback by the Spurs: "I had to put the ball in my hands so that we can hurry and get the game over with. My Packers are playing so we couldn't go into overtime. We had to hurry up and get it done."

After taking a boneheaded shot in the last minute of game 5 against the Suns Ron Artest puts up the game winner at the buzzer

6 years ago AD hits a game winning three on Jokic to give the Lakers a 2-0 lead in the WCF

The 2023 Lakers were only the 7 seed but closed the season 9-2 then crushed the No 2 Grizzlies and defending champion Warriors LeBron was All-NBA and AD was as healthy as he had been in years But at their peak Denver swept them without a single win

Laker Legend Byron Scott says Lakers are pretenders Defense wins championships still in this league At the end of the day you got to get stops right Kessler at the center position he better average about 8 blocks a game because they're going to be getting a lot of blow-bys

Devin Vassell with an emphatic dunk even when the game was over and the Spurs are Western Conference champs

Dallas hits 20 3 pointers to sweep the defending champ Lakers 2011