Lakers Win 15th Title: What It Means for Kobe

The Lakers took care of business last night, defeating the Magic 99-86 to capture the 15th title in franchise history.

The series went only five games, but was much closer than that. The Magic blew late leads in Game Two and Game Four, which should have extended the season.

But they didn’t, and the Lakers came out victorious. The title was the fourth for Kobe and the tenth for Phil Jackson, both historic ones for each man.

For Kobe, this has been a long time coming. The media has not stopped talking about how Kobe has not won a title without Shaq after Shaq won one with Dwayne Wade and the Heat in 2006. Those talks can finally stop now, and thank God. It was getting to the point where you couldn’t say Kobe Bryant without no titles. without Shaq coming u...

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