Shaquille O’Neal claimed during Tuesday night’s “Inside the NBA” broadcast that Phil Jackson intentionally held him out of certain games in order to create preferable postseason matchups — including avoiding the Jazz.
Hall of Fame center O’Neal points out on TNT broadcast that L.A.’s three-peat title run included zero playoff series against Utah — something he claims was deliberate.
According to Shaquille O’Neal, though, those series apparently made enough of an impression on the Hall of Fame coach that when he was guiding the Lakers to a three-peat title run in 2000, ’01, and ’02, he strategically tanked games to avoid postseason matchups against the Jazz.
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