Gentlemen, start your engines.
Before it's too late.
That's because the man they call "Diesel," Shaquille O'Neal, blew by the Indiana Pacers, 104-87, in Game 1 of the NBA finals Wednesday as if they were, well, a Pace car.
Advertisement
Lakers Have Secured the Pole Position
LAKERS 104, INDIANA 87 | OTHER VIEWS
O'Neal left the Pacers looking as if they'd been hit by a truck--named O'Neal.
"I'd go home," O'Neal, smiling, said when asked how he would guard himself. "I'd fake an injury."
FEATURED
MORE:
Advertisement
FROM THE ARCHIVES
- It's Only Fitting That Rose Was Fab in Game 5
June 18, 2000 - Rose Leaves No Doubt This Time
June 17, 2000 - Some Quick Suggestions for the Lakers
May 21, 1998 - It's Time to Make Way for the 'Seinfeld' Finale
May 12, 1998
