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The last NBA team that said to itself, "We're playing for something beyond just a title here" was...
The last NBA team that said to itself, "We're playing for something beyond just a title here" was the 2001 Lakers — the best Shaq/Kobe team, as well as the last time those two guys were fully invested in each other's success. It hasn't happened since. It's happening right now, it happened at Staples Center, and it's going to keep happening through next month's Finals (and yes, they're going to win, barring an injury).
— Simmons has now totally bought into the Spurs...we take over the last section of his "Playoff Eclipse" Chronicle.
