The Lakers are crowned champions in the year of Kobe

A decade later, in the year they lost

, in the season that seemed like it could never end, the

reign in the NBA again.

and

led an impeccable collective effort to seal the last victory over Miami (93-106) and finally, after a career that has lasted more than half a century, hunt down the

as the most successful franchise in the world. history.

17 titles contemplate the two giants.

Inertia now dresses in gold and purple.

The ring of champions puts an end to a decade in which one of the great sports franchises was degrading until it ended up as a farce: failures in the market, lurch in the sports direction, internal power struggles.

A fall from grace that changed course with the signing of

in 2018, although the resurrection needed one last catharsis.

It was the failure of last season, and pressure from James, that pushed the franchise to pawn everything expendable for

.

And it was also what led to bet on Frank Vogel, responsible in the shadow of a superb team.

The

closed

the longest season in history

with a landslide victory over

.

356 days since that opening day loss to a

where many wanted to see a premonition.

But if on their way to the ring they have not met their neighbors or the

, the other two great favorites, it is because they have achieved that solidity that is presumed to the champions.

Without such a deep rotation but a better shot, and with two stars in perfect harmony, the Californians have regained the title.

Overwhelming dominance

They sentenced with a party to which they left no history.

In the sixth round

paid for the extra effort of the previous four,

and

were only in body (and hardly any), and no secondary of Miami added what they played, but above all that was the incredible defensive level of the

.

On their best nights, and this was one of them, the Angelenos have been a crusher behind, with

threatening every inch of the floor,

engaged in defense as he was not since his years in

and a commendable choral effort.

The

didn't waste a minute announcing that this would be their coronation night.

From the initial jump, they displayed that devastating defense that has given them the embodiment of champions.

Biting on the outside, bolting in the area, assaulting passing lanes, and launching like wolves to counterattack with each miss and each recovered ball.

At halftime they already commanded by 28 points, the second biggest advantage in history since the loss they suffered against the

in the first game of the 1985 Finals. It was dubbed

, but they would end up winning the ring.

35 years later the coach of that team,

, saw how his

, a work that he has sculpted in his image and likeness, fell collapsed at the hands of the

.

coach

Erik Spoelstra said that secondaries such as

,

or

are like "sticks of dynamite", scorers that can explode at any moment.

But to this sixth game all of them arrived with exhausted gunpowder.

None had enough to break down the mighty wall that the

have built

.

Even to draw a crack.

LeBron James

put the finishing touch with 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.

, after the scare of the fifth game, contributed 19 points and 15 rebounds.

And facing the blackout of the

secondary

, the scalpel of

(19 points, defense and an amazing clarity), the annotation of

(17) or the claw of

.

The final score, made up in the fourth quarter, did not do justice to the enormous superiority of the

.

The eternal LeBron

LeBron

wins his fourth ring with the third different franchises. Previously only

and

had achieved it

, but while they were supporting actors in big teams,

is the only one in history who has won the MVP of the Finals in All of them.

It was in Miami, the 'university' where he grew up as a leader.

In Cleveland, where he kept his promise.

And in the

, where he continues to defy the passage of time.

It was reasonable to think that Father Time, as they called him there, might have been winning his battle a year ago.

suffered the worst injury of his career and his first season with the

ended in failure.

But in that false start the dysfunction in which the team had fallen from the last ring outweighed more than a supposed downhill of James.

Since their last ring, the

have had seven coaches, have experienced a family war for control of the franchise, and have been out of the playoffs for six years in a row.

In their first 65 years of life they had only been out five times.

On the verge of turning 36, after 17 in the NBA,

continues to be decisive on the biggest stage of all.

From his hand and that of

, the man who must take his relief in the franchise, the Lakers have conquered the 17th ring in their history, the first since

and

doubled in 2010. In

year

, the NBA is once again dressed in gold and purple.

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