Shaquille O’Neal’s Insanely Wild 37-Year NBA Finals Streak Has Come To An End
All good things will come to an end eventually and so did Shaquille O’Neals incredibly impressive NBA Finals streak.
Ever since 1984, every single NBA Finals have featured at least one player who has been teammates with the Big Diesel. But with the Clippers losing to the Suns in the Western Conference Finals, the sole remaining (in these playoffs) teammate of Shaq, Rajon Rondo has been eliminated, ending the streak at 37 years.
It was fun while it lasted.
1984 ((played for) BOS)- Greg Kite ((was teammates with Shaq in (ORL, 1994))
1985 (LAL)- Byron Scott (LAL, 1997)
1986 (BOS)- George Kite (ORL, 1994)
1987 (LAL)- A.C. Green (LAL, 2000)
1988 (LAL)- A.C. Green (LAL, 2000)
1989 (DET)- Dennis Rodman (LAL, 1999)
1990 (DET)- John Salley (LAL, 2000)
1991 (CHI)- Horace Grant (LAL, 2004)
1992 (CHI)- Horace Grant (LAL, 2004)
1993 (CHI)- Horace Grant (LAL, 2004)
1994 (HOU)- Robert Horry (LAL, 2003)
1995 (ORL)- All of ORL, Shaq played in the finals
1996 (CHI)- Steve Kerr (ORL, 1993)
1997 (CHI)- Ron Harper (LAL, 2001)
1998 (CHI)- Ron Harper (LAL, 2001)
1999 (SAS)- Steve Kerr (ORL, 1993)
2000 (LAL)- All of LAL, Shaq played in the finals
2001 (LAL)- All of LAL, Shaq played in the finals
2002 (LAL)- All of LAL, Shaq played in the finals
2003 (SAS)- Steve Kerr (ORL, 1993)
2004 (DET)- All of LAL, Shaq played in the finals
2005 (SAS)- Robert Horry (LAL, 2003)
2006 (MIA)- All of MIA, Shaq played in the finals
2007 (SAS)- Robert Horry (LAL, 2003)
2008 (BOS)- Paul Pierce (BOS, 2011)
2009 (LAL)- Derek Fisher (LAL, 2004)
2010 (LAL)- Kobe Bryant (LAL, 2004)
2011 (DAL)- Sasha Pavlovic (BOS, 2011), Dwyane Wade
2012 (MIA)- Udonis Haslem (MIA, 2008)
2013 (MIA)- Ray Allen (BOS, 2011)
2014 (SAS)- Boris Diaw (PHO, 2009)
2015 (GSW)- Leandro Barbosa (PHO, 2009)
2016 (CLE)- LeBron James (CLE, 2010)
2017 (GSW)- Matt Barnes (PHO, 2009)
2018 (CLE)- LeBron James (CLE, 2010)
2019 (TOR)- Danny Green (CLE, 2010)
2020 (LAL)- LeBron James (CLE, 2010), Rajon Rondo (BOS, 2011)
