Pau Gasol's Viral Post On X During Lakers-Pacers Game
On Saturday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Indiana Pacers (in Las Vegas) to win the In-Season Tournament Championship.
During the game, Hall of Famer (and Lakers legend) Pau Gasol sent out a post on X that went viral.
Gasol's post had over 19,000 likes and 570,000 impressions in less than 24 hours.
Via Gasol: "Talk to them AD!!! @lakers #InSeasonTournament"
Anthony Davis had a sensational night with 41 points, 20 rebounds, five assists and four blocks while shooting 16/24 from the field in 41 minutes of playing time.
LeBron James also had 24 points and 11 rebounds.
The victory does not count for the Lakers' record, so they are still 14-9 in 23 games, which has them as the fifth seed in the Western Conference.
They are in the middle of a three-game winning streak and are 7-3 over their last ten games.
Now that the tournament is over, the Lakers will play their next game on Tuesday evening when they visit the Dallas Mavericks in Texas.
As for Gasol, he played 18 seasons in the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks.
He played seven seasons with the Lakers and helped them win back-to-back NBA Championships in 2009 and 2010.
The 43-year-old had career averages of 17.0 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.7 blocks per contest while shooting 50.7% from the field and 36.8% from the three-point range in 1,226 regular season games (he has also appeared in 136 NBA playoff games).
