Mwaka mingani iyo Shaq yakava nepamusoro pe30 ppg
Context:Pazuva rokutanga rakazara rechikwata paMitambo yeOlympic muAtlanta, vezvenhau vakazivisa kuti O'Neal aizobatana neLos Angeles Lakers pachibvumirano chemakore manomwe, chemadhora mamiriyoni 121. O'Neal akasimbirira kuti haana kusarudza Los Angeles nokuda kwemari; achitaura nezvekusaina kwaakataura kune vaviri vezvigadzirwa zvake, achiti: "Ndaneta nokunzwa nezvemari, mari, mari, mari, mari. Ndinongoda kutamba mutambo wacho, kunwa Pepsi, kupfeka Reebok". VaLakers vakakunda mitambo 56 mumwaka wa1996-97. O'Neal avhareji 26.2 mapoinzi uye 12.5 rebounds mumwaka wake wekutanga neLos Angeles; zvisinei, akarasikirwa nemitambo inopfuura makumi matatu nekuda kwekukuvara. VaLakers vakapinda mumakwikwi ekupedzisa, asi vakadzingwa muchikamu chechipiri neUtah Jazz mumitambo mishanu. Mumutambo wake wokutanga weplayoff weLakers, O'Neal akarova 46 points vachipesana nePortland Trail Blazers, nhamba yepamusoro yeLakers mumutambo weplayoff kubvira Jerry West aine 53 muna 1969. Musi waDecember 17, 1996, O'Neal akasundidzira Dennis Rodman weChicago Bulls; Rodman's teammates Scottie Pippen naMichael Jordan vakabata Rodman uye vakachengetedza kusawirirana. Los Angeles Daily News yakashuma kuti O'Neal akanga achida kumiswa basa nokuda kwokurwisana naRodman, uye O'Neal akati: "Chinhu chimwe kutaura zvakasimba uye chimwe chinhu kuva chakasimba".  Mwaka wakatevera, O'Neal akaenzana 28.3 mapoinzi uye 11.4 rebounds. Akatungamira ligi ne58.4 muzana yechinangwa chemunda, yekutanga yemwaka mishanu yakateedzana yaakaita saizvozvo. The Lakers akapedza mwaka 61<unk>21, wokutanga Pacific Division, uye vaiva wechipiri mbeu muchechi yokumadokero panguva 1998 NBA Playoffs. Mushure mokukunda Portland Trail Blazers neSeattle SuperSonics mumakwikwi maviri okutanga, Lakers zvakare yakawira kuJazz, nguva ino mune 4-0 sweep.
Shaquille O'Neal aiva nemwaka mitatu ine mapoinzi anodarika 30 pamutambo, yose yaiva neLos Angeles Lakers. Akanga ari mwaka wake wokutanga neLakers muna 1995-96, apo akaenzana 30.4 points pamutambo. Akanga aine mwaka wake wechipiri muna 1996-97, paakaenzana 29.7 poindi pamutambo. Akanga aine mwaka wake wekupedzisira neLakers muna 2000-01, paakaenzana 31.2 mapoinzi pamutambo.