Shaq detailed how he wreaked havoc in the locker room after remembering what MJ told him a few years ago when the Bulls swept the Orlando Magic.

As we all know,  has all the accolades of a winner. He’s a 15-time NBA All-Star, four-time NBA champion, and three-time Finals MVP, among others. But like any other celebrated NBA superstar, Shaq had to endure defeat to learn how to win.

Shaq was tired of losing

Prior to becoming the cornerstone of the 

, Shaq first hit his stride with the . Alongside Penny Hardaway, “Diesel” spearheaded the Magic past  and the vaunted  in the Eastern semis only to get swept by the Houston Rockets in the Finals.

The following season, Shaq and Jordan faced each other again in the Eastern Finals, and this time, the Bulls swept the Magic. Jordan left O’Neal a parting message.

“” O’Neal recalled in .

Shaq left the Magic for the Lakers and found a new co-star in a then-teenage Kobe Bryant. Everything was fresh and new, and O’Neal thought he had come to the right place to win. However, Shaq found himself in the same exact place when the Utah Jazz swept them in the Western Conference semi-finals in 1998, and San Antonio Spurs did the same in 1999.

After getting eliminated, O’Neal remembered what Jordan told him a few years ago and thought his time would never come.

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