Advertisement

Lakers tie Celtics for most NBA titles: Explore the Larry O'Brien Trophy winners throughout the years in augmented reality

Lakers tie Celtics for most NBA titles: Explore the Larry O'Brien Trophy winners throughout the years in augmented reality

Winning an NBA championship is no easy feat. The league was founded in 1946 and now features 30 teams, yet over a third of the franchises have never won a title.

The trend of dominant teams winning continued this year with the Los Angeles Lakers winning their 17th championship on Sunday after a Game 6 win over the Miami Heat. That ties the Boston Celtics for most titles in NBA history.

Every NBA season is different, and this one might have been the most bizarre of all after a global pandemic shut the season down before being reborn at Disney World. The title is no less impressive. While the way the game is played is always adapting, there is one constant trait every NBA championship team has: The ability to battle adversity. Teams need to regularly navigate injuries, inconsistent play and locker-room tension, but this season the difficulties were magnified. The uncertainty of the season continuing, the inability to practice while quarantining, players and staff not seeing their families for months while staying in the bubble. All this made this victory that much more impressive for the Lakers.

Explore the championship history of the Lakers, Celtics, Bulls, Heat and Warriors in augmented reality. Click on the video below and cycle through the four icons on the bottom of the experience to view each teams “trophy case,” which includes all of their NBA championship trophies as well as pictures of the team throughout history. Make sure to turn on your device’s sound to get an analysis of what makes each of these franchises so dominant.

The 3D experience can be viewed on both desktop and mobile.

For desktop:

  • Click on “View in 3D” above

  • Use your mouse to zoom and rotate the object

For mobile (optimal experience):

  • Click on “View in 3D” above

  • Tap on the camera icon in the upper right-hand corner of the browser

  • Press “allow” (this prompt should come up multiple times)

  • Place the object in your space, use your fingers to resize and rotate in augmented reality

  • To take a photo of what you’re seeing, tap on the screen and a camera icon will appear