The media always picks the photos.
Seeing the front-page photo of Saru crying while holding a framed picture of O'Neal, everyone thought Shaq and Reggie Lewis (NBA player who suddenly died of a heart attack in '93) had joined paradise together.
A single picture at the start, the content relies on the readers' imagination.
Only when the readers excitedly bought newspapers did they discover that yesterday's game wasn't even slightly related to Shaq, and he was still very much alive.
But what could the readers do? They couldn't get their money back for the newspapers.
It just goes to show that the idea of attracting clicks with enticing cover images, something video apps are known for, was something the American newspapers of the '90s had already mastered.
O'Neal was impressed too. It had only been a few days since he had been back to Orlando, and the villagers had already started rumors of his death!
But it's undeniable, this was the game O'Neal was most involved in this season.
