The Los Angeles Lakers won Sunday’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals to earn the franchise’s 17th NBA title, and they evidently couldn’t wait to get going with the post-championship celebration.
In fact, they were in such a rush to get out of the arena on Walt Disney World’s campus that the team bus forgot Quinn Cook.
J.R. Smith — who was surprisingly wearing a shirt in this video — went live on Instagram from the team bus, and we could see Cook commenting that the bus left the arena without him. The Lakers players found it hilarious even as a stranded Cook asked Smith to have the bus make a U-turn. (NSFW language)
“Man, QC got to fly.”
😂 Dion Waiters' response when JR Smith told him the Lakers bus left Quinn Cook at the arena. pic.twitter.com/IJOBlSMH6U— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) October 12, 2020
“Man, QC got to fly,” Dion Waiters could be heard saying.
Cook’s comments started with “tell the bus don’t leave me.”
The bus leaving Quinn cook 😭😩 pic.twitter.com/4qaCU6bb0M
— 🏁 TMC (@Eunique_ny) October 12, 2020
And quickly turned much more frustrated as the bus left.
THE LAKERS TEAM BUS LEFT QUINN COOK AT THE ARENA 💀💀💀 pic.twitter.com/jKfox6gPeC
— Ry🐝 (@NinjaBands) October 12, 2020
Luckily for Cook, he would find a way back to the hotel.
It’s much easier to get over being left at an arena when you just won your second NBA title — that’s for sure.