The Minnesota Vikings were running hard, the rain in Seattle was falling harder, and a few more inches on fourth down for Alexander Mattison would’ve handed the Seahawks their first loss.

On their first play of the second half, Cook caught a swing pass in the flat that not only went for a 5-yard loss but caused the fateful tweak of his groin and forced him out of the rest of the game save for one decoy play.

The Vikings fell to 0-7 against Wilson since he entered the league in 2012, with five of those losses coming under Zimmer. This was their third loss at Seattle in three years, this one by far the most crushing.

For the first time since Kobe Bryant’s fifth and final title a decade ago, the Lakers are NBA champions. James had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Lakers beat the Miami Heat 106-93 on Sunday night to win the NBA Finals in six games.

The Lakers’ lead was 46-32 with 5:00 left in the half, and they outscored Miami 18-4 from there until intermission.

The 28-point halftime lead was the second-biggest in NBA Finals history, topped only by the Celtics leading the Lakers 79-49 on May 27, 1985.

“Laker Nation,” Vogel, now a first-time champion who saw his title hopes as Indiana’s coach thwarted three times by James and the Heat, bellowed during the trophy ceremony. “We did it.”

Natalie Hoepner can be reached at hoep8497@stthomas.edu.