BREAKDOWN: Shaq vs. Kobe
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CIRCUMSTANCE: Their first season together ended in a playoff sweep by the Utah Jazz, on May 12, 1997. Kobe Bryant, then an 18-year-old rookie, shot an airball on a potential game-winner in regulation and then three airballs in overtime.
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The duel between Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant stretched into a ninth straight season Saturday afternoon, though the stakes had changed considerably since they last saw each other at the Staples Center.
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Shaq vs. Kobe drew the highest rating in six years for a regular-season NBA game.
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1. The Lakers have offered Shaquille O&#39;Neal the opportunity to purchase 40 tickets for the Christmas Day Lakers-Heat game at Staples Center.
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Steve Francis and Shaquille O&#39;Neal enjoyed big debuts with their new teams. Kobe Bryant found out he can&#39;t carry the Lakers all by himself.
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Everything starts, again, with Shaq, Kobe and Phil. They didn&#39;t win either of the last two NBA titles. They were dismissed from the Finals by the Pistons in June.
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Shaquille O'Neal will make his much-anticipated debut for the Phoenix Suns against his old team, the Los Angeles Lakers, in Phoenix on Wednesday.
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The Heat might have to wait a while for Shaquille O&#39;Neal to start devouring the competition. Limited to 21 minutes by a strained left hamstring as well as the need for little more against
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You better watch out. The Christmas Day collision between Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant has sent visions dancing in the fans&#39; heads of the former sending the latter into the third row of
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There was a nice little mini-drama last night with the Lakers playing in Seattle. Not as big of a deal as Kobe vs. Shaq or Kobe vs.
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Although Shaquille O'Neal has left Los Angeles and Vlade Divac has returned from Sacramento, the Kings' 109-106 win over Kobe Bryant and the Lakers on Friday night seemed like business as usual between the two Pacific Division contenders. Peja Stojakovic scored 26 points and made four consecutive free throws in the closing seconds to give the Kings their seventh straight win.
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A sprained ankle did not keep Kobe Bryant down for long. Showing no ill effects of the right ankle injury that forced him to sit out a victory over Atlanta on Friday night, Bryant returned with 34 points and eight rebounds on Sunday, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 106-99 for their fifth win in six games.
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In his new book, Phil Jackson, the former Los Angeles Lakers coach, describes a dysfunctional team hurt by Kobe Bryantâs petulant anger and his pending rape trial, and feuding between Bryant and Shaquille OâNeal, who is now with the Miami Heat.
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&quot;Even with wings, you never as fly as meYou remind me of Kobe Bryant trying to be as high as me.&quot; -- Shaquille O&#39;Neal in the song &quot;You Not the Fightin&#39; Type.
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Kobe Bryant was forced to sit out Tuesday nightâs game against the Knicks and Lakers Coach Phil Jackson said he was âastonishedâ with the leagueâs swift justice.
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This was Kobe Bryant&#39;s opportunity to respond to the verbal bashing he has taken recently from former teammate Shaquille O&#39;Neal, and the Los Angeles media was out in force to record every insult.
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(Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Miami Heat, 104-102, in overtime in the much-anticipated Christmas Day showdown at Staples Center.