Shaq&#39;s return to Los Angeles draws big television rating
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Shaq versus Kobe drew the highest rating south of the border in six years for a regular-season NBA game. The overnight rating for the Miami Heat&#39;s 104-102 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on ABC on Christmas Day was 8.0.
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Shaquille O&#39;Neal notched up 24 points and 11 rebounds on his return for the first time to Los Angeles since his trade, leading the Miami Heat to clinch a 104-102 overtime victory on Christmas day over the Lakers on Saturday.
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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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December 27, 2004 -- THE Shaquille O&#39;Neal vs. Kobe Bryant show down on Christmas Day drew the largest audience in six years for a regular-season NBA game.
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After eight years as a star with the Los Angeles Lakers, O&#39;Neal played yesterday against the Lakers as a member of the Miami Heat, and won.
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The part about peace on earth, good will toward men. . . . It won&#39;t really apply at today&#39;s two NBA games. Good tidings will not be what Shaquille O&#39;Neal brings when he faces Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles
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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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A much awaited Christmas reunion between former Los Angeles Lakers teammates Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant finally arrives like a gift from Santa for National Basketball Association fans.
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The headline-grabbing rivalry between Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant is likely to dominate the opening weeks of the NBA season that begins on Tuesday.
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When Shaquille O&#39;Neal was traded to the Miami Heat from the Los Angeles Lakers, he was quick to point out that one of his goals was to help make Dwyane Wade the best point guard in the league.
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Shaquille O'Neal had strong words for those who doubt he can fit in with the Phoenix Suns.
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Gary Payton is running the show again after playing a supporting role in the Shaq and Kobe drama in Hollywood.
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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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First, Shaq sat. To take a load off his surgically repaired left knee, he settled into a chair outside the Miami Heat locker room Tuesday. Then he spoke barely above a whisper into a cluster of microphones inches from his face. For those straining to hear, the message was nonetheless clear: Shaquille O'Neal's latest injury should not be interpreted as a sign that he's in decline.
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The NBA finals were a television bust. San Antonio's four-game sweep of Cleveland finished with a record-low 6.2 television rating and 11 share on ABC, Nielsen Media Research said Friday.
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Sports leagues and their television partners will take big ratings wherever and whenever they can find them. But it&#39;s not exactly in the Christmas spirit that the NBA presents Pistons vs.
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Seldom has an NBA regular-season game drawn the attention of Saturday&#39;s Heat-Lakers matchup. And when it was over, most agreed that Shaq-Kobe I had lived up to expectations.