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Things won't get easier for Lakers

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Sunday, February 15, 2004

LOS ANGELES -- There was a Magic Johnson statue unveiling, along with a tribute soiree for the Magic Mountain. There was a halfcourt shot from Derek Fisher on Saturday night that had Magic, Fish and Lisa Leslie dancing together on the Staples Center floor as if they had just won a championship. There could be even more L.A.-centric hoopla Sunday when Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant stage the latest installment of their interminable head-butting in the quest to win the All-Star Game's MVP trop ...

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