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Shaq's nemesis is in mirror

By Scott Howard-Cooper
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, December 20, 2004

And so The Game bears down, this week at last, a sideshow distraction the surging Miami Heat and the inconsistent Los Angeles Lakers can collectively do without, a Jerry Springer Christmas Special that ABC Sports can not, and the Staples Center worth of buildup will still miss one of the key points. Kobe Bryant is not Shaquille O'Neal's biggest problem. Shaquille O'Neal is. Not just Saturday afternoon, either. Kobe-Shaq might be some cataclysmic event on the immediate horizon, but it has ...

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