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SIGNIFICANT OTHER

By Ric Bucher

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

So here you are again at the Lakers pre-game scrum, the literal scene that captured the figurative standoff between Shaq and Kobe midway through last season. The last visit remains indelible—Shaq and the team hugging and jumping and chanting like a bunch of 12-year-olds, Kobe standing apart with his collar flipped and sleeves pushed up West Side Story-style, stalling in order to beat Shaq for top-dog, last-man-out honors in the single-file jog onto the floor. A year later, Shaq has a few m ...

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