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The biggest winners of the '09 playoffs

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The eight biggest winners of the 2009 NBA Playoffs: Kobe Bryant Don't think we need a grand explanation here. Not after Kobe, who had to wait only four years to get his first NBA ring, lived through seven stomach-turning seasons of wild surges and dips on the Kobe Coaster between rings No. 3 and No. 4. Stein: Biggest losers Check out the biggest losers of the 2009 playoffs here. Not after Kobe openly described his first title as the Lakers' undisputed leader as a "big ol' monkey o ...

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