Kobe Bryant vs Shaquille O'Neal FIRST EVER DUEL after SPLIT (2004.12.25) - Shaq's EPIC Return to LA!

We will put the ball in the air before 19,000 pairs of eyes simply riveted now, as the two will arrive at half court all the Kings a little slow and when coming off the bench it is almost as if you know who will be the

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to enter the ring and we. We are not going to make analogies with anything. I'm sure that's going to happen. Both guys have already talked about it this week and the Lakers are the

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to come out. Both players are watching this because I want to stand out, I want my team. to win the game I want

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ything to go well I want the crowd to love me this is a greeting between O'Neal and Odom the mercenary counterattacks Kobe and Shaq elbows him but he n

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looks at him he looks right over Kobe's head and where Jack has gotten to the point now he doesn't even refer to Kobe by name throwing the hit in the New Orleans game and Brian goes to the lane and gets taken away now a two on one a diamond Jones who falls away to tie the game they started both plays the same way, a misdirection to the right side of the court

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ed a raw Jack screen in the zoo that would challenge Jack and will every time tonight hear the thumbs down inside now the jumper fade after that the first one was blocked and quite a lot today with the double team of Drive the average of triples around 34% here goes Jack and how do you stop them well the only way to stop them the coach does not call his number outside and then in the transition game of counterattack if the four guys on the perimeter didn't pass the ball to them, that's the only problem when you're a center you're at the mercy now Brian from the outside makes a triple that goes hard he hasn't been shooting this well Last year only 31% from three-point land, but he makes it and the Lakers are an option last year driving to the basket and they get three fouls and Kobe Bryant, as I say, has been very cold, he is averaging less than 40 percent from the field and 31 through three points with 21 rebounds the other night against the heads, well, that's a pretty good little early statement.

Brian already has 11 points, now Cody is on fire. Distance is not a factor, you can see it right here, he's just sniffing around behind. a three point line has an inside down getting some movement weight feet so Neal and then O'Neal this got it back and puts it oh I tell you the big spell is working well now if you gave me two today he did it like By much that this was another game for him, dividing the double teams, working the four alpha points, now for Romeo's zone it begins to double right now, James is the lane for the men and he hits again in this other one that is the first time on Kobe Bryant's mound. my career year has hit for the block is a minimum of route available Granby goes to the rim and runs into guess who and I smelled that it was a great move by Brian Brian saw a small opening and exploded off the dribble right Look at it right there 13 and that one goes and concedes who's been in the game, the team and Brian Walker were there to greet them.

Kovac couldn't do anything at that point except look to pass and then do it, trying to get the angle. He pivoted his foot. I'll be attentive to check it out. He gave him a shoulder drop to the right and fate was in his favor and as soon as he did, Shaq rolled the baseline, a beautiful move. A movement I've been watching here for a long time. the last eight seasons that were coming, yes, that's the first time today that Jack has moved to the foul line and 5/3 of the way they closed for the goalie play design, they say he rises in this fair now, I'm telling you in In my opinion, it was a good jump, wave your hand back and then be careful, it's cooled off a lot and Brian right now is by far the Linkers' leading scorer, he's played 18 minutes and Bryant now he gets it because we drive in the heat of Of course, Bryant will draw performance, now there are two out of work on the brand Bryan, that's a very difficult cover for Grant, especially if you play behind timid.

I know a lot of teams say, well, you can't play Chuck, you can play Jack if you have a good position. -A health change occurs on the spot, you can double team him, but if you give him that turn in the pace line, he will shoot over the top, this one goes, the little guy helps twice now O'Neil has done that movement and the school boner we started the The game made three early three-pointers, he made four of them in the first quarter and Kobe Bryant right now gives the Lakers a six-point lead. 5 of 9 from beyond the arc.

A foul on the way to the basket. Lady Jones guarding customers ready to come help so far bee throws that were nothing but men now come on range is not a factor don't cross turn Watson underneath fast blanks in the basket for the wave, but you can see Shaq Shaq foresee the other side, a baseline takes him down. for Los Angeles to lose by six points, he's showing it all, you could hear the bone now behind us if they were moaning, the best thing of all is to leave it, let Laettner keep it alive for them every time Jack makes that move on the pose. he kicks the ball or takes a shot, he will back up to Damon Jones for a quarter.

We have two point ten seconds on the shot clock now. Shaq Batum Shaq's page on the beautiful stay tuned to the right of your screen. You must love it. the big guy has an incredible touch shooting 61% for the season a small scoop from O'Neal and that's 22 points strength appeals client isolated and not with the purpose of giving up 50 down there right now Miami you see they have their heads down, no I know. Understand why O'Neal's shot is going to be a fifth person. You just saw a great recovery. Just look at the recovery here. He has absolutely nothing and is able to fly in the air and avoid the shots of the demon Nealon multiplied by one existing and.

They're going to play two guys, Brian Wade and Eddie Jones, and the lead Jew Jones, the incoming double Brian Fitch. It's surprising that he hasn't pointed out the way that the story of him and all the drama and all this day and so on for Kobe Bryant has done so. the only chance in the end can't make you miss the Miami Heat have won 11 games in a row, that was beautiful, they took two guys against Kobe Bryant, they have two against them and forced them to do a very difficult job, so Brian he doubled the outside misses, okay, Shaquille O'Neal Kobe is shooting those three at the end of the first overtime, what are you thinking?

I knew I wasn't going to get in because my team got in, they played well, I found out I felt like I quit. they got them down a little bit, but the flashy Eddie Jones told me they had it, that's why we wanted to come here and win, you know, we're not trying to score 50 or 60 corner kicks, we're trying to outplay anyone, no, we just want to play a good team and That's what we did today, we fouled out with 2:15 left and then we saw this going into overtime. How difficult it was to sit on the bench.

It was very difficult. I was just trying to protect the best. You know, a couple of songs. a moving question, you know, like I said, I felt like I let my team down a little bit, but Flash told me don't be afraid, I'm glad you're here, a couple of things, what was it like for you coming out of that tunnel for the first time? time as an opponent? It was different, I said to myself when I was, you know, designing this arena, no, I should have, you know, visited the locker room a little bigger, so Merry Christmas to the military records, to the police officer.

Merry Christmas to all my friends and family. Merry christmas. to all the kids in this, what's up with the handshake Kobe came up with before the initial advice that they didn't make eye contact why not? Well, he was just doing some things, you know, getting ready to play, now they want to get caught up in them. the stupid things that you know you should do, no, I didn't want to come here and open it, you find out about all that nonsense. Shack the hype leading up to this game, some people tried to say, "hey, it's just another game, it clearly was." What does the wind mean to you?

I think it was a fun game to watch on TV, but what I want is to win, keep my team in first place and try to get another championship. Congratulations.