Heat defeat Lakers in O&#39;Neal, Bryant showdown
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Miami Heat beat the Los Angeles Lakers in an NBA game that pitted former teammates Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant against each other.
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Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant, center, joined Shaquille O&#39;Neal and rest of his teammates on the bench during the start of the fourth quarter against the Dallas Mavericks in this Oct. 28, 2003 photo, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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(Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Miami Heat, 104-102, in overtime in the much-anticipated Christmas Day showdown at Staples Center.
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The much-heralded Christmas Day matchup between Kobe Bryant&#39;s Los Angeles Lakers and Shaquille O&#39;Neal&#39;s Miami Heat was the highest-rated regular season basketball game on television in nearly seven years, broadcaster ABC said on
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The brick wall came down Saturday, but the Miami Heat still defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in Shaq vs. Kobe I. With Shaquille O&#39;Neal on the bench after fouling out late in the
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The brick wall came tumbling down Saturday, but that didn't stop the Miami Heat from beating the Los Angeles Lakers in Shaq vs. Kobe I.
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Shaquille O&#39;Neal conceded it felt different wearing a Miami Heat uniform. For those playing against him, it was different seeing a little less of O&#39;Neal.
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The Memphis Grizzlies took their lumps against the Lakers in Los Angeles when Shaquille O&#39;Neal was around. Now it&#39;s just Kobe Bryant by himself, and the difference was dramatic.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Heat coach Stan Van Gundy has said more than once he regrets that Saturday&#39;s Heat-Lakers game is more about the Shaquille O&#39;Neal-Kobe Bryant saga than basketball.
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WASHINGTON - Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Eddie Jones were in foul trouble, the Miami Heat kept fumbling the ball away, and the Wizards&#39; terrific perimeter players were raining down shots.
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Former Lakers center Shaquille O&#39;Neal made a subdued debut in Miami Heat&#39;s jersey and helped the team win its season-opening victory.
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LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal made sure their teams wouldn't be pushed around again by rivals. There was nothing Kobe Bryant could do to help the Lakers, however.
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LOS ANGELES Shaquille (shah-KEEL&#39;) O&#39;Neal was on the winning side in the long-awaited Shaq-Kobe faceoff as the Miami Heat won its eleventh straight game, 104-to-102 in overtime over the LA Lakers.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Â· Only once more this season will Heat center Shaquille O&#39;Neal see an opponent willing to play him pretty much straight up.
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MIAMI  - Dwayne Wade scored 33 points and the sizzling Miami Heat won for the ninth time in a row, beating Boston 108-100 here even without injured National Basketball Association superstar Shaquille O&#39;Neal.
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(Sports Network) - The matchup that every NBA fan has been waiting for is here, as Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant will meet as opponents when the red- hot Miami Heat visit the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center in the second of of two Christmas
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WASHINGTON : A strained left hamstring hinders Shaquille O&#39;Neal, but the mighty center and his new Kobe Bryant - Olympian guard Dwayne Wade - have sparked the unbeaten Miami Heat to its best start since 1995.