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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant took some time after his team\u2019s 126\u2013115 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Sunday to talk about his former teammate Shaquille O\u2019Neal, according to &lt;em&gt;USA Today&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bryant avoided talking about the often&amp;nbsp;contentious&amp;nbsp;relationship between the two, instead focusing on the opportunity to win championships without the help of one of the most dominant centers ever.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CIt was always the challenge of, \u2018Kobe can\u2019t win without Shaq,' right? If I had went my whole career and we had won championships, God bless you guys, but guys would be saying at the Hall of Fame, \u2018He won with Shaq.\u2019 I didn\u2019t want to hear that. I didn\u2019t want to hear it,\u201D Bryant said. \u201CBecause I knew I had the determination to do it and it was either sink or swim. At some point I was going to take that challenge, and it was either you guys are right or I\u2019m right. I had to take that challenge.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022 Byron Scott says D\u2019Angelo Russell will start for rest of season&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bryant won two championships after O\u2019Neal left Los Angeles, earning NBA Finals victories over the Orlando Magic in 2009 and Boston Celtics in 2010.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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