New-look Iverson and East can't top Shaq and Kobe - 籃球

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New-look Iverson and East can't top Shaq and Kobe

By VINCE ELLIS ‧ February 15, 2009 ‧ NBA ALL-STAR GAME

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PHOENIX — The reunion of Shaq and Kobe went according to plan at Sunday night
’s NBA All-Star Game.

The Lakers’ Kobe Bryant and the Suns’ Shaquille O’Neal combined for 44
points to lead the West to a 146-119 victory over the East.

The duo’s performance rekindled memories of when Bryant and O’Neal were
teammates for three NBA titles with the Lakers in the early part of this
decade.

O’Neal has since been traded to the Miami Heat, where he won a championship
in 2006, and to the Suns.

Allen Iverson, the Pistons’ lone representative, scored two points on
1-for-4 shooting in 13 minutes.

Former Piston Chauncey Billups scored five points in 18 minutes for the West.
The West broke it open in the third quarter after taking a 72-67 lead at
halftime. O’Neal was dominant in the quarter with 11 points, and the got the
crowd going when he executed the give-and-go with Hornets guard Chris Paul.

The novelty was that Paul was in the low post and hit a cutting O’Neal for
the dunk. As usual, the game was all show as O’Neal got the party started
with a dance routine before the game.

Tamia Hill, wife of ex-Piston and current Sun Grant Hill, sang the Canadian
anthem, and “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks sang the national anthem.

John Legend was the halftime entertainment for the game, attended by rapper
Jay-Z, his wife singer Beyonce, film director Spike Lee, activist Jesse
Jackson and Cowboy Terrell Owens.

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