Burks' Sports Talk: NBA All Star

Monday, February 16, 2009

Shaq and Kobe share fake All-Star MVP

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2009021532&prov=ap

PHOENIX (AP)—Three-time champions together, now three-time All-Star MVPs.

And leave it to Shaquille O’Neal to coin a nickname for himself and Kobe Bryant.

“The Big Legendaries,” O’Neal said.

Long ago broken apart, Shaq and Kobe were together again Sunday. Just like the good ol’ days, they were winners—and the only sign of any feuding was when they playfully fought over the MVP trophy they shared.

Bryant led all scorers with 27 points, O’Neal partied his way back onto the All-Star stage with 17 in just 11 minutes, and the Western Conference beat the East 146-119.

“It felt like old times,” O’Neal said. “I miss those times. He was really looking for me, especially when we went to a pick-and-roll and they had Rashard Lewis on me.”

Back on the same team for the first time in nearly five years, they helped the West get untracked after an awful start, then teamed up for a few buckets that helped blow it open in the third quarter.