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Found June 06, 2009 on LA Times:
Text messages from press row . . . For a time in Game 1, it looked as if Kobe Bryant not only wanted to prove that he could win a title without Shaquille O'Neal but that he could win one without anyone else. . . .
Original Story: http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketb...
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