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Bryant: better fighting than infighting
EL SEGUNDO — At this time last season, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal were taking verbal shots at each other. This year, they’re taking physical shots at guys on the other team.
“It’s better to fight against the opposition than it is to fight amongst ourselves,” Bryant said Monday. “Last year, we were fighting amongst ourselves, but we pulled through just fine.”
Bryant and O’Neal are buddies now, and each has launched a haymaker at an opposing player this season — and each failed to land solidly.
Bryant threw a roundhouse right at Indiana’s Reggie Miller on Friday night, drawing a two-game suspension and $12,500 fine from the NBA. Miller also was suspended two games and fined $10,000. O’Neal threw a wild right at Brad Miller, then with Chicago, in January and was suspended for three games.
