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After senior tri-captain Nicole Corriero erased several Laker leads with four goals in regulation, she delivered the dish to linemate Julie Chu on a 2-on-1 breakaway for the game-winning tally 12:28 into the third extra period...
...used to seeing embattled L.A. Laker KOBE BRYANT walk into courtrooms, one more won't hurt his rep. And for hotel and casino owner STEVE WYNN, the odds of an image hit are slim. No town is more forgiving than Las Vegas...
...Jackson makes clear in the book, the interpersonal triangle that connected him, Bryant and center Shaquille O'Neal fell apart. Bryant was consumed with being Los Angeles' alpha Laker and saw any Shaq gain as his loss. It was office politics at a whole other level. "These two guys had to be on the same wavelength," Jackson tells TIME. "I don't think there's anything particularly that kept Kobe from throwing the ball into Shaq. But the opportunity for them to play together--give, go screen, roll--was never really fleshed out. So I thought it kept us from...
...high school. He wore his fame like an itchy turtleneck, never quite comfortable in it, yet never wanting to remove the celebrity garment. Teammates described him as an aloof, immature superstar. His on-court clash with personable big man Shaquille O'Neal over who would be the Alpha Laker poisoned the team's season more than the trial...
Bryant is now free to rejoin his Laker teammates--at least those who are left. As his legal team was scoring point after point, his basketball team, which lost to Detroit in the NBA finals, was disintegrating. Coach Phil Jackson is gone. So is Shaq, Gary Payton, Rick Fox and possibly Karl Malone. Bryant is the lone star, a few million dollars lighter for his legal fight--plus the $4 million "I'm sorry" ring for his wife--and toxic as a marketing personality. His contracts with McDonald's and Sprite are finished. He still has a $45 million deal...