LAKERS NOTEBOOK: IT'S TIME TO STAY OUT OF SHAQ'S WAY.Byline: Howard Beck Daily News Staff Writer Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (pronounced "shak-KEEL") (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). leads the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= in field-goal attempts per game, but he's fuming fuming /fum·ing/ (fum´ing) emitting a visible vapor. fum·ing adj. Producing or emitting smoke or vapor, as for certain concentrated nitric, sulfuric, and hydrochloric acids. over non-calls and is threatening to make his own justice. ``You know what I'm going to have to do is break somebody's facial structure, and I might have to do that next game. And you can quote me on that,'' O'Neal said in the wake of the Lakers' loss in Washington. ``They (officials) don't want to get them off me, I'll get them off of myself. If they want to fine me for my comments, take double, I don't even care. Take triple.'' O'Neal, all 7-1, 315 pounds of him, was fouled, officially, five times Monday, going 4 for 9 at the foul line foul line n. 1. Baseball Either of two straight lines extending from the rear of home plate to the outer edge of the playing field and indicating the area in which a fair ball can be hit. 2. . O'Neal averages a league-leading 11 free-throw attempts per game, but after Sunday's and Monday's games, he indicated officials miss many more calls. That, presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. , would account for him missing 10 of 22 shots Monday and 10 of 16 shots Sunday. ``When I touch somebody, they call it. And I'm not complaining. But I'm telling you, when I have the ball in there, I'm going to have my elbows up, and I'm going straight to the hole. And whoever's in the way, if they get hit, they get hit. Period. ``From now on, I'm like that. My elbows are going up and whoever gets hit, gets hit. I just gotta get them off of me. ``I feel like an old oak tree outside in the school yard. (People) are jumping on me, kicking on me and climbing on me. No more. If somebody gets hit and gets broke up, I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. .'' More Shaq: Monday's 4-for-9 free-throw shooting ended a two-game stretch in which O'Neal's foul-line troubles temporarily vanished. He hit 7 of 11 against Minnesota on Friday, 7 of 10 against New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on Sunday. That's 66.7 percent, which isn't great by NBA standards but is stellar compared to O'Neal's sub-50-percent accuracy the last 2-1/2 seasons. ``I'm not surprised when he makes them because he shoots them well in practice,'' coach Del Harris said. ``He has fewer flaws (in his shot) now than he ever has. . . . I'm always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. that day when it falls into place for him.'' Ouch report: Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant (born July 23 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. might see another ear specialist today about his nagging ear infection. Bryant developed the problem in his right ear over the weekend and was forced to take the train from New York to Washington. He visited an ear-nose-throat doctor in Washington on Monday and had the ear drained, but it continued to bother him during the game. Bryant, stuck in the worst shooting slump of his career, said the infection does not affect his equilibrium or his jump shot. LAKERS vs. INDIANA Tipoff: 7:30 p.m., the Forum. TV/Radio: Fox Sports West; KLAC-AM (570). Tickets: 100 available. Call (213) 480-3232. Lakers (39-18) update: As if playing six road games in nine days, and winning only three, weren't tough enough, the Lakers come home to play three games in five days. After the Pacers come San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. on Friday and Detroit on Sunday. Pesky Portland arrives three days later. Pacers (40-17) update: The Pacers are looking to avenge the 96-89 defeat the Lakers pinned on them last week in Indianapolis. Though they have sputtered at times since the All-Star break, the Pacers have shown resiliency, demonstrated in their record-breaking 124-59 rout of Portland two days after the loss to L.A. - Howard Beck CAPTION(S): Box BOX: LAKERS vs. INDIANA (see text) |
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