LAKERS NOTEBOOK: SHAQ TO SEE MILLER AGAIN.Byline: Howard Beck Staff Writer A brief review of the 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). Grudge File, relevant today because Indiana's Brad Miller Brad Miller can refer to any of several people:
n. An agent provocateur. Noun 1. provocateur - a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts agent provocateur , late of the Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They play in the National Basketball Association. The team was founded in 1966, and has won six NBA Championships since. - is about to become his new favorite whipping boy whipping boy surrogate sufferer for delinquent prince. [Eur. Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 942] See : Substitution . --Subject: David Robinson David Robinson or Dave Robinson is a name shared by the following individuals:
--Subject: Don Nelson: The Dallas coach has done more to embarrass O'Neal with hack-a-Shaq defense than anyone in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= . O'Neal angrily derided Nelson as a ``clown coach'' last season and now stares him down with every made free throw. --Subject: Greg Ostertag Gregory Donovan Ostertag (born March 6 1973, in Dallas, Texas) is a retired American basketball player in the NBA, who spent most of his career with the Utah Jazz. He measures 7'2" (2.18 m) and played center. : The Utah center had momentary success against an injured O'Neal in the 1997 playoffs, got a little too high on himself and paid for his insolence in·so·lence n. 1. The quality or condition of being insolent. 2. An instance of insolent behavior, treatment, or speech. Noun 1. the next season when O'Neal swatted him upside the head during a morning shootaround. Moral of the stories: Shaq has a long memory and he holds grudges. So Miller is likely to be the recipient of a hard dunk or two, or 10, tonight, as late reparations reparations, payments or other compensation offered as an indemnity for loss or damage. Although the term is used to cover payments made to Holocaust survivors and to Japanese Americans interned during World War II in so-called relocation camps (and used as well to for the events of Jan. 12, when the Lakers played at Chicago. Miller, then with the Bulls, combined with Charles Oakley Charles Oakley (born December 18, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a retired American professional basketball player who played power forward in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards and Houston to hammer O'Neal, sending O'Neal into a rage and a mighty swing that just nicked Miller's ear. For that, O'Neal got a three-game suspension that cost him $730,000. But O'Neal missed the Feb. 6 rematch with the Bulls to rest his sore toe. Miller played despite his own hand injuries and mocked O'Neal's decision. Now, finally, the rematch, thanks to a seven-player swap between Indiana and Chicago on Feb. 19. Miller and Ron Artest both became Pacers, and tonight's game became a whole lot more interesting. ``I don't really live in the past,'' O'Neal said Thursday. ``I made the statement that I will not tolerate dirty play. My statement still goes. But what happened then stays when it happened.'' Said coach Phil Jackson: ``I'm not going to make anything special out of it, because I don't want to give it any more value than it has to have. It's not important.'' --Grudge II: Of more concern to Jackson is the rematch of Artest and Kobe Bryant. Artest, a bruising and aggressive defender, manhandled Bryant in Chicago, holding him to 9-for-25 shooting with seven turnovers. Bryant fared better Feb. 6, going 14 for 26, but he committed eight turnovers. ``He's spent two games that I thought this guy really beat up on him and has really been on top of him, been a real thorn in his side,'' Jackson said. ``He's able to really keep his body on Kobe all the time and get away with a lot of what the league says is hand-checking or distracting or diverting players. --No help: Samaki Walker, whose rebounding and energy is needed desperately, will not dress for tonight's game and is doubtful for Sunday's home game against Houston as well. LAKERS vs. INDIANA Tipoff: 7:30 p.m., Staples Center. TV/Radio: Ch. 9; 570-AM, 1330-AM (Spanish). Lakers (39-17) update: They play seven of their next nine games at Staples Center, which isn't necessarily a good thing. The Lakers lost three of four home games in February and have lost six of their past eight games at Staples, counting a ``road'' loss to the Clippers. The Lakers are 19-7 at home this season, just three losses shy of last season's total. Pacers (28-28) update: Indiana had lost 11 of 16 games before making a seven-player trade with Chicago on Feb. 19. They had won two of three games since the trade heading into Thursday's game at Phoenix and were tied for the sixth seed in the East. Ron Mercer, acquired in the trade, is on the injured list, as is Al Harrington. - Howard Beck CAPTION(S): box Box: LAKERS vs. INDIANA (see text) |
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