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Article: O'Neal's law of physics: Conservation of energy.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- February 24, 2006
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Byline: Michael Cunningham
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Run a mile in Shaquille O'Neal's size-22 shoes, and the Heat center's philosophy of conserving energy might be more understandable to even his harshest critics.
There's the stress that 340 pounds or so puts on the feet and the joints in the lower extremities. There's the wear and tear of over 1,000 games spent running, stopping, and jumping, with other large men trying to prevent those activities. There's the energy required to move such a large body over so many games over 14 NBA seasons.
All of that is why the physiology and sports sciences experts in interviewed understand the Heat center's ...