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Article: Bryant gets cold shoulder, heats up.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- June 10, 2001
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PHILADELPHIA _ Kobe Bryant's first game in Philadelphia during the NBA Finals was reminiscent of the time he spent here as a teenager.
First he showed up, then he went away.
Bryant, responding to a cold shoulder from the fans Sunday night, heated up for 20 points in the first half but gasped to the finish under constant double-team pressure. He made just 3 of 14 shots in the second half, failing to take pressure off foul-laden Shaquille O'Neal and making it necessary for someone else _ Robert Horry was the biggest someone _ to pull out the 96-91 win for the Los Angeles Lakers.
"Kobe had a great game tonight," coach Phil Jackson said. "Things got ...
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