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Article: Dampier Has No Trouble Playing Second Fiddle
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 13, 2006
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-- The revenge of Erick Dampier has begun. Before the NBA Finals,
Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal surprisingly had no disparaging
comments for his personal punching bag for insults, saying that he
would keep things "classy." With the Heat down, 2-0, to the Dallas
Mavericks in this best-of-seven series after a 99-85 loss in which
O'Neal scored a playoff career-low five points, what can the Big
Aristotle say?
Dampier and Mavericks starting center DeSagana Diop have bottled
up O'Neal like never before in the Finals -- a time when O'Neal has
historically been his most dominant. He entered these Finals -- his
sixth -- averaging 32.6 points and 13.7 rebounds in 24 games, but
he has ...