People: Jan. 22, 2001
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REFEREE PHIL JACKSON "I don't even want them in the same room together right now."
KOBE "BELLISIMO" BRYANT AGE: 22 HEIGHT: 6 ft. 7 in. WEIGHT: 210 lbs. OCCUPATION: Jordan heir, fly in the ointment BEST PUNCH: Upon the suggestion that he should consider deferring to Shaq: "Turn my game down? I need to turn it up. I've improved. How are you going to bottle me up? I'd be better off playing somewhere else"
WINNER: Shaq. If things get rough, he can pick Kobe up by the ears and eat him
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