Shaquille O'neal made peace with Kobe Bryant at midcourt before tip-off last night at Staples Center. The Lakers won 100-92.
After the game, the two spoke to the media about their reconciliation.
Shaq: "His wife's having a baby and my wife's having a baby, so I just went up to him and said congratulates on the baby. We'll see each other again when you guys aren't around. We'll sit down and have a conversation."
Kobe: "It made me feel good. We've been through so many wars together. It feels good to be able to enjoy that again and now just be able to move on, and for this organization and the city to move on and focus on building this team, and wishing him all the best with his team down in South Beach."
Bryant added later that he is looking forward to sitting down with O'neal somewhere in South Beach or Newport Beach during the offseason to further mend their rift.
Kobe: "Yeah, I'm looking forward to that. We'll probably talk about tricking out cars; like putting hydraulics on a '53 Impala. We'll be talking about fun stuff."
I bought a copy of the L.A. Daily News and the L.A. Times today and cut out the front pages of the sports section and pinned them on my living room wall.
