"Kobe had finally accepted that he needed a low-post player to win. Kobe didn't want to play with a dominant center. Michael didn't, and Kobe didn't want to either. He told me that," Vitti told ...

HOUSTON (AP) - All it took was 3 minutes for Yao Ming to show Shaquille O'Neal that this would be no mismatch. Yao blocked O'Neal's first three shots, altered Kobe Bryant's attempt at the end of ...