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Shaquille O'Neal, On the Art of the Flop
Shaquille O'Neal, On the Art of the Flop
The fullest version of the Associated Press's Suns-Spurs Game 1 recap includes a pretty masterful quote from Shaquille O'Neal , who suffered through early foul trouble due to some offensive foul calls. "I just wanted to play aggressive, but the floppers prevailed today. Amare and myself are going to continue to play aggressive," O'Neal said of his foul trouble. "Hopefully those guys will ...
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