physicists to study shaquille oneal
- From: "Garrett Kojaku" <gkojaku@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Apr 2006 21:11:36 -0700
houston, TX (AP) - NASA scientists gathered to announce a new attempt
to resolve the mystery of dark matter.
"we will be asking mr. [shaquille] oneal to participate in a study to
determine where his missing 60 pounds are. we know they should be
there, but normal scales simply cannot detect them. it appears that
the percent of unobservable matter in mr. oneal's body corresponds to
the matter we cannot observe in the universe - so-called 'dark
matter'," said study director Dr. Joe Smith.
scientists believe that roughly 20% of the universe is composed of dark
matter - matter that cannot be observed directly. this corresponds
with NBA center oneal, who should weigh roughly 380 lbs. but whom
scales typically register as 315-320 lbs.
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By ANDREW SELIGMAN, AP Sports Writer
April 30, 2006
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Miami Heat bickered among themselves. Shaquille
O'Neal had another rough outing. And the Chicago Bulls took advantage.
Kirk Hinrich scored 21 points and hit a key 3-pointer with 1:09 left,
and the Bulls evened the first-round series at 2-2 with a 93-87 victory
on Sunday.
"The team believes it can win this series, and that's it," forward
Andres Nocioni said.
With O'Neal in foul trouble for much of the game, the Bulls built a
13-point lead in the third quarter, only to fall behind in the fourth
before pulling the game out. Game 5 in the best-of-seven series is
Tuesday in Miami.
Chris Duhon's runner gave the Bulls an 85-83 lead with 1:42 left. After
a timeout, Miami's Dwyane Wade missed a jumper, and Hinrich hit a
3-pointer from several feet beyond the top of the key to make it 88-83
with 1:09 left.
"I knew that I was behind the line a little ways, but I wasn't thinking
about how long," he said. "I knew the clock was down to about six or
five. They were off me and I took a rhythm dribble and let it go."
Wade's layup made it a three-point game, and Hinrich threw the ball
away with 46.8 seconds left. But the Heat couldn't capitalize.
Wade missed a jumper, Udonis Haslem missed the put-back, and Wade
missed another follow-up. And the Bulls hung on, although Tyson
Chandler was carried off the court with 26.3 seconds with what the
Bulls said was a moderate to mild right ankle sprain.
Nocioni led the Bulls with 24 points, and Ben Gordon scored 23. Hinrich
had nine assists.
Antoine Walker scored 21 for the Heat, and Wade finished with 20 on
8-of-23 shooting. But O'Neal was in foul trouble for the second
straight game. He finished with 16 points, eight rebounds and four
fouls, and left the locker room without talking to reporters.
Heat teammates Gary Payton and Wade shouted at each other late in the
first half. They continued to go at it during a timeout with 39.8
seconds left in the second quarter, and Walker got into it with Payton.
As the Heat headed toward the locker room, trailing 44-40, O'Neal
wrapped his arm around Payton and said something in his ear.
"Next question. Next question," Payton said when asked about the spat.
"Nah, I ain't talking about that," Wade said.
And Walker shrugged off the question, saying, "I don't know. We messed
up a play or something."
The Heat had more to say about the disparity in fouls and free throw
attempts. They were whistled for 31 fouls to the Bulls' 17. That led to
Chicago hitting 24 of 31 foul shots, while the Heat were 4-for-5.
"We played great defense without fouling," Gordon said.
The Heat had a different perspective.
"Thirty-one to five, that's just enough right there," Wade said. "I'm
not going to say any more. Thirty-one free throws to five."
O'Neal, meanwhile, had his own difficulties.
This was not quite the follow-up to Game 3 he had in mind, when he
finished with eight points (one more than his career playoff low), four
rebounds, five fouls and seven turnovers in a 109-90 loss.
That performance left O'Neal "very, very humiliated," and the game
raised more questions about the Heat's composure.
Forward James Posey served a one-game suspension on Sunday for knocking
down Hinrich near the end of Game 3. Walker and Haslem -- suspended for
Game 2 after throwing his mouthpiece toward a referee in the series
opener -- received technical fouls a few seconds later. And O'Neal
lashed out at referee Bob Delaney, drawing a $25,000 fine from the
league on Saturday.
But this time, the fouls were more of the self-made variety. O'Neal
didn't commit them trying to help out on defense.
He lowered his shoulder into Chandler in the first quarter and hooked
him in the second for two offensive fouls. And, on defense, he fouled
Chandler in the first and picked up his fourth foul when Hinrich ran
into him in the third.
"We just need him on the court," coach Pat Riley said. "I don't know
how we're going to get around that. I think we did a better job on
defending pick-and-rolls."
Walker, meanwhile, expressed some sympathy for O'Neal.
"He's playing against smaller centers, and any awkward movement that
one of those big guys makes -- it seems like (the call) goes their
way," Walker said. "It has Games 3 and 4. Hopefully, it changes over. I
think (the referees) have to understand he's 315 pounds and he's
playing against smaller guys. And every little move or flop is not a
foul."
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