Shaq, Kobe winners again in All-Star game

PHOENIX: Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 27 points and Shaquille O'Neal made his way back onto the all-star stage with 17 in just 11 minutes as the Western Conference beat the East 146-119 on Sunday night.

Back on the same team for the first time in nearly five years, the three-time champions shared the game MVP award. They helped the West get untracked after an awful start, then teamed up for a few buckets that helped blow it open in the third quarter.

It was their first time on the floor as teammates since the 2004 NBA finals. O'Neal was traded to Miami that summer, breaking apart a duo that produced three straight titles but was perhaps better known for its frequent feuding that made the breakup inevitable.