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Hello, good evening and welcome alongside my tag team partner, the Richard Petty of
sportscasting, Kevin Frazier.
I'm Fireball Roberts.
Ah, lots of moves around the baseball world plus a full slate of NBA on our agenda for
a preview of tonight's other top stories.
We check on the big boy, the daddy, the Jumbotron.
Shaq fed up with the fouls.
Charles fed up with who knows what.
Fireworks in the tiny center.
Once again the NBA is being dominated by a player named Marion from Vegas to Phoenix
to the basket.
Flag football quarterback turned NFL receiver Joey Galloway practices for the first time
with the Seahawks.
And is Jim Bowden playing possum or have the Reds really bowed out of the junior auction?
All that ahead but first, what's next?
Locusts?
The Houston Rockets started play tonight 0-4.
They couldn't put the ball in the ocean if they'd been standing on the pier.
The voters don't want to give them a new arena.
They're being pursued by a group from New Orleans where the Jazz Belly upped 20 years
ago and after two seasons of complete set outs they drew less than 14,000 on Monday
night.
Tonight the Lakers complete with that free throw and fool Shaquille O'Neal coming to
town and it was a bloodbath.
Rockets leading by five on the first, Steve Francis misses the three, gets his own rebound.
But gets it over to Barkley, left all alone up and at him.
Rockets by seven early on later in the first the Lakers begin to gel.
Ryan Shaw, Ali Oop, oh Shaq full extension.
Lakers by two after one then in the second it gets Ugg.
Bryce Drew inside to Barkley who's fouled by Shaq.
Barkley is not happy and it's hoops upside your head.
And there they go.
And Shaq is down.
Down goes O'Neal.
Shaq threw the punch and then the take down.
Here it is again.
Get your hand off my bald head, off my shoulder.
Have the basketball, why don't you?
And then boom and now watch the leverage move.
Yep, Charles' next career either politician or a wrestler or both.
They're both ejected from the game.
Charles says, Jaluka Paluka.
Back to the game later in the second.
Shandon Anderson with the steal.
We dish out to Steve Francis who seemed to be having a great night.
Perhaps his first great night as a pro.
Rockets by three but with time running out in the half.
It's A.C.
Green just past mid-court way downtown.
Bang.
Now A.C.
Green is 206 and he can dance.
Just over two minutes left in the fourth.
Lakers by one.
Derek Fisher from way downtown.
Lakers are up by four but sign it off offensively.
What a site.