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Shaquille O'Neal Tweets Congratulations To Kobe Bryant, NBA's Fifth All-Time Leading Scorer

Lord knows that former L.A. Laker teammates Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal have had their differences over the years, but tonight, as the former passed the latter for No. 5 on the NBA's all-time scoring list, the latter took to Twitter to voice his congratulations.

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Bryant knocked down a 23-foot jump shot with 5:08 left in the first half against the Philadelphia 76ers tonight. That gave him 24 points for the night and 28,597 for his career; he finished with 28 annd 28,601. Shaq now sits sixth all-time with 28,596 career points.