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Lakers vs. Mavericks 2013: Robert Sacre is a big Kobe Bryant fan

Kobe Bryant is having a vintage shooting performance. Robert Sacre is having a vintage bench performance.

by Ethan Rothstein
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Robert Sacre has a niche in this league, and he knows it. The niche has nothing to do with basketball, however. He is the Greatest Of All Time at bench celebrations. It helps to have a screw loose. This happened after Kobe Bryant made three straight jumpers, all heavily contested.

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