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O'Neal partied his way back onto the All-Star stage with 17 points in 11 minutes

Shaq danced, Kobe dazzled. And just like the good old days, they won again.
Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 27 points and Shaquille O'Neal partied his way back onto the All-Star stage with 17 points in 11 minutes, as the Western Conference beat the East 146-119 Sunday.
"It felt like old times," O'Neal said. "I miss those times. (Bryant) was really looking for me, especially when we went to a pick-and-roll and they had Rashard Lewis on me."
Back on the same team for the first time in nearly five years, the duo shared the game MVP award. They helped the West get untracked after an awful start, then teamed up for a few baskets that helped blow it open in the third quarter.
"I tell you what, those two guys together, that's a deadly combination as we all saw tonight and we have all seen in the past," said East Coach Mike Brown, who guides the Cleveland Cavaliers. "They are where they are right now, but if they were to stay together, no telling how many more rings they would have had on their fingers and toes."
And they did it in the ways that made them so different — Bryant with his cold-as-ice focus, O'Neal as the oversized clown who made fans and foes alike laugh.
O'Neal is now complimentary of Bryant, calling him the best player in the NBA. Bryant still seems uncomfortable talking about his relationship with O'Neal.