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Byline: Sam Smith
LOS ANGELES _ Could Phil Jackson have made a coaching error? That Phil Jackson? Our Phil Jackson?
Jackson didn't take Shaquille O'Neal out after O'Neal picked up his third foul Monday night in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals. The Lakers were hanging on to a 45-42 lead over the Timberwolves with 2:11 left in the second quarter. Kobe Bryant also was in foul trouble. When O'Neal drew his fourth foul just 70 seconds later, Jackson's decision seemed to be an elementary mistake: Leaving your star in the game in the first half with serious foul trouble.
But the Lakers survived and prospered. O'Neal played the third quarter ...