Shaquille O’Neal roots for Kobe Bryant, Lakers in Finals via Twitter

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Orlando and Los Angeles share Mickey Mouse, Tiger Woods and Shaquille O’Neal.

Mickey Mouse isn’t choosing sides in the NBA Finals, preferring to allow execs from Disney World and Disneyland to make a lame bet.

Woods, who grew up a Lakers fan and now has Magic season tickets, won’t commit, at least publicly.

But you can count on O’Neal. In a long-awaited tweet, he finally chooses one former team over the other.

‘thats right i am saying it today and today only, i want kobe bryant to get number 4, spread da word’

Da word is spread.

-- Randy Harvey

Photo: Five years after they were teammates in Los Angeles, Shaquille O’Neal is pulling for Kobe Bryant and the Lakers to win the NBA Finals. Credit: Lori Shepler/Los Angeles Times.