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ORLANDO, Fla. – Trevor Ariza tried to explain the other day, and he wound up stopping mid-sentence to convey what he was truly feeling.

"I used it like it was …" he began.

Then he tilted his head back, turned his palms up and stretched those noodle arms out to his sides.

And he looked to the heavens.

"I used it like it was the Bible," Ariza said.

What we were talking about was the shooting-practice program given to Ariza entering the summer before this season by one Kobe Bryant.