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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/kobe-bryant/\"&gt;Kobe Bryant&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;appeared to hurl a homophobic slur towards an NBA referee during a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game last night ... and it was all caught on tape. &lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt; {{tmz_video_1}} &lt;br /&gt;It happened during the 3rd quarter after Kobe got hit with a technical foul. The NBA star -- clearly upset -- screams for the ref (Bennie Adams) and appears to mouth the words, \"F**king f**got.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the announcers then comments, \"You might wanna take the cameras off of him right now, for the children watching.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/strong&gt; A rep for the team tells us, \"The Lakers can not confirm that is what Kobe said or not.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Story developing ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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