Kobe Kobe Kobe

Well, I have to admit...before last night I thought Lebron was right up there with Kobe and ready to take over in a year or two at the most. I saw something last night that I haven't seen in ten years. Kobe took the first two and a half quarters off, something that the greatest player ever (GPE) would never do, and then decided to play. There is no one else in this league that could do what he did last night, especially at that level, in the Western Conference Finals, against one of the best defensive teams in the league.

Lebron is the closest thing to Kobe, but if he scores 2 pts in a half and ends up going for 30, it's not for lack of effort. Nights like that only happen to Lebron when he's completely off for a half and then all of a sudden his shot begins to fall. His on and off switch is no where near as powerful as Kobe's. Kobe shot only 3 shots in the first half!

It looked like Kobe was just waiting for the game to be completely out of reach so he could prove, once again, why he is the MVP. (For the record, I don't even like Kobe. I think he's an arrogant, immature jack-ass who tries waaaayyyy to hard to look, talk and act like the GPE.) I'm not even sure Kobe cared if the Lakers won or lost, he just wanted to prove to the world that he could take over a game whenever he felt like it, and he did!