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Kobe and his band of merry Lakers swept the Denver Nuggets out of their no-defense-playing misery yesterday with a 107-101 victory last night. Kobe “MVP” Bryant led the way for the Lake Show with 31 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. And while the MVP ballots are not supposed to take post-season play into consideration, it’s hard to believe the MVP voters didn’t notice last night’s performance by the “Black Mamba.”

If they were waiting for a last straw to present itself, Bryant just might have obliged them after destroying the Nuggets in a such dominating fashion. The Lakers were so good against Denver, the Nuggets, led by an unhappy Carmelo Anthony, almost collapsed on themselves when Anthony threw the entire team under the proverbial bus after getting smashed in game 3. While Denver deserves some credit for playing hard last night, they still could not stop the Lakers from scoring. At all. Ever.

Over at the LA Times’ Lakers blog, it was mentioned the Lakers played an ugly game and still won. I’m not sure, but most ugly NBA games don’t put over 200 combined points on the scoreboard — unless, of course, there is absolutely no defense being played at all… Maybe they ARE on to something here.

For the series, Kobe averaged 33.5 points and pretty much did exactly what he wanted to, whenever he wanted. Is that the definition of MVP? We’ll soon see. In other news, I wonder if Beatrix Kiddo approves of Kobe’s “Black Mamba” nickname?

Well, at least their uniforms match.

Next up for the Lakers, the winner of the Utah/Houston series which may or may not be decided tonight.

Stumble it!

Tags: Denver Nuggets, Kill Bill, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Finals, NBA Playoffs

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