[TonyB06]

Detroit is good and is putting some serious "D-fense" on the Lakers' azz, but IMO, LA is crumbling from the inside out. At least we can end all the asinine Kobe/MJ comparisons now. MJ learned how and when to sublimate his ego for the good of the team. Kobe clearly doesn't.

Shaq, with his heavy, out-of-shape, hooked-on-phonics free-throw shootin' self, is STILL the game's biggest force-- you saw that in the 1st quarter of G4, when he was ganstering baskets like he was Al Capone. Detroit has NO ANSWER, NONE. Why this team, KB, in particular doesn't realize that and consistently feed the guy is beyond me.

It looks like LA will fumble away this title, and Detroit is there to fall on the ball. Enjoy it D-town, and let's see if you can back it up next year. But Shaq-KB's lil season-long cat-fight destroyed this team long before Detroit had anytyhing to do with it.

(as for abaici and 1savvydiva, yall is doing some major-league hating right up in through here.....please stop.)