The Lakers have now won 4 out of 10 play-off games (with 6 of them having been played on the road) against this millennium's most talented top-to-bottom team over the past two seasons with Smush Parker and Jordan Farmar platooning at the sport's most important position.
This would be like a football team winning 4 out of 10 playoff games (6 of them on the road) against the '05-'06 Colts with Ryan Leaf starting at quarterback.
So, obviously, it follows that Dirk Nowitzki and a six-foot tall white dude who plays absolutely no defense whatsoever are the two most valuable players in the league.
Granted, Steve Nash is a great OFFENSIVE player, but the clock is ticking on Kobe's next posterization-level dunk on Nash's nappy head. (Remember last year's? I bet Nash does.)
The Lakers may or may not win this series, but without Kobe, they'd have lost each and every one of these ten games (assuming they played all ten of them) by 30 to 40 points apiece.
But, please, haters, continue to argue that the world is flat because Kobe's was the fourth cock inside some redneck's snatch on a random afternoon three years ago.