EIGHTY ONE

I can barely believe it. Eighty-one. Eighty-one!! I've always been a Laker's fan and a fan of Kobe Bryant, but I never, ever thought I would see a stat line like this one tonight. 81 points on 28-46 shooting. That is just mind boggling. Kobe made history tonight and I am happy to be alive to see it. The Lakers, much to my chagrin, are not a good team, but the fact that they are in the playoff race at all right now is all due to number 8. There should be zero doubt of that in anyone's mind anymore.

Everyone should make a note of this day and his name because someday in the future your children will come to you and say "Mommy/Daddy, who's Kobe Bryant?" and you'll have to tell them that he was the Laker who scored 81 points in 2006.

Easily the best player in the NBA today.