Now that's Showtime.

Lets just put it this way, true believers. Kobe was out of his mind yesterday. Kobe was on fire plus more yesterday. Kobe was Kobe yesterday. I know he catches alot of flack for shooting too much, but look at this team. The Lakers are so thin that when a guy named Smush is your No.3 scorer how can you blame the Zenmaster for allowing Kobe to go nucking futs every now and then.

Poor Avery Johnson was beside himself on the bench. He was thrown out just because he couldn't stand to see this specticle anymore. Kobe is the Dallas Maverick killer this season. After hitting them for 43 just a little while ago, you knew that Avery was gonna bring the D to Kobe. And Kobe responded with a resounding, "Yeah Right!". When you go for 30+ in the first half, you can expect the gameplan to change and you'll get fewer shots in the next half. But when Kobe went off for another 30 in the third......well, that was just alien.

Lets check these stats: 18-31 ----usual Kobe. 4 three pointers ----Kobe's feeling good. 22-25 from the free throw line ----GODDAMN! Kobe. No wonder Avery Johnson was so hot. Everything went Kobe's way yesterday.

The most interesting stat of the night: By the end of the third, Dallas 61....Kobe, 62. Dallas aint no push over, they are probably the second best team in the West. But maybe we should look at that a little closer now. Everyone on that crappy Lakers squad scored last night.....Even the mascot......Dallas was just plain punked.

One can only imagine how much more Kobe could have scored if Phil actually wanted to add insult to injury. But with both Kobe and Phil laughing so hard on the inside, they both agreed that enough was enough. And Kobe sat for the entire fourth quarter. Smooth move guys, you ended the show....and it was the smart thing to do. I'm sure we will see more nights like this one, and the need for Kobe to shoot even more will come, especially when the game happens to be a little closer. All those points would have been for nothing if Kobe would have ended up hurting himself. So kudos to Phil and Kobe for not pulling the knife out slowly.

So the next time we say that Kobe shoots too damn much. Just keep it inside. Especially if your team is playing him. Because only Kobe and Phil will tell you when too much is too much. Other than that, just enjoy the spectacle....and you go, Kobe.