Kobe Bryant, for all his brilliance, could not get the Lakers past the Phoenix Suns in the clutch game 7. A lot of people have said that Kobe has failed. Complete Sports, a sports blog I have come to enjoy over the past month said this:

Instead, he was beyond passive. In the 2nd half, he was 0/3 from the field. He scored 1 point, which came after a 3-in-the-key technical foul on Phoenix. He didn’t even look to shoot. He looked like a young Vince Carter after taking a hard foul…

Let’s just say Kobe failed.

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San Antonio Spurs have over taken Boston Celtics as the second best NBA team ever in terms of winning percentage. Lenny Wick points it out on Livejournal NBA community here. It shows how poor Boston has been in the years following the Lary Bird and their Championship days.

It also shows how consistently well San Antonio has been performing over the past 5 years. San Antonio hasn’t changed their team too much in a league where trades are frequent and teams hardly remain similar over a few years. The rewards have come in championships and wins. Lakers stand at the top with them maintaining some performance in the Shaq-Kobe era.