Kobe scores 49 and seal second victory of Lakers over Nuggets

There was a time when you could say that the Lakers really needed Kobe to come up with victories, of course this was before the addition of Pau Gasol and the improved game play by Lamar Odom.

But this doesn’t mean Kobe has changed, he’s still the key man in Los Angeles, in fact he’s deserving the MVP more every day, every game, and he showed why yesterday in the second victory of the Lakers against the Nuggets playing at the Staples Center which Los Angeles won 122-107 with an outstanding 49 points and 10 assists from Bryant.

The Lakers are clear favorites for the title, with only the Celtics matching them on that picture, and it would not come as a surprise if these two meet at the finals.

Since Kobe Bryant became a true leader, Los Angeles are showing a different face, when you see this team jumping in the court, chemistry is flowing in the air and the Nuggets needs to match their rythm if they want to stay alive and win the 3 game of the series tonight at Denver.

And much of what the Lakers have done has alot to do with the work its coach is doing to keep the good name of a team that is probably the most popular in the NBA, and when Phil Jackson coached the Bulls, everybody probably thought the same thing about them.