Lakers, baby!

Let's start at the end of regulation where the Lakers were down 5 with less that 12 seconds to go: Parker hits a three in Nash's grill and then steals the ball from him during the subsequent inbound play. (And Nash is the supposed MVP again this year?) Kobe gets the ball after the steal, drives around Bell and hits the tear-drop floater over Diaw to get the game into OT. In overtime now, down 1 with less than 9 seconds, Walton ties up Nash to get a jump ball which he tips to Kobe with 6.1 secs left. He dribbles it effortlessly to the top-right of the key and hits the game winner over both Bell and Diaw for the second time! Nash choked three times in clutch while Kobe came through to force overtime and, again, for the win to put LA up 3-1.
From ESPN:"We just spent three weeks arguing about the 2006 MVP Award, which was the perfect vehicle to separate two groups of people: Those Who Understand Basketball, and Those Who Need To Pull Their Heads Out Of Their Butts. See, LeBron and Kobe were the only two acceptable candidates; they meant more to their teams than anyone else and submitted two otherworldly statistical seasons. Unfortunately, Nash is white, and he has floppy hair, and he's a good guy and better teammate, and his style of play can be seductive to watch ... seductive enough to make everyone forget he can't guard anyone and struggles to take over close games."
From FoxSports: "The fact that Steve Nash is going to win the award isn't the problem. The problem is that Kobe Bryant didn't. Honestly, what more could Kobe have done this season to win the MVP? It's a joke. And what makes the whole thing even more outrageous is that his losing out is clearly personal. To be blunt, he didn't win it because the people with the votes just don't like him. And that's a shame. Let's be blunt: Kobe Bryant is clearly the best basketball player in the world."