Now to this week in the NBA. We ALMOST got a really good win against Orlando the other night, but in the end we lost a close game. When we play a team game and the ball is moving well from side to side, we look good like a good team and we can compete with anyone. Unfortunately, along with the good moments we also have many weak moments, the coaches are really trying to work with us so that these moments are more far and in between.

It really surprised me to see what has been happening to the Miami Heat, who has also had difficulty finishing close games, specifically in crunch time. Usually when a team suffers a 30 point loss out in front of San Antonio, they come back home and the right character of the players in the league transcends itself back on track. Miami has an extraordinary amount of talent and yet they failed to rise, but found themselves with a sequence of five losses, a snowball effect that is hard to get out from under. However, the most important time is in the playoffs, and this will be the real test for Miami.

With all due respect to Miami and their losing streak, the big story of the week in the NBA is of course Kevin Love. Love is a phenomenon - a player who in his first year was not selected to the Rookie game, was a second year All Star and then was selected to the real All-Star team in only his third year. Amazing.

Love is a double-double machine - the human double-double.. He is not the most athletic player, especially considering some of the guys in the NBA, he's not the strongest either, yet he is still in absolute control of the rebound game with about 16 rebounds per game. It shows all players in the world with a desire and belief can do anything, even at 22 years you can go out and break the record of Moses Malone and reach 52 double - doubles row..it's really hard to comprehend.

Another player who had a big week is Kobe Bryant, who moved into sixth place on the all-time points scored list. His rise to sixth place, in fact, was to be expected, it is not even near the end of his career, so it has a few more years to play and a few more spots to move up the list. He is the hardest working player in the league...and really the best in it as well.

When you look at Kobe's career it is hard not to compare him to Michael Jordan. Personally, I don't think that Kobe will be remembered as the greatest of all time. Michael has just done everything better than Kobe - better morals, higher scoring average, and of course, a bigger, or more consistent winner in this game of basketball.

In my opinion, and this is the same opinion around the NBA, Michael is the greatest player to walk on a basketball court, and it will stay that way. Even if Kobe wins another two championships and equal MJ in rings, he still won't be considered better than him.