I will start off by saying that I am biased towards Kobe and the Lakers for they are my favorite team and Kobe is my favorite player to watch. With that said, both are competing for their very first MVP award and both are very close to earning this great honor. LeBron is having another phenominal season, as he is the leagues leading scorer with 30.3 PPG while Kobe follows closely behind with 28.2 PPG. Both have winning records and both are team leaders. However, I believe that Kobe has the edge due to a couple of reasons. 1- Team record (Lakers are #1 in the west while the Cavs are #4 in the East)  2- 4th quarter performances (Kobe has been more than perfect in his last few fourth quarters, taking over games and pushing the Lakers to victory, ie Kings, Mavs, etc)  3- Kobe plays in the West (Lets face it, we all know the West is where the action + competition is at).

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