Foooooooooour!

Kobe Bryant finally got the 7-foot-1, 320-pound gorilla off his back Sunday night.

The Los Angeles Lakers won their 15th NBA Championship, knocking off the Orlando Magic in five games.

And finally, we can stop wondering if Bryant could win a NBA title without Shaquille O’Neal.

Shaq had a message for Bryant after the Lakers victory via Twitter:

“Congratulations kobe, u deserve it. You played great . Enjoy it my man enjoy it. And I know what yur sayin rt now “Shaq how my ass taste ”

Good to know O’Neal has a sense of humor.

How much you want to bet he tries to weasel his way back on the Lakers when his contract is up next season?

“LeBron!, LeBron, LeBron”

‘Nuff said.

If you haven’t had a chance to see the Kobe and LeBron Nike puppet commercials, you’re missing out on comedy.

It will be even funnier when LeBron and the Cavs don’t make the playoffs but that’s for another post.

The Kobe and LeBron puppets stopped by the set of Sportscenter. Check out the video:

“You better walk that way. You better walk that way you fa***t motherf****r. You gotta come to Denver bi**h.”

- Kenyon Martin to Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban after the conclusion of Game 4 on Monday night.

Upset much, Kenyon?

Simply amazing.

Just when you thought the Chicago-Boston series couldn’t get any better, it did.

The Bulls managed to force a Game 7 after a 128-127 triple overtime battle Thursday night at the United Center.

Game 7 is Saturday night and the Celtics might be without Rajon Rondo, who got tangled up with Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich in the 1st quarter.

Rondo was hit with a flagrant 1 foul after originally receiving a flagrant 2 from the refs.

Without Rondo, the Celtics would need a miracle to defeat Chicago, even on their home court.

Boston vs. Chicago, Game 7, who ya got?

Ron Artest has officially lost his mind.

During an interview with TNT’s Craig Sager on Wednesday, Artest claimed Portland Trailblazers guard Brandon Roy was the best player he has played against in the NBA.

Better than Kobe.

Better than LeBron.

And for good measure, he takes a cheap shot at Charles Barkley at the end of the clip.

Let’s see how Artest feels about Kobe after the next round of the playoffs, assuming Houston makes it out of the first round.

If the Orlando Magic plan on winning Game 6 Thursday night, they will have to do it without Dwight Howard.

The Magic center was suspended one game for throwing an elbow at Philadelphia 76ers big man Samuel Dalembert early in Game 5.

After he was done throwing elbows at the opposition, he was throwing elbows at his teammates.

Howard hit teammate Courtney Lee with an unintentional elbow, knocking him out of Game 6 with a sinus fracture.

A big blow for the Orlando Magic, which won Game 5 behind a 24 point, 24 rebound performance from Howard.

Do you think Dwight Howard should have been suspended for Game 6?

121-63.

‘Nuff said.

“[Tony] Parker got into the teeth of our defense and caused problems.  Every time he drives the lane, we have to put him on his back. The first foul has to tell him he’s in for a long night. My first foul Thursday night is going to put him on his back. I guarantee it.”

- Dallas Mavericks center Erick Dampier on his plans for San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker in Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs.

The man who was one dubbed “Ericka” by Shaq is talking about putting someone on their back?

Riiiiiight.

The Big Ticket just got cashed out for the rest of the season.

Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers announced on Thursday that Kevin Garnett will not be ready for the start of the playoffs this weekend and could miss the entire postseason due to a lingering knee injury.

Garnett injured his knee back on Feb. 19 and has missed time ever since except for a four-game stretch where the Big Ticket returned.

Without KG, Boston should have no problem getting past the Chicago Bulls in the opening round of the NBA Playoffs, but a possible 2nd round matchup with the Orlando Magic and Dwight Howard could spell trouble.

Of course you shouldn’t put anything past the Celtics when it comes to injuries during the playoffs.

How can we forget Paul Pierce and his acting job last year during Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

The Cleveland LeBron’s can start packing their bags for Los Angeles as we speak.