As best we can tell, pretty much every scenario that happens can be compared to either professional wrestling or an episode of “Seinfeld.” With that in mind, we are about to explain to you how the 2007-08 Lakers resemble a pro wrestling storyline.

Right now, L.A. is sitting pretty at 27-12, just 1 game behind Phoenix for first in the Pacific Division. The Lakers have won 12 of their last 14 games, but it was last night’s win versus Denver that really drove home the wrestling analogy for us.

In 1994, Hulk Hogan joined the WCW (after a long career in the WWE). Hogan performed in the company for two years as a good guy wearing his red-and-yellow, but his act was growing tiresome. For all of Hogan’s career, he had played the good guy… until 1996.

Good guy Randy Savage was being beaten down by bad guys Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. Out of nowhere, Hogan came running out of the back and the crowd went wild. Just as it appeared Hogan was about to make the save for Randy Savage, he executed his leg drop… on Savage. Then proceeded shake hands with the bad guy team and create the N.W.O.

Hogan was utilized in a very popular wrestling twist. You think Good Guy A hates Bad Guy A, then when it matters most, Good Guy A turns on Good Guy B in order to help Bad Guy A. Of course, no one sees it coming - which is the fun of the plot twist.

Where does Kobe fit into all of this? Well, if you think back just a few months, Kobe was on radio programs saying how he demanded to be traded; that his teammates were no good; that the Lakers had not given him any personnel support.

Talking heads everywhere discussed how the Lakers could not succeed this year with Kobe on the team, how there would be no unity, how the team was a mess.

But what if… what if all this time Kobe knew his team was actually quite good. He never wanted to be traded, but he knew that making the team seem weaker would give them an edge. From the outside, they appear disjointed and at odds. Inside the locker room, they all know they have a chance to win the division, at least.

For us, the game last night symbolized Kobe executing the leg drop on Savage. Yes, the team has been playing really well. But last night, the Lakers scored 47 points before Kobe got his first point. 47! And Kobe’s 2 free throws extended the lead to 14.

The Lakers dominated the Nuggets, a solid team, with Kobe only scoring 17 points and taking 7 shots. For comparison’s sake, Ronny Turiaf took 8 shots.

The Lakers are good. Not just Kobe Bryant, but the entire team. He can score 45 if needed, but the win last night showed he can also shoot just 7 times in a win. These are not the Lakers of last year or the year before.

But what did everyone think going in? Hogan would never turn on his buddy Randy Savage to help the bad guys! Kobe’s Lakers can never win if he’s out ripping his teammates and demanding a trade. But everyone in the back knew Hogan would turn on Savage, and everyone in the audience did not. Just like, we hope, everyone on the inside knew that Kobe was just making noise as a distraction to the media. And all the idiots in the media fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

Actually, we doubt that Kobe did all this as a smokescreen. But in retrospect, with the Lakers owning one of the best records in the West, it doesn’t seem that far-fetched.