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We’ve known for a few days now that Kobe Bryant was going to receive the MVP award. What we didn’t know, however, was how the voting was going to break down. It’s been widely speculated that this was a very close two-man race between Kobe and Chris Paul, but as it turned out, it really was no contest. Take a look at how the voting shook out, and you’ll see that Kobe was the clear cut choice.

Kobe’s first place vote margin over Chris Paul was a whopping 54 votes. And while Kobe did receive a couple of fourth place votes, no one decided to pull a Tom Ziller and leave Bryant off of their ballot completely. (Oh come on, I kid the vacationing one!)

The argument will rage on (especially in New Orleans) as to whether Paul deserved more consideration in light of his amazing season, and the fact is, we know that the award itself is more than a little flawed. But it’s clear that the voters believed that this was Kobe’s year, hands down. And besides, the way Paul has been playing, it appears that he’ll have many more chances to take home his own piece of MVP hardware.

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