LOS ANGELES -- And you thought the NFL was "One for All, All for One." That was until Camp David sent out that "make-these-series-competitive-or-else" memo . . . and the Spurs and Pistons compassionately complied.

How else could you possibly explain Sunday's double "mother of all moribund monstrosities" manufactured by San Antonio and Detroit?

Change of venue? If that was the case, Kobe ought to fly like an eagle out of Colorado. I haven't seen such disinterest among visitors since Euro Disney.