If Kobe Bryant's 81-point game last season wasn't voted No. 1 during Sunday night's "Greatest Moments in Sports Awards," sponsored as a fund-raiser by the L.A. Sports Council, something would have been terribly askew.
Not that we know the real definition of askew, but it's probably the right word to use there.
Bryant's feat of selfishness on Jan. 22, 2006 helped the Lakers pull out a 122-104 win over hapless Toronto and put him No. 2 behind Wilt Chamberlain's 100-pointer in 1962 on the NBA's all-time single-game scoring performances.

For the record, here's the Top 10 list of L.A. sports moments that were revealed at a pot-luck banquet at the Beverly Hilton:
1. Bryant's 81.
2. USC-Texas Rose Bowl (Jan. 4). Even though the Longhorns won 41-38 for the national title.
3. Dodgers hit four consecutive homers in the bottom of the 9th to tie San Diego, then win it on Nomar Garciaparra's two-run shot in the 10th (Sept. 19)
4. UCLA's 13-9 win over USC at the Rose Bowl to end a seven-game series losing streak (Dec. 2)
5. UCLA basketball reaches Final Four (April 3)
6. Clippers defeat Denver 4 games to 1 to win their first playoff series since 1978 (May 1)
7. Jered Weaver wins 9 straight to begin career (August 18)
8. Ducks set NHL record for best start at 12-0-4 (November 9)
9. Sparks center Lisa Leslie scores 5,000th career point (June 24)
10. So Cal native Tiger Woods wins 6 straight PGA events (July 23-October 1).

That last one? Sure, a stretch. What about when Luc Robitaille set the Kings' franchise scoring record with his 551st goal, scoring a hat trick in an 8-6 win. (Jan. 19).

Also:
Sportsman of the Year: Clippers forward Elton Brand
Sportswoman of the Year: Sparks center Lisa Leslie, the WNBA's MVP
Executives of the Year: Dodgers GM Ned Coletti and Ducks GM Brian Burke.

What the L.A. Sports Council calls a "blue-ribbon media panel " picked the overall Top 10 moments and ranked them in order of importance. We weren't part of the panel. Our feelings aren't hurt. But how could you call it a "blue ribbon" anything without our imput (we ask Rich Perelman, the L.A. sports historian who put the group together)?

Our white ribbon pannel of one -- and didn't the white ribbon at the state fair always look better than the blue one anyway, with that gold lettering and all? -- has determined the Top 5 worst moments in L.A. sports for 2006. Note some crossover names:

1. Kobe Bryant scores one point and takes only three shots in the second half of the Lakers' 121-90 Game 7 loss to Phoenix in the first-round playoff series, capping a Lakers collapse after a 3-1 lead that woul d have sent them to the second round against the Clippers (May 7).
2. The Dodgers' Jeff Kent and J.D. Drew are both thrown out at home plate on the same play in the Dodgers' eventual 6-5 loss to the New York Mets in Game 1 of their NLCS. (Oct. 5)
3. Dodgers reliever Joe Beimel is left off the playoff roster because he said he cut his hand after dropping a glass of water in his hotel room. He came clean a few days later and said he did it in a New York bar. (Oct. 4).
4. The Kings fire Dave Taylor as their general manager after nine seasons. The team also dumps its director of player personnel, its interim coach, two assistant coaches and reassignes its vice president of hockey operations. This comes a month after the team fires head coach Andy Murray, who had a 37-28-5 record. (April 18)
5. Sparks star center Lisa Leslie announces she will miss the entire 2007 WNBA season because she's pregnant (Dec. 7)

Non-sportsman of the year (tie): Kings' Sean Avery, kicked off the team for the last part of the 2006 season; Drew, who opted out of his Dodgers contract to become a free agent.
Non-executive of the year: Clippers GM Elgin Baylor, who actually was named NBA executive of the year in 2006.
Worst owner of the year: Clippers' Donald Sterling, who had the U.S. Department of Justice file a lawsuit against him and his family for housing discrimination, accusing him for failing to rent to blacks, Latinos or famlies.

Got your own additions?