Los Angeles Lakers: “Kill Flies With…Well…Fly Swatters!”

May 3rd, 2010 by Jabber Head Leave a reply »
I once had the misfortune of playing in a high school football game in which my team was stomped 44-0.

During the joint team postgame meal, I had the honor of sitting next to the opposing coach.

Being an inquisitive young man, I asked the coach as to why, once his team had achieved a rather large and obviously insurmountable lead, he hadn't called off the dogs.

The coach glared at me...not unlike the way Kobe glares and scowls when he's doing his "Kobe Klutch thing."

You know...that scowl that so many Kobe-Haters hate, where his face transforms into a black version (I'm black, so save your cards and letters) of the Green Goblin from the Spiderman saga.

The coach said, "Son...I believe in killing flies with sledgehammers!"

My response was "Uhhhh ...Yes sir!" and I returned to quietly eating my cheeseburger.

Flash forward a few "millenia " to Game One of the Lakers-Jazz Western Conference semifinals.

The Lakers engaged in their all-too-familiar habit of blowing a big lead on an inferior opponent, allowing the opponents to hang around, and then found themselves in a late-game dog fight. ...

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