Pretend you don't know it actually happened for real Monday, and try to imagine, hypothetically, what it would look like if Kobe Bryant lost an NBA basketball game by 48 points.
In your mind, is post-blowout Kobe reflective? Good-natured? Grateful?
Of course not. The Kobe in your mind is the one who existed for decades as a singularly driven, fanatical competitor. Most likely, your mental picture of Bryant after a loss like that involves him scaling the walls of the arena, breathing fire on the crowd. In-your-head Kobe is searing rage holes in the half-court logo with his laser vision. Knocking friend, foe and bystander unconscious with a menacing, protruded lower jaw.
Forty-eight points? Unacceptable for a guy who spent his career ruthlessly defiant, dominant and unapologetic about demoralizing anyone in the process.
Not this. Not this:
It was that and more Monday, as Bryant smiled through a moving tribute video before his final game in Salt Lake City and reflected fondly on his time there after the 48-point drubbing. And it's been like that for most of this season.
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Article written by Grant Hughes
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