Kobe Bryant could just be making some sort of really in-depth analogy, and I am missing it, but it would seem, from his postgame press conference (you may
watch the video here) that he is going to get flat out stinking drunk.
Assuming, of course, that he consumes all the alcohol that he claimed he would. Obviously there was nothing fun about losing to the Celtics, and certainly nothing enjoyable about having to answer questions re: the same choke job. Which could explain Kobe's visible frustration after the game, when he was asked how the Lakers would "bounce back".
Whine about it tonight, a lot of wine, a lot of beer, a couple shots, maybe like 20 of them, digest it, get back to work tomorrow. Nothing you can do.
Mamba -- who had an extremely quiet game, particularly after
Paul Pierce shut him down after halftime -- also pointed out that there was nothing unfathomable about the loss, saying that he is a "realist" and that "It happened."
The other thing that happened? The Mamba and Co. could not step on the Celtics' collective neck. And Kobe knew it too, judging from his reaction to a question about going in "for the kill" and how the Lakers reacted.
Nothing. We just wet the bed. A nice big one, too, one of the ones you can't put a towel over. It was terrible. Nothing you can do about it. They played great in the third quarter, we played like crap. They pulled out a great win, now it's time to move on to the next one, period.
Kobe's press conferences have been
nothing short of entertaining during the Finals but while Game 3's was just funny, the visible, below-the-surface frustration tonight was way past palatable. I know no one's ever won an NBA title down 3-1 in the Finals, but I guarantee Kobe will at least make this a series before it is over.