‘I plan on flogging them tomorrow’
After a particularly brutal double-digit loss to the Dallas Mavericks that left Phil Jackson’s 2011 playoff Los Angeles Lakers down 2-0 on their home turf, the Zen Master decided it was high time he show ‘em he means business.
A Phil Jackson-led team had never been swept in the postseason before, indeed, had never really even come close to buying a broom to the side of the skull.
flog, verb: whip, lash
Synonyms: beat, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, ferule, flagellate, flax, flay, give the cat o’ nine tails…
Hold the phones! That’s the one.
In other news, Kobe Bryant still believes they can win the series…
