Poor Dillon Brooks. He thought he was being all brave and what-not when he called LeBron James "old" and got all Yeah, I said it, explaining he did so because he likes to "poke bears". It's fun, y'all!
Meanwhile Old LeBron just shook his head and probably chuckled a bit because he's seen this movie a million times with a million other wannabes, and so he knew how it was going to play out in the last reel.
How it's played out is this:
* With the series between LeBron's Lakers and Brooks' Memphis Grizzlies tied at one win apiece, Brooks was ejected for punching LeBron in the junk in Game 3 and LeBron went on to put up 25 points, nine rebounds and five assists in a 111-101 Lakers win.
* Then, in Game 4 last night, LeBron became the oldest player in NBA history ever to put up a 20-20 stat line -- 20 points, 20 boards -- and made the overtime-forcing layup and then a crucial and-one in overtime as the Lake Show went up 3-1 in the series.
He also blocked a couple of shots, doing the Dikembe Mutombo finger-wag when he did, And dished seven dimes. And played 45 minutes.
And the old bear-poker, Brooks?
He's the guy LeBron took to the tin to draw the foul on the and-one.
Brooks finished with 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting. In the two games since he shot off his mouth about old guys, he's 0-2 against the Old Guy, and Old Guy has abused him for 45 points, 29 rebounds, a dozen assists, three blocked shots and a steal.
So maybe now poor Dillon gets it, as have so many before him: You don't mess with geezers. They've seen you before, they know what you're bringing, and they're always three or four jumps ahead of you.
Thus endeth the lesson.
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