This nobody’s-more-competitive-than-Kobe notion just got some more ammunition.

Or how else do you explain how when the Lakers are up 88-57 with four minutes left in the third quarter against hopelessly overmatched Seattle, and he’s already got 21 points and 10 assists, that Kobe picks up two quick technicals and is tossed?

Perhaps too many pre-game cups of Seattle’s finest?

In any event, about the only drama on the evening.