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Game face?

And in doing so, Kobe seriously risks putting his legacy and reputation, for what it’s worth, into jeopardy. If anything, what Kobe’s been doing this season only makes him look mortal.

At any rate, a team is as good as its best player, as they say. Conversely, it must also be true to say that a player is only as good as his team. After all, basketball is a team sport.

In that regard, the Los Angeles Lakers are 17-23. In other words, this season, the Kobester is not very good.

Don’t get carried away, though, here I only want you to remember that to have your game face on is to start taking the job at hand seriously and give everything you’ve got to do it well.

“Game face” is American in origin and probably a product of live television. Unlike radio, now on TV, the audience gets to see in live a broadcast the actual facial expressions of players in the heat of battle. Merriam-Webster Online puts the first known use of “game face” at 1965, so there.

To have your game face on has other benefits. If you’re able to appear solemn and focused, for example, your opponents won’t see your trepidations – that you’re almost shaking in the legs and that you fear you might be losing.

Alright, here are media examples of “game face”:

1. Pvt. Johnnie Stevenson of Port Arthur, Texas, spent his final hours at Fort Drum alone, trying to put his game face on. He played some Ludacris on his iPod. He unpacked his 72-hour bag, then repacked it. Did he have enough toothpaste? Had he paid his bills? Was he ready for war? For a year?