You’d be lying if you said that in your sporting life, you haven’t entered a game taking a team lightly and had it come back to bite you. Intramural, rec league, semi-pro — it doesn’t matter the level. You’ve done it. And no harm, no foul! Everybody does! Just ask the Utah Jazz, who are 44-14 this season against 28 NBA teams, and 0-3 against the 19-44 Minnesota Timberwolves, who they’ve sleepwalked against three times and directly reaped what they elected to sow.
You could also ask the Boston Celtics, who quite obviously viewed Tuesday night’s home matchup with the abysmal Oklahoma City Thunder as target practice.