The Highlight’s Of Kobe Bryant Live-Tweeting His 81 Point Game
By Seerat Sohi
It’s not everyday that the NBA’s most simultaneously loved and hated player announces that he’s going to tweet while watching what some consider his best regular season performance of all time. Naturally, thousands of NBA fans, myself included, took part in the fun. Here’s a compilation of this afternoon’s best tweets. WARNING: Most of them do not accompany the #CountOnKobe hashtag. Here it is, from start to finish.
I can't believe I've never watched this game till now
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
Like anyone believes that Kobe Bryant never watched this game before… not to mention, it IS in his job requirement to do just that.
The first bucket of @kobebryant's 81 point game was a dunk by Smush Parker. Naturally. #CountOnKobe
— Steve Braband (@stevebraband) January 22, 2013
After my first bucket I realized their rotations weren't sharp or early
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
A feeling echoed by many of the Lakers opponent’s lately.
We are tweeting commentary at Kobe as he live-tweets his 81-point game. The future is here and it is amazing.
— Greg (@gwiss) January 22, 2013
Thought you tweeting 81pt game, not Lakers practice. RT @kobebryant After my first bucket I realized their rotations weren't sharp or early
— Addy Holmes (@AddyHolmes) January 22, 2013
This game was the 1st and only game my grandma has seen me play as a pro, On my late grandfather's bday no less #countonfamily
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
@kobebryant Will you live-tweet your next fight with Dwight Howard?
— devin kharpertian (@uuords) January 22, 2013
is Kobe gonna live tweet Game 7 vs. Phoenix where he didn't show up in the 2nd half?
— Jon Dowd (@JayUnFazed) January 22, 2013
I imagine Kobe can't live tweet much because he's just reading through the team's roster thinking, "We have a worse record this year??"
— Best Contrarian (@basquiatball) January 22, 2013
Youthful metabolism!! I'm fresh of pepperoni pizza and grape soda! #countonkobe
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
I scored 81 this game? #countonkobe #countonkobespeakingin3rdperson
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
Similar diet to our studio crew! RT @kobebryant Youthful metabolism!! I'm fresh of pepperoni pizza and grape soda! #countonkobe
— NBA TV (@NBATV) January 22, 2013
Watchin Kobe's historical 81 pt game. Question Kobe did u wake up and say I'm a hit 80 today, jalens guarding me. #answermyquestionkobe
— SHAQ (@SHAQ) January 22, 2013
And of course, the Big Fella decided to chime in. He didn’t need to include the hashtag to get a response from Kobe though…
.@4yearsenior I sent them to the hall of fame
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
In a span of about two hours, Kobe Bryant gained 20,000 more followers. It was like refreshing the USA debt clock.
.@nikebasketball Phil talked about how to move guys around to beat the zone
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
When is Scott Skiles going to livetweet his assists record?
— Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) January 22, 2013
Watching the game now, the easy shots I missed, I could of had 100 pts! #countonkobe
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
Charles Barkley live-tweets his best bar fights. #NBATVIdeas
— Zach Harper (@talkhoops) January 22, 2013
.@SHAQ yep...lol
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
Down 14, I'm heating up...at this point I wouldn't pass a kidney stone #countonkobe
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
@kobebryant do you remember if you had pepperoni breath + did you use that offensively?
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) January 22, 2013
@OfficialJaayyy you mean for 2 mins?
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
#CANTCOUNTONJALEN. RT @BeckleyMason: Whatever the reason for @JalenRose not live-tweeting this Kobe 81 game, it's not good enough.
— myles brown (@mdotbrown) January 22, 2013
My favorite thing about @kobebryant watching the 81-point game is this is the longest he's had to watch Smush Parker in 6 years.
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 22, 2013
.@DrinkGT @Scalabrine @nikebasketball The white mamba wasn't in the building but the red mamba was...Matt Bonner
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
Finally took the lead
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
The look of frustration has become all too familiar lately #countonkobe
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
#CountOnKwame to not catch a pass
— necromanced krabman (@SquidDad) January 22, 2013
.@KyleThompsonn no that wasn't the plan, my aggression took the game over #countonkobe
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
.@JordanStuart19 I just knew I loved to play basketball and this is what I wanted to do!
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
For those of you that don’t know what this tweet is referring to, check out this creepy Kobe tweet.
.@MrNBAAMAZING I listened to the sounds of silence
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
Luke, the only white boy with a jerry curl #countonkobe
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
The last 2 mins of the game @laker fan reactions gave me goose bumps #countonkobe
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
I wonder what Phil was thinking #countonkobe
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
I knew I should have got a fresh hair cut for this game #countonkobe
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
I'm thinking "better not miss these free throws" #countonkobe
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 22, 2013
If Kobe scored 81 tonight...how many points would the lakers give up...200? 300?
— Patrick Fenelon 🌹 (@Patrick_Fenelon) January 22, 2013