#MambaDay: Kobe's final game literally broke the internet
Kobe Bryant's farewell NBA game was always going to gain worldwide attention and fans flooded social media all day with #MambaDay tributes and #MambaMemories.
Then, at the moment Kobe took the court for the final time, that came to a grinding halt.
Kobe broke Twitter. Awesome!! #MambaDay
— Miles Simon (@milessimon) April 14, 2016
Twitter didn't completely go down, but scheduled tweets failed to send and some users experienced difficulties.
Some people may currently be experiencing issues accessing Twitter. We're working on a fix, stay tuned. https://t.co/SdU8w4qCbU
— Twitter Support (@Support) April 14, 2016
The issue has now been resolved, thank you for your patience. https://t.co/SdU8w4qCbU
— Twitter Support (@Support) April 14, 2016
But later in the game, the Lakers' official Twitter account disappeared completely.
.@Lakers is temporarily down. We will continue to tweet Kobe Bryant's final game from this account.
— Lakers Digital (@LakersDigital) April 14, 2016
Sorry about that, everybody.
Kobe got too hot for the Twitter servers.— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) April 14, 2016
Here's just a taste of the kind of tributes that flooded in during the legend's final game:
Who would've thought that Kobe scoring 60pts in his last game would upstage the Warriors winning their 73rd game? Well it happened tonight!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) April 14, 2016
No words can describe this last game by @kobebryant! Pure GREATNESS!! #60points #MambaDay #ThankYouKobe
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) April 14, 2016
Suns watching Kobe be Kobe. pic.twitter.com/TMpknItNEZ
— #WeArePHX (@Suns) April 14, 2016
UNBELIEVABLE MAN!!! #MambaDay
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 14, 2016
This dude is not real at 37 years old! #mambaday
— DeAndre Jordan (@deandrejordan6) April 14, 2016
OMG!!!! @kobebryant is something else #MambaDay
— Isaiah Thomas (@Isaiah_Thomas) April 14, 2016
K O B E #greatness
— Zach LaVine (@ZachLaVine) April 14, 2016