April 13, 2016 will do down as one of the most memorable days for professional basketball. The much ballyhooed Kobe Bryant farewell dubbed Mamba Day actually lived up to its hype as the retire future Hall of Famer managed to put up 60 points on 22 of 50 shooting and steal the win from a hapless Utah Jazz team. Kobe became the only player to stay 20 seasons with the same team and finishes as the 3rd all-time leading scorer in NBA history.
His career, just like the Lakers season, is finito, however.
Meanwhile, up north in Oakland, a different group of Californian basketball fans were witnessing another historic moment. The Golden State Warriors capped off a record-breaking season as they surpassed Michael Jordan’s 95-96 Chicago Bulls by finishing with a record of 73-9. Fans rocked the Oracle Arena roof off as the hometown squad defeated the Memphis Grizzlies by a score of 125-104 and Stephen Curry was his typical nutty self; scoring 46 points (which included 10 three-pointers) that brought his season tally of triples to 402. (We repeat, he made 402 three-pointers this season.)
The stage is set for a high-octane championship run but the stakes are higher should the Warriors squad fail to capitalize on their greatness like the aforementioned Bulls team, who not only won the title losing just a handful of games but also had current Warriors coach Steve Kerr on the roster.
Saturday marks the first day of the 2016 NBA Playoffs where Golden State will resume business and face off against the Houston Rockets. But for now, all their fans are celebrating the rare achievement. Including their populated Hip Hop community.
Check out the varied reactions down below.
i did not realize Warriors had so many fans, i guess anyone who lives in Cali likes whatever team is doing great…u couldnt tell me otherwise that everybody was a damn Lakers fan for majority of that time and all of a sudden ppl talk about warriors..theyve never had recognition like this b4
As an Oakland native I can tell you it’s real out here when it comes to the warriors. I been pulling for them when they couldn’t sell out the Oracle and was a terrible team. Now they are the hottest thing out. The bandwagon is full of late fair weather fans but that’s expected when you on. Town bidness.
Fuk Oakland n da whole wezt side
Fuck you bitch nigga we the real OG’s
Anyone Who thinks a 73 win season is more important than Kobes 20 years playing is a fucking idiot and proves why some bay area people are annoying. Specifically the warriors fans. Kobe IS the culture.
on the court yes. Off the court terrible role model.people are givin russell hard time for snitchin on young. Kobe snitched on shaq on video in Colorado.
He is still the culture though and warrior fans need to check themselves. They gassing themselves up. 73 wins is impressive and they got a good team but warriors fans act like theyre gods gift to basketball lol. The media done planted a seed in the warriors fan base thatconvinced them to ride their own dicks lol
Oakland luzers
Fuck these dweebs
Don’t confuse my actual skill level with your personal opinion. ~ Lupe Fiasco
Come on Leicester
I understand where she is coming from….
G-Eazy has the most rational tweet out of everybody. All the other tweets either leave out Kobe or try to write him off.