Lakers Twitter Account Gets Suspended During Kobe Bryant S Final Game

So it wasn’t the Mamba Mentality, but it did put a strange social media damper on the big day for Kobe Bryant.

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The Lakers were put behind bars during the third quarter of #MambaDay — Bryant’s final game with his team of 20 years.

Here’s what that looked like:

The freeze was a brutal bit of bad social media timing — especially because Bryant reached 40 points during it. There was a lot to tweet about, and the Lakers’ social media presence has a huge following that can never get enough.

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This wasn’t the Lakers’ fault, apparently. But that’s not going to stop people from mocking them.

The best advice here? Never tweet.

Correction: The story initially suggested the Lakers account had been suspended for its own action, rather than a Twitter server error.