Kobe Bryant Achilles Injury: Hollywood Reacts

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Teammates Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard look on as Kobe Bryant sustains an injury.

On Friday night, as theLakers kept their playoff hopes alive by beating the Golden State Warriors, Kobe Bryant left the game after sustaining what was later described as a probable torn achilles.

The implications of a possible season-ending, and potentially career-altering, injury reverberated for fans in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

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The 34-year-oldLakers star, in his 17th season in the NBA, ruminated on the injury early Saturday morning. He wrote a lengthy, venting Facebooknote: "Maybe Father Time has defeated me...Then again maybe not! It's 3:30am, my foot feels like dead weight, my head is spinning from the pain meds and I'm wide awake."

Naturally, the team's entertainment i! ndustry fans weighed in on Twitter.

Lil Wayne (who once recorded atrackin tribute to Bryant), Snoop Lion, Chris Rock andRed Hot Chili Peppers bassist Fleaposted their thoughts about the injury. Even Knicks fan Spike Lee tipped his hat to the L.A. sports icon: