Everyone Loves The Kiss Cam, Including Kobe Bryant And His Wife

The Lakers were off Wednesday evening, but the LA Kings were playing the Capitals. That meant it was as good a night as any for Kobe Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, to take in a hockey game. Kobe, in fact, gave Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, the NHL’s leading goal-scorer this season, a signed jersey and pair of sneakers because, you know, GOAT recognize GOAT. (Tennis star Novak Djokovic hung out with Bryant and Ovechkin, too, but it’s not clear if he got any signed memorabilia.)

And it was a good game — the Kings blew a three-goal lead only to beat Washington 4-3 in overtime.

It was also as good a night as any to get Kobe on the kiss cam. He’s there, why wouldn’t you put him on the spot like that? That’s part of the fun. These encounters, of course, can be totally awkward even though some are obviously planned in advance. But it wasn’t awkward here. That would have been, well, awkward.

Anyway, Steph and Ayesha Curry are apparently the gold standard of the celebrity kiss cam. Then again, the Currys are pretty much the gold standard for everything in basketball these days. But we’ll say Kobe and Vanessa gave it a solid effort.