Let the Games Begin!

Let The Games Begin! is the ninth episode of the fourth season of Basket Sponge. This episode is the 69th episode overall.
==Plot==
It's the first game since 2015, and Kobe is very nervous about the crew's performance.
==Transcript==
[The episode begins with the team at the hotel lobby from the previous episode.]
SpongeBob: So, I guess we're all here now. But where's Kobe?
Squidward: He's been sitting on that couch over there for the past hour.
[Camera pans to Kobe, ‘The Shining’ frozen on the lobby couch.]
Patrick: That gives a whole new meaning to Couch Kobe, heh.
Larry: Pretty sure he's just shook with the fact this is the 69th episode.
Squidward: No, you idiot, it's our first game of the season!
Lexi: This is why Shaq should've been our coach.
[Kobe suddenly jumps out of his couch, triggered by Lexi's words.]
Kobe: Oh hell no, I didn't kick Shaq out of the Lakers, get along amidst the steroid scandal, humiliate the Lakers for my rape scandal just to be called Shaq 2.0.
Larry: Nobody ever calls you "Shaq 2.0".
SpongeBob: I think we should really board the bus by now, we need to do some warm-ups before the game begins!
Kobe: Wait a minute...
[Kobe suddenly freezes again, realizing it's game day.]
Lexi: What's up with Kobe? We've played over 5 games with him coaching but now he's acting like some Looney Tunes character.
Patrick: Guess we should call in Doctor Bugs.
SpongeBob: He's a fake doctor, Patrick. He doesn't even have a degree.
[Doctor Bugs just leaves outside.]
[The team drags Kobe onto the bus, still frozen.]
Larry: He's much lighter than I thought.
Patrick: And it’s much smaller.
Larry: What the hell, Patrick.
Patrick: Oh what now?
[Time Card - One Hour of Driving Later . . .]
SpongeBob: Well, we're here. The Golden Arena.
Squidward: So, where are the Warriors?
SpongeBob: I guess we came early, New Kelp isn't here yet. I guess we should do some warm-ups before the game starts.
Lexi: I wonder when Kobe will wake up.
[The game begins, but Kobe's still frozen in anxiety.]
Referee: Bikini Bottom, I need your head coach to list the lineups
Larry: Uh, SpongeBob, you're the team captain, I think you should sign---
Referee: I said HEAD COACH.
SpongeBob: But---
Larry: Lexi, I need you to wake up Kobe.
Lexi: Kobe, LeBron's the GOAT.
Kobe: [wakes up] GOAT? I'm the only greatest here.
Lexi: Great, I need you to fill up the---
Kobe: Oh, I'll fill it up faster than LeBron can win you guys a championship.
Squidward: Woah.
Kobe: Heh. So, I filled up the lineups. What's this for again? Oh---
Sandy: My goodness, when will he stop fainting.
Seth Kirk: Hey, stop stalling the game. We haven't even started yet!
Karl Thompkins: Let the damn games begin!
SpongeBob: I guess we'll have to do this without Kobe.
[The game begins and the New Kelp Warriors dominate the Bulldogs, 26-3 in the first quarter.]
Announcer #1: The Bulldogs seem to have a different strategy this game. They blowout for the first few quarters, and BAM! They'll come back and steal the game from the unwary New Kelp Warriors.
Announcer #2: I think Coach Bryant is trying his secret methods this game. This will be a game for the ages.
Announcer #1: You're right my partner, and that's the end of the second quarter, 34-12.
Announcer #2: Ah, yes. I'm just anxiously waiting for the Bulldogs to snipe this moment.
[Time Card: Meanwhile . . .]
Larry: What the hell is happening out there? We're being beaten out like some flying fish!
Plankton: Well, if you just put me in the game!
SpongeBob: Kobe needs to be here or else we'll lose our season debut.
Lexi: Hey, we need to play some sexy defense to win this
Announcer #1: And we're off to the third quarter.
Announcer #2: Oohh! And the Bulldogs seem to have a new method. They're hugging all of the other players.
Annoucner #1: Ah, this must be another of Coach Bryant's new tactics. But, I have no idea how this is not a foul.
Announcer #2: Me neither, but the Bulldogs are catching up, 41-49.
SpongeBob: Good job, guys. It's down to eight!
Squidward: And at the end of the third quarter.
SpongeBob: Let's dominate and win this game!
[The game goes down to the wire, it's ten seconds remaining on the clock.]
Announcer #1: The Bulldogs lead by one point, the Warriors have possession, they need a crucial basket to win the game.
Announcer #2: Three seconds left and Andrew Ignacio shoots a long two-pointer. It misses--- but he's fouled by Patrick Star!
Announcer #1: Oh my, that's a crucial mistake. Their hugging method has backfired on themselves.
Announcer #2: Ignacio hit's the first free-throw, ties the game at 70. And...
Announcer #1: He makes the second! The Warriors lead with 3 seconds left on the clock. SquarePants passes it to Larry Lobster, he fires a long three and it---
Announcer #2: And it misses.
Announcer #1: Wow, what a stunning defeat.
[A reporter comes near Kobe Bryant, who woke up after hearing the buzzer.]
Reporter: Mr. Bryant, how do you feel after losing your first game with the Bulldogs this season?
Kobe: It’s over?
Larry: [furiously interrupts] YOU MADE US LOSE!
Kobe: Lose?
Larry: You were as frozen as ice the whole game! We lost by ONE POINT against the Warriors! Don’t you know how pathetic that is?
Kobe: Well, we can always win the next time.
Larry: NEXT TIME?!
Reporter: And that’s all for tonight’s POBA Action, from the Golden Arena and the rest of the POBA TV Studios, good night.
[episode ends]
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