NBA Finals: Heat winning Twitter battle
June, 17, 2012
6/17/12
6:06
PM ET
By
Patrick Dorsey | ESPN.com
Mike Ehrmann/Getty ImagesWhile the series is tied 1-1, one team has emerged as social media leader through Game 2.It's a long series; with the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder knotted at 1-1, you don't need us to tell you that.
But one area the Heat clearly are dominating: Twitter. As shown in these simple graphs, created with information provided to Playbook by the website Kred.com, the mentions race vastly has tilted in the Heat's favor during Games 1 and 2.
However, it's not all Heat all the time on social media. Kred numbers also show that the most-retweeted messages are decidedly pro-Thunder.
Will these trends continue? We'll see ...
All numbers approximate.
MOST RE-TWEETED POSTS
Retweets: Approx. 14,600OKC is tough
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) June 13, 2012
An anti-OKC tweet we can't post from Lil Wayne
Retweets: Approx. 10,000
Retweets: Approx. 9,000Gametime vs Heat in OKC... #ThunderUp !!!!!
— James Harden (@JHarden13) June 14, 2012
Retweets: Approx. 2,900Thunder takin it tho.
— Mac Miller (@MacMiller) June 14, 2012
Retweets: Approx. 1,800Last night was my first time at Chesapeake Energy Arena in OKC & it's the loudest arena I've ever been in!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) June 13, 2012
Retweets: Approx. 1,500Is anybody really a fan of Lebron? And if so, y?!
— Wes Welker (@WesWelker) June 13, 2012
Information provided by Kred.com. Graphs created on Hohli.






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