The Los Angeles Lakers game against the New York Knicks saw LeBron James give one of the finest performances of the season so far. It caught everyone’s attention when he moved within 89 points of the NBA’s all-time scoring record. The performance also resulted in him sitting in the 4th position on the all-time list of assists. On Tuesday night, James made a triple-double in a 129-123 win. To the team’s scoreboard, James contributed 28 points, 11 assists, and 10 rebounds.?
In that way, he reached his career point total of 38,299 points. Comparing this to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James is not too far from reaching his tally. The Lakers legend holds the record with 38,387 points. As a result of this performance, social media has been buzzing about it.
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Apart from the NBA craze and James’ performance, one thing is making the internet go wild: movie star Emma Stone being spotted in the crowd. Fans weren’t surprised when they saw her supporting the Los Angeles Lakers, but a few called her out for an incident that happened two months ago in New York.?
Emma Stone gets called out by fans during her visit to the Lakers game
Back in October of last year, she was spotted visiting New York and watching a game of the San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball’s Wild Card Round. She and her husband, Dave McCary, were booed by the fans.?The two apparently didn’t mind the negative attention either.?
On a star-studded night, Oscar winner Emma Stone drew mixed reactions from fans.?
Here are some of the reactions from NBA Twitter:
She’s a laker fan tonight https://t.co/O4jb6mTFSS
— andy (@UNCLE__DRUW) February 1, 2023
Will never forgive her for sitting front row at Citi Field in a Padres jersey. Fucking Jules https://t.co/T3CYELLz4F
— Brando (@Brando_Johnson) February 1, 2023
Have not forgiven Emma Stone for rooting for the #Padres vs the #Mets https://t.co/aZQfwOqu3e
— The Bobby Broadway (@BobbyBroad) February 1, 2023
Get this Padres fan out of my arena https://t.co/uBMRdXgdeo
— x–Draco 😵💫🗽 (@CeeDraco4) February 1, 2023
She don’t live in La La land if y’all curious lol https://t.co/whe6VubfNv
— ꪶ²꠸ꪀᦔꪖ (@507LindaALeudo) February 1, 2023
She’s the cutest 😭😭😭❤️ https://t.co/cq8QBBUW3z
— Emily4EVER (@emilyjstone6) February 1, 2023
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Several other celebrities attend the Lakers game
With James’ performance of lifting up the team in the league and setting a record, it is hard to miss him. It was even so for his Lakers coach Darvin Ham, who shared his thoughts, mentioning, ?He?s just doing it all,? according to Ham. ?That?s what great players do. That?s what all-time greats do, and he?s right up there at the top of the list with all of them.?
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Aside from this, other celebrities were also seen enjoying the game. Stone was not the only one we saw in the arena; as Spike Lee, Jon Stewart, Pete Davidson, Michael J. Fox, and Chris Rock to name a few also made an appearance.