Game Five: After an over-time victory in Game Four on Thursday, the Lakers can seal the NBA Finals with a win at the Anway Arena, Orlando
Orlando race to a 15-6 lead in the first quarter and hold onto the lead despite LA Lakers star man Kobe Bryant managing to score 11 points
Florida resident and 10 times Grand Slam winner Serena Williams watches the Lakers take the lead from Orlando and finish the second quarter 10 points ahead
Lamer Odem continues the scoring for the LA Lakers in the third and the Californian side take a 15-point advantage into the final quarter
High-five man is desperately hunting down the palm of Orlando mascot Stuff the Magic Dragon, who is distracted by US rapper Chris Brown and his friends
The Lakers win 99-86 to seal their 14th franchise title. Kobe Bryant is named MVP for the first time in his career and wins his fourth NBA title
Orlando Magic v LA Lakers, Game Four: Hulkamania is running mild but the 38in Pythons are looking good before the game to the bemusement of a man wearing his kitchen table cloth
The game goes to overtime after Dwight Howard misses two free throws for Orlando, LA snatch the game with a pair of three-pointers from Derek Fisher to go 3-1 up in the series
Tiger Woods can't keep away from the games though his wife Elin looks the more in awe of the millionaire super-athletes in action
Game Three: Now moving to Florida for three consecutive matches the attending stars of sport and film find that if standing up doesn't get you seen in the crowd, a high-vis sweat top will
The game itself sees Orlando Magic draw the series back to 2-1 with Howard and Rashard Lewis their stars on the court, subduing Kobe Bryant after 17 points in the first quarter
Game Two: It's the last chance for celebrities to get to a game within easy distance of Hollywood Boulevard before the series moves to Orlando, Florida, for three games, LA hoping to take a 2-0 lead with them
Kobe Bryant, on course for his fourth NBA title, makes the early running again for the Lakers but the first quarter is a low-scoring affair as Magic bring a bit more hustle to their game
Sean 'Diddy' Combs shows his amazement that Curtis Mayfield is actually will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas as the pair share a possible joke about Tony Benn look-a-likes in the crowd
The teams are level after 25 minutes on 26 points, again on 42 minutes at 54 points, at 59 minutes on 86, and at 88 points with 0.6 seconds left as Courtney Lee misses a chance to win the game
McLovin' may well convince those around him that he is of legal age to get in and sit by himself but he probably has to phone his mum to let her know the game's going in to overtime
Despite Magic coming so close to winning in regulation time and despite a brave 34 points from Lewis, Bryant steps up again to put the Lakers six points clear in overtime and put LA 2-0 in the series
Despite their expressions, Rhianna and company witness a game of high entertainment, sporting prowess, and missed chances, not a three-hour lecture on car upholstery maintenance
Game One: It's the first encounter in a best-of-seven series for this year's NBA Championship and the pressure is crazy, as Cee-lo, the voice of Gnarls Barkley, would attest
Bryant, the NBA's 2007-08 most-valuable player, gives the home crowd what they want with 40 points and eight assists in the game. Catch all the NBA Finals highlights at www.bbc.co.uk/basketball
Nobody will ever be as cool in their autumn years as music producer Lou Adler and obligatory basketball fixture Jack Nicholson. You're probably not as cool as them right now, even
LA lead Orlando by 10 points at half-time but kick it up in the third quarter, Bryant helping himself to 18 points in 15 minutes despite the man-marking of Mickael Pietrus
The night is exotic and the entertainment explosive but Leonardo Di Caprio cannot let down his intense reputation just in case random women close by are looking more glum than he is
A frustrating night for the Florida outfit is complete, a 100-75 loss, but they will have their chance at revenge in the second game in Los Angeles on Sunday night
Don't tell anybody but that's Spider-Man (plus entourage), all the way from New York, appreciating the athleticism and dexterity of normal people with a wry chuckle
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