No franchise in sports has the amount of celebrity fans that the Los Angeles Lakers can boast. Jack Nicholson is the longest-tenured and tends to get the most attention, but actor Denzel Washington is right there among the most esteemed Lakers fans.
At every big game and moment, be it at the Great Western Forum or Staples Center, you can pretty much guarantee Washington will be there. Particularly if the Lakers are playing a marquee game against the Boston Celtics.
Washington has been a season ticket holder for more than 30 years now and during an appearance on “Inside the NBA”, he revealed Kevin McHale’s clothesline of Kurt Rambis in Game 4 of the 1984 NBA Finals was the minute he decided to become a season-ticket holder:
“Me and Robert Townsend were at the game when McHale clotheslined Rambis.