--- title: Rihanna Cheers Lakers in LeBron James Jersey description: Rihanna confirmed she's still the NBA's most important fan when she went to a Lakers game on Thursday, where she got her own jersey. canonical: https://time.com/5535503/rihanna-lakers/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-22T17:15:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:37.969Z og:title: Rihanna Confirms She's Still the NBA's Best Fan og:description: The bad gal got her own jersey at the Lakers game og:url: https://time.com/5535503/rihanna-lakers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd29154566b845ad/698945aa929fad32fdbf2c06/rihanna-lebron-nba-lakers-jersey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Celebrities At The Los Angeles Lakers Game og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Confirms She's Still the NBA's Best Fan twitter:description: The bad gal got her own jersey at the Lakers game twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd29154566b845ad/698945aa929fad32fdbf2c06/rihanna-lebron-nba-lakers-jersey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rihanna Confirms She's Still the NBA's Best Superfan > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images) Allen Berezovsky—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 22, 2019 5:15 PM UTC [Rihanna](http://time.com/5026366/rihanna-fenty-beauty-best-inventions-2017/) reminded everyone that she is the NBA’s foremost super fan when she watched a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Thursday night, where she cheered on [her favorite player, LeBron James](http://time.com/4816227/enums/) as he possibly, likely helped lead his team to a victory over the Houston Rockets, although some might argue that it was Rihanna’s attendance that secured the win, as her presence has seemingly [brought James’ teams good luck in the past](https://www.eonline.com/news/663523/rihanna-is-all-smiles-while-sitting-courtside-at-the-nba-finals). The singer and beauty mogul, who celebrated her 31st birthday on Wednesday, sported a Lakers jersey with LeBron’s number on it to show her support, although it appears that the Lakers were so grateful that Rihanna blessed them with her presence, that they made her her own official jersey with her Instagram name on it. This isn’t the first time that Rihanna has shown up to rally for James; in the past, she’s been such an enthusiastic fan of the NBA star that she trash talked Kevin Durant from the sidelines and [dabbed on an opposing fan](http://time.com/4802935/rihanna-nba-finals/). 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