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As far as basketball settings go, it was hard to top the buzz Saturday night inside Crypto.com Arena.

LeBron James, on the brink of becoming the first player in NBA history to reach the 40,000-point plateau, arrived hours before his Los Angeles Lakers tipped off at home against the Denver Nuggets.

Entertainment industry impresarios such as Jeffrey Katzenberg, Peter Berg, Byron Allen and Lemuel Plummer filed in through the VIP entrance. Stars from film and sports -- Kate Hudson and Dyan Cannon, Novak Djokovic and Magic Johnson -- dotted the stands.