He’s Got Game: BTS’ Suga Sits Courtside at Lakers Match & Shows Off Custom Jersey

On Thursday, Suga went to a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns at the Crytpo.com Arena, and he had quite the evening (Jan. 12).

The Lakers gave the BTS rapper a courtside seat to their game against the Dallas Mavericks and also presented him with a jersey that had his name and the number 3 embroidered on the back. The official NBA Instagram account captioned a photo of the K-pop idol carrying his jersey with the lyric “Jump up to the summit, LeBron,” which is sung by Jung Kook in the first verse of the band’s smash single “Dynamite.”

Suga also took a photo with Mavericks point guard Luka Doncic on the court before the game, which the Lakers ended up losing 119–115 in overtime. He wore a black, oversized blazer, black, wide-legged pants, silver hoop earrings, and slicked back long hair for the event.

Fans of Suga couldn’t get enough of her night at the game, so many of them commented on the NBA’s photo of her in the arena. One of his followers thanked “yoongi” for inventing basketball. A third added, “He would be a better player than all of em starters lmaoo.”

Suga’s bandmate Jimin of BTS has released a new song called “Vibe” featuring Taeyang of BIGBANG. Because of the buzz and anticipation around its premiere, the song climbed to the top of Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart, which is generated by Twitter, two days before its official release on Friday (Jan. 13).

Below, you can see Suga in his new Lakers shirt and in a shot with Doni.