PHOTO: Kobe Bryant enjoys Christmas Day game with Samuel L. Jackson and The Game

Kobe Bryant couldn't do much to help the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day against the visiting Miami Heat. Don't feel too sad for Mamba; he did keep up appearances with the star-studded crowd at the sold-out Staples Center to pass the time.

"If you could've heard this conversation," The Game posted via Instagram.

Yeah, because there was probably some sort of "Get these ---- Miami Heat players off my ---- plane and out of my Staples Center" talk in there somewhere. And it's a travesty that we didn't hear it.

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