Larry Brown Sports

How bad are the Los Angeles Lakers? So bad that actor Jack Nicholson decided to walk out of a game with over seven minutes left.

Nicholson is one of the franchise’s most notable fans. He has been a Lakers season ticket holder since 1970 and a fixture sitting courtside at the team’s home games for years.

On Friday night, he appeared to be so disgusted with the Lakers’ play that he left the game with the team down 103-81 and 7:31 remaining. But that’s not all — Nicholson also took actor Adam Sandler with him.

The Lakers lost 116-101 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. They have now lost six in a row and are 15-21.

On the bright side, at least Nicholson wasn’t caught sleeping during the game this time.

Video via CJ Fogler

The sunglasses make it difficult to read. At first glance, I thought Jack Nicholson was looking down at his phone or reading something. It’s still somewhat of a mystery, but it certainly looks like Jack was sleeping durig the Lakers win over the Suns on Friday night. You don’t just spring up like that unless you were startled awake.

I’d like to say this happens to the best of us, but I can honestly say I’ve never nodded off at a sporting event. I’ve never had courtside seats, but I’m 100 percent certain I wouldn’t doze off if I did. Jack is probably numb to attending Lakers games since he’s gone to so many, but isn’t this supposed to be their biggest fan? You don’t see Spike Lee taking naps at the Garden. Then again, Jack doesn’t have Linsanity to keep him awake.

What would Laker fans have to say about one of their most high profile, not to mention devoted, fans jumps ship over to the college game? That’s right, Jack Nicholson broke out the big guns and stepped into Pauley Pavilion Thursday night to take in the clash between #3 UCLA and #7 Stanford. As you could imagine, Jack was rooting for the good guys (and wore neutral colors, unlike Eva Longoria in Utah), even getting pretty pumped up when Russell Westbrook came flying in to putback a miss and pull the Bruins within a point of Stanford at 60-59:

You know what, I do have to admit, it is pretty cool to have Jack show up courtside to take in a game. May I speak on behalf of Bruins fans when I say we welcome you with open arms. Oh yeah, and congrats to UCLA for winning their third straight Pac-10 regular season title. That’s pretty impressive.