All kinds of celebrities attended Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night in Cleveland, including some from the sports world like Urban Meyer, Bubba Watson and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
With second-row, half-court seats, Earnhardt was pumped to sit behind Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, catch up with Charles Barkley – who he said is always “super cool” with him – and try to convince Shaquille O’Neal to agree to a racing rematch behind the wheel.
“Shaq came up and said hey, and I asked him if he wanted a rematch and he said no, he doesn’t want nothing to do with racing,” Earnhardt joked on Periscope after the game.
The pair raced 50 laps back in 2013, and Shaq described it as the toughest three hours of his life and admitted he “was freaking terrified.”
Clearly having a blast at the game, Earnhardt said he was blown away by how tall and physical the players are – something he doesn’t usually get to see when he sits much higher up at Hornets games.
As expected, everyone kept asking Junior and his wife, Amy, who they are rooting for, and they just want as much basketball as possible.
“We told everybody we were Hornets fans, but I was hoping for Cleveland to win because I want it to go to seven games,” Earnhardt said on Periscope. “It would just be epic, but I don’t know it will now.”