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Rihanna People’s Choice Awards Diss: Diva Skips Ceremony for Basketball Game

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Rihanna may have been nominated for two awards at last night’s (Jan. 11) People’s Choice Awards, but that didn’t stop her from blowing off the ceremony to take in a little court-side basketball!

The singer spent the night at the Los Angeles’ Staples Center watching the L.A. Clippers vs. Miami Heat game while throwing back some brews. Despite being in the running for both Favorite Pop Artists and Favorite RB Artist, RiRi traded in her red carpet gown for a sideways cap and a sweatshirt!

The best — or the worst — part is that Ri was just across the street from the theater where the People’s Choice Awards were taking place! Ouch, that burns!

Rihanna ended up winning for Favorite RB artist, but rather than be there to thank her fans for voting for her at the awards show, the singer watch the Clippers defeat the Heat in overtime.

Do you think Rihanna was being rude to the fans who voted for her by being a no-show?

Watch Rihanna’s ‘You Da One’

Thanks to Dwyane Wade’s game-deciding bank shot, the Miami Heat escaped Charlotte with a one-point win on Wednesday night, remaining undefeated after starting the season 3-0. But had Wade’s short jumper missed, the Heat may have had a legitimate gripe with the NBA and its refs, after a fourth quarter dunk from LeBron James was ruled a miss even though replays clearly showed the ball going through the goal.

Oh, yeah. The replays also showed the ball bounce back through the hoop after bouncing off of Bobcat guard Gerald Henderson’s head. Watch:

We’ve seen closer plays than this, but you still can’t really kill the referees for missing this bang-bang play. That said, in a one-point Heat win, those missing two points (James finished with 35) could have been the difference. We’re having a hard time recalling a play like this that would have counted for as much.

Props to Henderson, a noted defender, for actually trying to block James’ throwdown. Also, pop some aspirin, Gerald. You’ll need it after that.

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