Celebrity Basketball Couples

Who can forget this ill-fated romance? Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Brooklyn Nets power forward Kris Humphries after just 72 days of marriage.

Tennis star Maria Sharapova got engaged to former LA Lakers star Sasha Vujacic in 2010. The athletic couple reportedly plan to marry this November.

Victoria's Secret supermodel Adriana Lima married Serbian NBA player Marko Jaric in 2009. In March, Lima confirmed that the two are expecting their second child together.

Tyra Banks and Sacramento Kings star Chris Webber started dating in 2002 and lasted a solid two years before calling it quits in 2004.

TV personality La La Vasquez finally married NY Knicks star Carmelo Anthony in 2010 after a five-year engagement. The long-time couple have a son together, five-year-old Kiyan.

Basketball's reigning couple? In true Kardashian style, Khloe Kardashian and former LA Laker Lamar Odom even parlayed their marriage into an E! reality show, Khloe & Lamar. But it hasn't been all smooth sailing for the power couple -- their show has been put on indefinite hiatus after Odom's basketball career took a turn for the worse after an ill-fated trade to the Dallas Mavericks.

Ciara and NY Knicks star Amer'e Stoudemire had a brief romance last year, but apparently, old loves die hard. Stoudemire eventually got back with the mother of his children, Alexis Welch, and finally proposed this June after dating on and off for 10 years.

Well this is one fairy tale that didn't end well. Despite a lavish wedding in a European castle, Eva Longoria filed for divorce from San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker in 2010 amidst cheating allegations on his part after three years of marriage.

R&B star Monica met her match in former LA Laker Shannon Brown, who she married last July.

Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox, 11 years her senior, made a somewhat random pair when they first started dating in October of 2009. But clearly, they've defied the odds -- the couple has been living together since 2010 and are still going strong.

With the Oklahoma City Thunder ready to take on the Miami Heat tonight in game one of one of the most exciting NBA finals in recent memory, let's take a look at Hollywood's most famous basketball hookups.  Hmmm ... maybe there's a reason celebs are always sitting courtside!