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Chris Paul and his teammates from the Los
Angeles Clippers tipped off the pre-season in Las Vegas on Friday night at TAO
Restaurant and Nightclub. The celebration began with dinner in the restaurant as
the entire Clippers team including Lamar Odom, Grant Hill, Chauncey Billups,
Matt Barnes and Blake Griffin joined Chris. Lamar Odom began dinner by ordering
a champagne toast for the entire team who took up two large tables in front of
TAO's iconic Buddha. The players feasted on a special Clippers Sushi Roll,
added to the menu for the night in honor of the team, as well as a special
"Lob City Typhoon Lobster" dish, and Chris Paul's favorite Miso
Glazed Chilean Sea Bass. Chris was overheard asking TAO Executive Chef Mike
Armstrong to bring out another serving because it was his favorite. He also
gave Chef Mike a sneak peak of his new
JORDAN CP3 VII sneakers from his iPhone.
The
NBA stars then headed up to the nightclub and took over a group of VIP tables
on the dance floor. DJ Politik shouted out their entrance and all eyes shifted
toward their arrival. Chris Paul had a specially-planned birthday surprise for
teammate and NBA journeyman Grant Hill, who turned 40 on Friday. Hill was
presented with a birthday cake as the entire club joined his teammates in
singing him Happy Birthday. Later in the night, a parade of lights led the way
through the club as another cake surprised the Clippers team with "All I
Do Is Win" written on it. Blake
Griffin got his hands on a basketball and showed off his ball spinning skills
as he danced while spinning it on his finger. Chris and his teammates danced and partied until 2 am as it was time
to go back to their hotel and rest up for their first preseason game against
the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.
Actor
Colin Hanks was spotted at Marquee Nightclub joined by his wife and friends.
The eldest son of actor Tom Hanks and his group enjoyed a VIP table on the roof
deck patio where they were able to take in club scene as well as the Las Vegas
skyline. When speaking to his cocktail server, Colin said he loved Marquee and
was even more thrilled to hear that Avicii would be spinning at Marquee Dayclub
the next day as he didn't want to miss out on the performance.
Photo
Credit: Al Powers, Powers Imagery
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