Tom Cruise and his 14-year-old son Connor shared a laugh courtside on Thursday night. The pair attended game two of the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggers NBA Western Conference finals at the Staples Center.

The saw the Nuggets down the Lakers 106-103 to tie the best-of-seven series 1-1.

Connor Cruise recently made his big screen debut in the Will Smith film Seven Pounds, but don’t think the 13-year-old called in any favors from his famous parents Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

“They have to earn it,” Tom explained in a recent interview with The Insider. “They’ve grown up in it, but there’s a point where there is the difference of watching [the film industry] and, ‘Do you want to do it? Do you really want to do it?’”

Connor auditioned for the part while Tom and his friend Will Smith waited outside.

“We’re standing out in the hall, we were kind of nervous, looking at our watches, saying, ‘What’s going on in there?’”

Of course he did score the role, but Connor’s still not convinced he wants to become an actor full time.

“He still likes sports, he likes to read, so we’ll see ultimately what he wants to do,” Tom, 46, said. “It’s his decision …Whatever they want to do, we’re there [for them].”

That sounds like a pretty healthy attitude!

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Many actors tend to dissuade their kids from following in their famous footsteps. But not Tom Cruise. He’s be thrilled that 13-year-old Connor will make his film debut in Seven Pounds on Friday. And he hopes Suri could be the family’s next star!

The adorable tot was a regular fixture on the set of Tom’s latest film Valkyrie, and she “quickly…adapted to set,” learning to “be quiet” while her father was filming.

However she did have a little trouble adjusting to her father’s eye patch!

“Suri would come up and take it off. Suri would be in the make-up trailer and she’d pull my patch off. So the girls in the make-up trailer got a little teddy bear with a patch on it and they gave it to her to play with, so she got used to the patch on the teddy bear.”

However no matter where life takes Connor, Suri, and 15-year-old Isabella, Tom says he’ll always be right behind them.

“They have full exposure to the world and all different kinds of ideas and philosophies so that they can make choices for themselves,” says Tom, adding that he “supports them in whatever choices they want to make.”

Suri Cruise saved her legs out an outing in New York City yesterday, preferring to let daddy Tom Cruise carry her instead. I just love those bright red shoes! They’re so Dorothy Gale!

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were happy to smile for the cameras on a shopping trip with daughter Suri Cruise. The gorgeous family were snapped shopping at the M&M store in New York City.

Mmm, that meal at Serfina Restaurant must have been tasty! Suri Cruise was snapped licking her lips while leaving the Upper East Side eatery with daddy Tom Cruise yesterday.

The Cruises lunched with the Beckhams after seeing Jersey Boys on Broadway. It looks like Romeo and Cruz didn’t have enough to eat though, as they were seen munching on some sweet treats as they left the restaurant in the arms of their dad David Beckham.

Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, and Suri Cruise spent their Thanksgiving at the circus! The gorgeous family were snapped outside the Big Apple Circus in New York City. Tom’s adopted children Connor and Isabella and good friends The Beckhams also tagged along.

Tom Cruise spent yesterday with his little princess Suri in New York. The gorgeous pair ran around the city, and even stopped for some ice-cream! Click below for some more beautiful photos of their adventures!

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Tom Cruise enjoyed dinner with his daughters on Saturday night. The happy family dined at Les Salons Bernardin. Little Suri walked out hand in hand with her daddy and big sister Isabella. But she didn’t want a bar of the cameras, keeping her head down as they snapped away.

The planes were much too loud for little Suri! Daddy Tom Cruise comforted his daughter with a kiss as they left Manhattan via the Westside Heliport on Sunday.