Nina Dobrev Plays a Deathgame

Nina Dobrev whispers her game plan into costar Ian Somerhalder‘s ear as they watch the L.A. Lakers take on the Phoenix Suns in game five of the playoffs at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Thursday night (May 27).

Sitting next to Zac Efron and Ryan Rottman, the Vampire Diaries stars watched the Lakers defeat the Suns 103 to 101.

Nina, 21, is set to star as Kellan Lutz‘s wife in the indie flick, Deathgames.

The story centers on a young man (Lutz) who is kidnapped and forced into the savage world of a modern gladiator arena, where men fight to the death for entertainment of the online masses in games orchestrated by Samuel L. Jackson.