Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck cozy up courtside at Lakers game

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck made their first courtside appearance together in almost 20 years this week when they took in a Los Angeles Lakers game Tuesday night.

Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, were snapped snuggling together as Ben’s beloved Boston Celtics fell 117-102 to the LeBron James-led Lakers.

People reports that the couple, who held hands during the game, landed on the arena’s jumbotron.

On social media, people had fun when James unknowingly stepped into a shot of the two.

“When LeBron wants to be the only celebrity spoken of at a basketball game,” one person tweeted.

“Hey Jen, which one’s LeBron?” another joked, posting a photo of Affleck whispering in Jen’s ear.

A third shared a photo of Ben and Jen on the jumbotron calling them “the cutest couple.”

At one point during the game, the New York Post reports, Laker newbie Russell Westbrook gave the couple a Lakers towel.

Affleck and Lopez started dating 20 years ago after they met on the set of Gigli and they were engaged from 2002 to 2004. Dubbed “Bennifer,” the twosome’s romance was tabloid fodder highlighted by glitzy movie premieres and a 6.1 carat, pink diamond engagement ring. But the couple called off their wedding at the last-minute in 2003 and ended their relationship a few months later.

After their breakup, Lopez moved on with Marc Anthony, with whom she had two children, while Affleck married Jennifer Garner and became a father to three. Both unions ended in divorce.

The former flames rekindled their old romance in April after Lopez broke off her engagement with retired baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez.

In July, Lopez and Affleck went Instagram official with a photo of themselves sharing a passionate kiss.

In a recent profile with WSJ Journal Magazine, Affleck opened up briefly about the pair’s romantic reunion.

“I can say that it’s definitely beautiful to me,” Affleck said. “And it is a good story. It’s a great story. And, you know, maybe one day I’ll tell it. I’ll write it all out, he said. And then I’ll light it on fire.”

mdaniell@postmedia.com