"Lala is the real MVP": Hoops fans react to Carmelo Anthony's ex-wife loudly cheering for son Kiyan Anthony's latest feat

Kiyan Anthony is wrapping up his final year in high school, and his mother, La La Anthony, is present at every step to cheer him. On Sunday, the Long Island Lutheran Crusaders guard led his team to a 63-57 win over AZ Compass Prep at the Spalding Hoophall Classic.

Anthony finished with a game-high 17 points, including a perfect 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. He was named the Most Valuable Player, and La La celebrated it with loud cheers backstage. A shy Kiyan was seen joining her in the video shared by "SportsCenter Next" on TikTok on Monday.

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Fans in the comments praised La La Anthony for being loud and proud of her son's achievements.

"Lala is the real MVP.🤓🤓❤️❤️🌹🌹💪🏾💪🏾," one fan wrote.

"Proud momma," another commented.

"When your mom is your biggest supporter," a fan posted.

"I just love Lala," another comment read.

"How a mother should be," a user wrote.

Fan reactions to La La (Credits: Instagram/@sportscenternext)

This is just one example of the many instances where La La has been enthusiastic about Kiyan Anthony's basketball career. When talking about her bond with her son, she said in an Overtime interview:

"My relationship is that I spent 9 months of my life throwing up every single day to have this child. My son is my best friend. He's my everything. Off the court, if you know me, he's a jokester."

La La Anthony shares her thoughts on watching Kiyan Anthony grow

Kiyan Anthony is on the brink of adulthood as he turns 18 in March and will soon leave for college. In November, the guard committed to play for the Syracuse Orange, just like his father, Carmelo Anthony, did in 2002.

With the big changes, La La Anthony looked back at her son's growing years in an interview with Parents.

“You do hear people say it's gonna go by really fast, and you're like, ‘No, it's not.’ And then you look up and your kid is 17, getting ready to go to college,” she said. “It's just so hard for me to even wrap my mind around that.

“I just love seeing him grow into the young man that he's becoming. And also, at 17, you really start to see some of the things that you've taught your child coming into effect with how they deal with the world, how they deal with people, how they answer certain questions. And you feel like, ‘Wow, all those years of drilling this in his head really paid off.’”

Carmelo led the Orange to their only national championship in 2003, and Kiyan Anthony has similar expectations when he begins his freshman year this fall.