LeBron James and Bronny James turned the primary father and son to play collectively within the NBA Tuesday night time throughout the Los Angeles Lakers’ 110-103 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The 39-year-old celebrity and his 20-year-old son performed collectively for almost 2 1/2 minutes on the finish of the primary half of Bronny’s NBA debut. They are additionally the primary father and son to play within the NBA on the similar time, not to mention on the identical workforce.
LeBron scored 16 factors, whereas Anthony Davis had 36 factors and 16 rebounds in a dominant efficiency for the Lakers. Rui Hachimura added 18 factors.
JJ Redick received his head teaching debut for the Lakers, who employed the 15-year NBA veteran for his first teaching job at any degree.
Anthony Edwards scored 27 factors for the Timberwolves, who’re coming off their greatest season in 20 years.
Julius Randle had 16 factors and 9 rebounds, and Donte DiVincenzo had 10 factors of their Timberwolves debut after the commerce sending Karl-Anthony Towns to New York three weeks in the past.
Dalton Knecht scored 5 factors on the Lakers’ first decide.
Timber Wolves: There can be rising pains within the post-Towns period. Davis ran wild in opposition to Randle and Rudy Gobert, and nobody stepped as much as rating alongside Edwards.
Lakers: Their largely unchanged roster confirmed the advantages of continuity, taking part in with self-discipline on each ends and organizing the Davis-led protection.
Davis was phenomenal down the stretch, scoring or helping on 13 of Los Angeles’ subsequent 15 factors after returning to the sport with 7:09 left. LeBron’s 3-pointer put him away.
LeBron formally joined Vince Carter as the one gamers in NBA historical past to play in 22 seasons. James is sixth in profession video games performed with 1,493, not counting his NBA-record 287 playoff video games.
Timberwolves: Thursday at Sacramento.
Lakers: host Phoenix on Friday.
Associated Press reporting.
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