.Bronny James played in his very first NBA preseason game Friday night, however LeBron James had not been in uniform along with him when the Lakers threw Minnesota in the initial of Los Angeles' 2 weekend break activities in the Coachella Valley.Lakers trainer JJ Redick selected to hold up LeBron James versus the Timberwolves after three difficult times of training school, yet the 39-year-old leading scorer in NBA record is actually most likely to play against Phoenix az on Sunday-- which only happens to become Bronny's 20th birthday.Bronny James finished with 2 points in the Lakers' 124-107 loss to the Timberwolves, missing his first five chances just before bring in a layup along with 56.9 secs to participate in. However the 6-foot-2 protector additionally obstructed 3 chances, and also he grabbed one rebound as well as one aid while playing the initial one-half of the 2nd fourth and also a lot of the fourth.Before they come to be the initial father and child to play in the same NBA activity, Bronny James knows he possesses lots of job to carry out. He received his 1st odds to play in Lakers gold when he took the flooring to begin the 2nd quarter at Acrisure Arena outside Palm Springs.Playing along with starting Lakers point guard D'Angelo Russell, Bronny acquired caught on a badger his 1st protective possession, allowing Rob Dillingham to strike an open 3-pointer. Bronny's elapsed was after that obstructed by Nickeil Alexander-Walker on the various other side, yet Bronny rushed back and also obstructed his layup attempt.Bronny skipped all 3 of his chances in the course of his 1st six minutes of action, featuring a 3-pointer. He picked up an assist when he located Rui Hachimura for a 3-pointer from the section on a rapid break.Bronny came back for the start of the 4th quarter, missing a jumper and also having a layup effort blocked out. In the final minute, he acquired an elapsed coming from fellow rookie Dalton Knecht and looped a layup over a guardian for his very first points.LeBron seemed maintaining a watchful proximity coming from Bronny during the course of the video game, enabling his oldest kid to concentrate on his task. But LeBron communicated at length to Bronny in the course of a timeout halfway by means of the second quarter, describing something with hand gestures while Bronny nodded.Bronny James was actually the Lakers' second-round draught pick, and he played in summertime game in Sin city. He is actually expected to play for the Lakers in the preseason just before investing a considerable part of the upcoming regular period with the G Organization's South Gulf Lakers." Of course there's nerves," Bronny stated after the Lakers' pregame shootaround. "But I am actually merely delighted to head out there and also learn from people playing before me, and if I receive an odds to exhibit what I may do, I am actually mosting likely to perform that." As is regular for non-active players, LeBron mainly steered clear from the Lakers' clusters. He usually depended on the perimeter throughout timeouts along with Anthony Davis, who additionally sat out the preseason opener. Each superstars have gone to training school in El Segundo." We seemed like, offered every little thing they possessed this summer season, as well as their amount of participation over the past 3 times, it made the best feeling for all of them to obtain an off time today," Redick mentioned. "Our experts told them at shootaround to simply remain off their feet." Redick stated Thursday that each LeBron James and also Davis will definitely play in at the very least one video game this weekend. Maximum Christie as well as Jaxson Hayes started in the superstars' location against Minnesota together with Russell, Hachimura and also Austin Reaves.Friday's crowd failed to seem frustrated as it poured into the 22-month-old arena that offers at the home of the United States Hockey League's Coachella Valley Firebirds. Dozens followers in gold Lakers shirts representing everybody coming from James to George Mikan rushed in to the building and also down the stairs in the lower bowl for an up-close take a look at the pregame warmups." The gorgeous thing about the Lakers is that our team have enthusiasts across the world," Redick mentioned. "The desert over listed below is an expansion, I assume somehow, of our enthusiast bottom in LA. It is actually an excellent opportunity for our group to play before these followers tonight." James as well as Davis are sitting out the very first of the Lakers' six preseason games as they steer back right into competitors after a hectic summer months. They joined the Lakers just before the activity in road clothes.LeBron and also Davis were each on the U.S. group that gained a gold award at the Paris Olympics, as well as they walked to midcourt right prior to tipoff to welcome Minnesota's Anthony Edwards, their Olympic teammate.Reporting due to the Associated Press. [Want wonderful stories supplied straight to your inbox? Develop or even log in to your FOX Athletics profile, adhere to games, teams and also gamers to obtain an individualized bulletin daily.] FOLLOW Observe your preferences to tailor your FOX Athletics adventure LeBron James Los Angeles Lakers National Baseball Affiliation Receive a lot more coming from Los Angeles Lakers Follow your preferences to obtain relevant information about video games, information as well as even more.