.Bronny James played in his 1st NBA preseason game Friday night, however LeBron James had not been in attire with him when the Lakers held Minnesota in the 1st of Los Angeles' 2 weekend activities in the Coachella Valley.Lakers trainer JJ Redick selected to hold up LeBron James against the Timberwolves after three tough times of training camp, however the 39-year-old best scorer in NBA record is most likely to play against Phoenix metro on Sunday-- which simply happens to become Bronny's 20th birthday.Bronny James completed with 2 aspects in the Lakers' 124-107 reduction to the Timberwolves, missing his initial 5 gos prior to bring in a layup with 56.9 secs to participate in. Yet the 6-foot-2 protector also shut out three gos, as well as he picked up one rebound and also one help while participating in the 1st one-half of the second quarter and many of the fourth.Before they become the initial dad as well as child to play in the very same NBA game, Bronny James recognizes he has plenty of work to perform. He got his first odds to play in Lakers gold when he took the floor to begin the second fourth at Acrisure Sector outside Hand Springs.Playing alongside starting Lakers point guard D'Angelo Russell, Bronny got caught on a tease his 1st protective possession, making it possible for Rob Dillingham to hit an open 3-pointer. Bronny's successfully pass was actually then obstructed through Nickeil Alexander-Walker on the other end, yet Bronny hustled back and also blocked his layup attempt.Bronny missed all three of his tries during the course of his initial six minutes of activity, consisting of a 3-pointer. He picked up an assist when he located Rui Hachimura for a 3-pointer from the edge on a fast break.Bronny came back for the begin of the 4th quarter, overlooking a jumper and possessing a layup try obstructed. In the last min, he received a pass coming from fellow newbie Dalton Knecht as well as knotted a layup over a guardian for his initial points.LeBron appeared to be maintaining a cautious span coming from Bronny during the activity, permitting his oldest son to pay attention to his task. Yet LeBron spoke at length to Bronny throughout a timeout halfway via the second one-fourth, explaining one thing with palm gestures while Bronny nodded.Bronny James was actually the Lakers' second-round draft choice, and also he played in summertime league in Las Vegas. He is actually expected to play for the Lakers in the preseason prior to devoting a considerable section of the upcoming frequent time along with the G League's South Bay Lakers." Of course there is actually nerves," Bronny claimed after the Lakers' pregame shootaround. "However I'm just thrilled to head out there certainly and profit from individuals playing before me, as well as if I acquire an opportunity to exhibit what I may do, I am actually visiting perform that." As is actually normal for less active gamers, LeBron mostly steered clear coming from the Lakers' huddles. He typically stood on the boundary during the course of timeouts along with Anthony Davis, who likewise sat out the preseason opener. Each super stars have actually been at training camp in El Segundo." Our experts thought that, offered whatever they had this summer season, and also their amount of involvement over recent 3 days, it made the best feeling for all of them to acquire an off day today," Redick stated. "Our experts told all of them at shootaround to only stay off their feets." Redick claimed Thursday that both LeBron James and Davis will play in at the very least one game this weekend break. Max Christie and also Jaxson Hayes began in the super stars' area versus Minnesota alongside Russell, Hachimura and also Austin Reaves.Friday's group failed to seem to be disappointed as it poured into the 22-month-old stadium that provides at the home of the United States Hockey Organization's Coachella Lowland Firebirds. Dozens fans in gold Lakers jerseys representing every person coming from James to George Mikan hurried right into the building and also down the stairways in the lower bowl for an up-close look at the pregame warmups." The attractive feature of the Lakers is that our company possess supporters around the planet," Redick stated. "The desert over listed here is actually an extension, I believe in some ways, of our follower base in LA. It's a great possibility for our team to play in front of these followers tonight." James as well as Davis are actually remaining the very first of the Lakers' 6 preseason games as they ease back right into competition after a hectic summertime. They participated in the Lakers prior to the activity in road clothes.LeBron as well as Davis were both on the U.S. staff that succeeded a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, and they walked to midcourt right just before tipoff to greet Minnesota's Anthony Edwards, their Olympic teammate.Reporting due to the Associated Push. [Want terrific accounts provided right to your inbox? Develop or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow games, crews and players to get a personalized bulletin daily.] Comply with Observe your favorites to customize your FOX Sports expertise LeBron James Los Angeles Lakers National Baseball Association Obtain a lot more coming from Los Angeles Lakers Follow your faves to obtain info concerning video games, updates and also even more.