.Bronny James played in his very first NBA preseason game Friday night, however LeBron James wasn't in attire along with him when the Lakers threw Minnesota in the first of Los Angeles' pair of weekend break games in the Coachella Valley.Lakers coach JJ Redick selected to hold up LeBron James against the Timberwolves after three challenging times of training camp, yet the 39-year-old best scorer in NBA past is very likely to bet Phoenix metro on Sunday-- which simply occurs to become Bronny's 20th birthday.Bronny James completed with two factors in the Lakers' 124-107 loss to the Timberwolves, missing his first 5 tries before bring in a layup along with 56.9 few seconds to play. Yet the 6-foot-2 guard likewise blocked out three gos, and also he grabbed one rebound and also one assist while participating in the first fifty percent of the second one-fourth and also the majority of the fourth.Before they end up being the first dad and also boy to play in the very same NBA game, Bronny James knows he has plenty of work to carry out. He acquired his 1st odds to play in Lakers gold when he took the floor to start the 2nd quarter at Acrisure Sector outside Hand Springs.Playing together with starting Lakers point guard D'Angelo Russell, Bronny acquired found out a badger his initial protective ownership, permitting Rob Dillingham to reach an open 3-pointer. Bronny's successfully pass was actually then intercepted by Nickeil Alexander-Walker on the various other end, but Bronny hustled back as well as blocked his layup attempt.Bronny missed out on all three of his gos during the course of his initial 6 mins of activity, consisting of a 3-pointer. He grabbed an assist when he located Rui Hachimura for a 3-pointer coming from the edge on a prompt break.Bronny sent back for the beginning of the fourth one-fourth, skipping a jumper and having a layup effort blocked out. In the ultimate minute, he acquired a pass from fellow novice Dalton Knecht as well as looped a layup over a protector for his initial points.LeBron looked always keeping a cautious proximity coming from Bronny during the course of the activity, enabling his oldest child to focus on his work. However LeBron spoke at length to Bronny throughout a timeout midway via the second fourth, revealing one thing along with palm actions while Bronny nodded.Bronny James was the Lakers' second-round draught pick, as well as he played in summer season game in Sin city. He is actually assumed to play for the Lakers in the preseason just before devoting a significant part of the upcoming frequent time with the G Game's South Gulf Lakers." Obviously there is actually nerves," Bronny stated after the Lakers' pregame shootaround. "Yet I am actually merely thrilled to walk out there certainly as well as profit from people playing facing me, as well as if I get an opportunity to display what I may do, I'm going to do that." As is typical for non-active gamers, LeBron largely steered clear of coming from the Lakers' huddles. He usually stood on the border in the course of timeouts along with Anthony Davis, that also sat out the preseason opener. Each celebrities have actually been at training school in El Segundo." Our company seemed like, given every thing they possessed this summertime, and their amount of participation over the past three times, it made the best sense for them to acquire an off day today," Redick pointed out. "Our team told all of them at shootaround to only keep off their feets." Redick claimed Thursday that both LeBron James as well as Davis are going to play in at least one activity this weekend. Maximum Christie and Jaxson Hayes started in the super stars' spot versus Minnesota along with Russell, Hachimura as well as Austin Reaves.Friday's crowd failed to seem frustrated as it put in to the 22-month-old field that offers at the home of the United States Hockey Game's Coachella Valley Firebirds. Numerous supporters in gold Lakers jackets representing every person from James to George Mikan rushed in to the building and also down the stairways in the lesser dish for an up-close check out the pregame warmups." The wonderful feature of the Lakers is actually that our team have followers throughout the planet," Redick pointed out. "The desert over listed here is an extension, I think somehow, of our supporter bottom in LA. It's a fantastic option for our team to play in front of these fans tonight." James and also Davis are actually sitting out the very first of the Lakers' six preseason activities as they steer back right into competitors after an occupied summertime. They participated in the Lakers just before the activity in street clothes.LeBron and also Davis were both on the united state team that gained a gold award at the Paris Olympics, and also they walked to midcourt right just before tipoff to greet Minnesota's Anthony Edwards, their Olympic teammate.Reporting due to the Associated Press. [Want fantastic accounts provided straight to your inbox? Create or even visit to your FOX Athletics profile, adhere to organizations, teams and players to obtain a tailored email list daily.] FOLLOW Observe your faves to tailor your FOX Sports knowledge LeBron James Los Angeles Lakers National Basketball Affiliation Acquire much more coming from Los Angeles Lakers Observe your faves to obtain relevant information concerning games, updates and also more.