.Bronny James played in his very first NBA preseason game Friday evening, yet LeBron James wasn't in attire with him when the Lakers held Minnesota in the initial of Los Angeles' pair of weekend break activities in the Coachella Valley.Lakers instructor JJ Redick chose to hold out LeBron James versus the Timberwolves after 3 tough times of training school, but the 39-year-old leading scorer in NBA past history is likely to play against Phoenix on Sunday-- which merely occurs to become Bronny's 20th birthday.Bronny James finished with pair of points in the Lakers' 124-107 loss to the Timberwolves, skipping his initial 5 shots before bring in a layup with 56.9 secs to play. Yet the 6-foot-2 protection likewise obstructed 3 gos, as well as he got one rebound and also one help while playing the initial one-half of the 2nd quarter and also many of the fourth.Before they end up being the very first papa and son to play in the very same NBA game, Bronny James recognizes he has loads of work to perform. He got his initial opportunity to play in Lakers gold when he took the flooring to start the second quarter at Acrisure Field outside Hand Springs.Playing alongside starting Lakers point player D'Angelo Russell, Bronny received found out a pick on his 1st defensive belongings, enabling Rob Dillingham to strike an open 3-pointer. Bronny's elapsed was after that intercepted through Nickeil Alexander-Walker on the other side, but Bronny hustled back and obstructed his layup attempt.Bronny overlooked all 3 of his chances throughout his first 6 minutes of action, featuring a 3-pointer. He grabbed a support when he found Rui Hachimura for a 3-pointer coming from the section on a prompt break.Bronny sent back for the begin of the 4th quarter, overlooking a jumper and possessing a layup attempt blocked out. In the final moment, he got a successfully pass coming from fellow rookie Dalton Knecht and looped a layup over a protector for his very first points.LeBron looked maintaining a mindful proximity coming from Bronny throughout the activity, allowing his oldest boy to pay attention to his work. However LeBron spoke in detail to Bronny during a timeout midway by means of the second one-fourth, discussing one thing along with hand actions while Bronny nodded.Bronny James was actually the Lakers' second-round draft pick, and he played in summertime organization in Las Vegas. He is expected to bet the Lakers in the preseason before investing a substantial portion of the upcoming normal time along with the G Game's South Gulf Lakers." Certainly there is actually nerves," Bronny claimed after the Lakers' pregame shootaround. "Yet I'm only delighted to walk out certainly there and also pick up from people playing facing me, as well as if I obtain a chance to display what I may do, I am actually going to do that." As is actually typical for inactive players, LeBron mostly stayed away coming from the Lakers' cuddles. He typically stood on the border throughout timeouts with Anthony Davis, that likewise sat out the preseason opener. Both super stars have been at training camp in El Segundo." Our experts thought that, given every thing they had this summer season, as well as their level of participation over recent 3 times, it made one of the most feeling for them to obtain an off time today," Redick mentioned. "We informed them at shootaround to simply remain off their feet." Redick claimed Thursday that both LeBron James as well as Davis will definitely play in at the very least one game this weekend break. Maximum Christie and also Jaxson Hayes began in the celebrities' spot versus Minnesota along with Russell, Hachimura and Austin Reaves.Friday's group failed to appear disappointed as it put into the 22-month-old field that serves at the home of the American Hockey Game's Coachella Lowland Firebirds. Manies fans in gold Lakers shirts embodying everyone from James to George Mikan rushed right into the property and down the staircases in the reduced dish for an up-close check out the pregame warmups." The wonderful feature of the Lakers is that we possess fans all over the globe," Redick stated. "The desert over listed below is actually an expansion, I think somehow, of our supporter bottom in LA. It is actually a wonderful chance for our team to play in front of these fans tonight." James as well as Davis are actually remaining the very first of the Lakers' six preseason games as they steer back in to competitors after a busy summer. They signed up with the Lakers prior to the game in street clothes.LeBron and also Davis were both on the united state crew 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 by The Associated Push. [Want excellent tales supplied straight to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow organizations, groups as well as players to obtain a customized newsletter daily.] Comply with Observe your favorites to customize your FOX Sports expertise LeBron James Los Angeles Lakers National Baseball Association Receive a lot more from Los Angeles Lakers Follow your favorites to get details regarding video games, headlines and more.