.Bronny James played in his initial NBA preseason game Friday night, however LeBron James wasn't in uniform with him when the Lakers hosted Minnesota in the very first of Los Angeles' two weekend break activities in the Coachella Valley.Lakers trainer JJ Redick chose to hold out LeBron James against the Timberwolves after 3 difficult times of training school, however the 39-year-old top marker in NBA record is likely to play against Phoenix az on Sunday-- which simply takes place to be Bronny's 20th birthday.Bronny James do with two factors in the Lakers' 124-107 loss to the Timberwolves, overlooking his first five chances prior to creating a layup with 56.9 few seconds to play. However the 6-foot-2 shield additionally blocked out 3 shots, and also he got one rebound and also one aid while playing the first one-half of the second quarter and also the majority of the fourth.Before they become the initial father as well as son to play in the exact same NBA video game, Bronny James recognizes he has loads of work to accomplish. He acquired his first odds to play in Lakers gold when he took the floor to begin the 2nd quarter at Acrisure Sector outside Palm Springs.Playing along with starting Lakers point player D'Angelo Russell, Bronny received caught on a pick on his initial defensive ownership, permitting Rob Dillingham to reach an open 3-pointer. Bronny's elapsed was after that intercepted through Nickeil Alexander-Walker on the other side, yet Bronny rushed back and also obstructed his layup attempt.Bronny missed all 3 of his gos during his first 6 minutes of action, consisting of a 3-pointer. He grabbed an assist when he found Rui Hachimura for a 3-pointer from the corner on a quick break.Bronny gave back for the start of the 4th quarter, skipping a jumper and having a layup attempt shut out. In the ultimate minute, he acquired a successfully pass from fellow rookie Dalton Knecht as well as looped a layup over a protector for his 1st points.LeBron seemed always keeping a conscious proximity from Bronny during the game, permitting his oldest child to concentrate on his work. Yet LeBron spoke in detail to Bronny in the course of a timeout halfway through the second quarter, describing one thing with palm gestures while Bronny nodded.Bronny James was actually the Lakers' second-round draught choice, and he played in summertime game in Sin city. He is expected to play for the Lakers in the preseason before investing a considerable portion of the upcoming frequent season along with the G Game's South Bay Lakers." Certainly there is actually nerves," Bronny stated after the Lakers' pregame shootaround. "But I'm simply excited to head out there and pick up from individuals playing in front of me, and if I get a chance to display what I can possibly do, I'm going to perform that." As is actually regular for non-active gamers, LeBron mainly avoided coming from the Lakers' clusters. He usually stood on the boundary in the course of timeouts along with Anthony Davis, that additionally sat out the preseason opener. Each celebrities have actually been at training school in El Segundo." We believed that, provided whatever they had this summer months, and also their degree of involvement over the past three times, it made the best feeling for all of them to obtain an off day today," Redick said. "Our team told them at shootaround to only keep off their feets." Redick said Thursday that each LeBron James and Davis will certainly play in at least one video game this weekend. Maximum Christie and Jaxson Hayes began in the celebrities' area versus Minnesota alongside Russell, Hachimura and also Austin Reaves.Friday's group didn't seem to be frustrated as it put right into the 22-month-old field that provides at the home of the American Hockey Organization's Coachella Valley Firebirds. Numerous supporters in gold Lakers jackets standing for every person coming from James to George Mikan hurried right into the property as well as down the stairways in the lesser dish for an up-close check out the pregame warmups." The lovely thing about the Lakers is that our company possess supporters all over the globe," Redick pointed out. "The desert over below is actually an expansion, I presume in some ways, of our enthusiast base in LA. It is actually a fantastic possibility for our team to play in front of these supporters tonight." James and also Davis are actually remaining the first of the Lakers' 6 preseason games as they ease back into competitors after an occupied summer season. They participated in the Lakers before the game in road clothes.LeBron and also Davis were each on the USA group that gained a gold award at the Paris Olympics, and they strolled to midcourt right prior to tipoff to welcome Minnesota's Anthony Edwards, their Olympic teammate.Reporting by The Associated Press. [Want terrific accounts supplied right to your inbox? Create or even log in to your FOX Athletics profile, adhere to games, staffs and gamers to get an individualized bulletin daily.] Adhere to Follow your faves to personalize your FOX Athletics adventure LeBron James Los Angeles Lakers National Baseball Organization Obtain even more coming from Los Angeles Lakers Follow your preferences to obtain details concerning activities, information and also additional.