.Bronny James played in his first NBA preseason video game Friday night, however LeBron James wasn't in attire with him when the Lakers threw Minnesota in the first of Los Angeles' two weekend games in the Coachella Valley.Lakers coach JJ Redick selected to hold out LeBron James versus the Timberwolves after 3 tough days of training camp, yet the 39-year-old top scorer in NBA background is actually likely to play against Phoenix on Sunday-- which only takes place to become Bronny's 20th birthday.Bronny James finished with 2 factors in the Lakers' 124-107 reduction to the Timberwolves, missing his 1st 5 tries before making a layup along with 56.9 seconds to play. But the 6-foot-2 shield also blocked out 3 tries, and he got one rebound and one support while playing the initial one-half of the 2nd quarter as well as many of the fourth.Before they come to be the 1st father and also boy to play in the exact same NBA video game, Bronny James recognizes he possesses lots of job to carry out. He acquired his 1st odds to play in Lakers gold when he took the flooring to start the 2nd quarter at Acrisure Sector outside Palm Springs.Playing alongside beginning Lakers point guard D'Angelo Russell, Bronny obtained caught on a pick on his 1st protective things, making it possible for Rob Dillingham to hit an available 3-pointer. Bronny's pass was actually after that obstructed by Nickeil Alexander-Walker on the other side, but Bronny rushed back and also obstructed his layup attempt.Bronny overlooked all three of his chances during the course of his first six moments of activity, featuring a 3-pointer. He got an assist when he discovered Rui Hachimura for a 3-pointer coming from the edge on a quick break.Bronny sent back for the beginning of the fourth quarter, missing out on a jumper and possessing a layup try blocked. In the last minute, he got a pass from fellow newbie Dalton Knecht as well as looped a layup over a defender for his initial points.LeBron seemed always keeping a cautious distance from Bronny during the activity, allowing his oldest boy to pay attention to his job. Yet LeBron communicated at length to Bronny during the course of a timeout midway via the second one-fourth, describing one thing with hand gestures while Bronny nodded.Bronny James was actually the Lakers' second-round draft choice, and also he played in summer season game in Sin city. He is assumed to bet the Lakers in the preseason prior to devoting a substantial part of the upcoming regular period along with the G League's South Gulf Lakers." Certainly there's nerves," Bronny said after the Lakers' pregame shootaround. "However I'm just thrilled to head out there certainly and also learn from the people playing in front of me, and also if I obtain an odds to showcase what I can do, I'm visiting perform that." As is actually regular for non-active gamers, LeBron mainly steered clear coming from the Lakers' clusters. He mainly based on the boundary during timeouts along with Anthony Davis, that likewise remained the preseason opener. Each superstars have been at training school in El Segundo." We believed that, provided every thing they had this summer season, and also their amount of participation over the past 3 times, it made one of the most sense for them to obtain an off day today," Redick stated. "Our team informed them at shootaround to just remain off their feets." Redick said Thursday that each LeBron James as well as Davis are going to play in at least one video game this weekend break. Max Christie as well as Jaxson Hayes started in the celebrities' spot versus Minnesota along with Russell, Hachimura and also Austin Reaves.Friday's crowd failed to seem to be frustrated as it poured in to the 22-month-old field that provides at the home of the American Hockey League's Coachella Lowland Firebirds. Thousands of supporters in gold Lakers jackets representing everybody from James to George Mikan hurried right into the building as well as down the stairs in the lesser dish for an up-close check out the pregame warmups." The attractive aspect of the Lakers is that our company have followers around the world," Redick stated. "The desert over listed here is actually an extension, I believe somehow, of our enthusiast base in LA. It is actually a fantastic chance for our team to play facing these enthusiasts tonight." James as well as Davis are sitting out the very first of the Lakers' 6 preseason activities as they steer back in to competition after an active summer season. They participated in the Lakers prior to the game in road clothes.LeBron and also Davis were actually each on the united state team that won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, and they walked to midcourt right prior to tipoff to welcome Minnesota's Anthony Edwards, their Olympic teammate.Reporting by The Associated Push. [Want terrific tales delivered straight to your inbox? Produce or even visit to your FOX Sports account, comply with leagues, teams and gamers to receive an individualized e-newsletter daily.] FOLLOW Follow your faves to personalize your FOX Athletics expertise LeBron James Los Angeles Lakers National Baseball Association Acquire much more coming from Los Angeles Lakers Follow your favorites to acquire details about activities, information as well as more.