LeBron James and Bronny James have change into the primary father and son to play collectively within the NBA.

The basketball nice stepped on court docket together with his 20-year-old son within the LA Lakers’ season opener towards Minnesota Timberwolves.

The pair obtained an enormous ovation as they made historical past within the Crypto.com Area.

They’d about two and a half minutes taking part in collectively within the second quarter.

Bronny wasn’t in a position to rating in his temporary look however nonetheless obtained an ovation when he left the court docket with 1:19 left to play.

LeBron, the all-time NBA factors report holder, is broadly thought to be one of many best gamers ever.

He completed the sport with 16 factors and the Lakers gained 110-103.

The 39-year-old had lengthy spoken of his ambition to share the court docket together with his son – a second-round draft decide by the Lakers in June.

“That second, us being on the scorer’s desk collectively and checking in collectively, it is a second I am by no means going to neglect,” LeBron stated.

“Irrespective of how outdated I get, irrespective of how my reminiscence might fade as I become older or no matter, I’ll always remember that second.”

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Bronny instructed the media: “(I) tried to not deal with every thing that is occurring round me, and tried to deal with getting into as a rookie and never making an attempt to mess up.

“However yeah, I completely did really feel the vitality, and I respect Laker Nation for displaying the help for me and my dad.”

Bronny had open-heart surgical procedure final 12 months after struggling a cardiac arrest and performed a shortened freshman season at College of Southern California earlier than getting into the NBA’s draft – the annual decide of gamers.