Bronny James scored his first NBA factors Wednesday evening. He simply wants 40,578 extra to catch his father, LeBron James.
With a bit of over two minutes remaining within the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 134-110 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, the youthful James sank a 14-footer for his first profession factors. Bronny might have solely been within the recreation as a result of the Lakers have been getting blown out, however it was particular that he achieved the milestone within the metropolis the place his father spent 11 of his 22 NBA seasons.
The Cavaliers commemorated the Lakers’ go to, that includes the primary and solely father-son duo in NBA historical past, with some particular pictures exterior the visiting locker room.
The group positioned pictures of the elder and youthful James from the Cavaliers’ 2016 title, with the message, “Welcome Residence!” When Bronny entered the sport with 5:16 left within the fourth quarter, the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse crowd gave him a standing ovation in his house away from house.
LeBron had 26 factors in a recreation the place the Cavaliers led by 19 factors after one quarter. With Bronny entering into the document books, they’ve now set the all-time father-son scoring document, with 40,582 factors. Sure, LeBron is such a prolific scorer that his son solely wanted two factors to place them previous the following closest pair, Kobe and Joe “Jelly Bean” Bryant, who had 38,895 (Kobe had 33,643 of them).
In second place is the duo of Dell and Steph Curry, who’ve 36,393, roughly 8,000 factors forward of Curry’s former teammate Klay Thompson and his father Mychel (28,367 mixed).
Bronny additionally notched his first two assists of his NBA profession, however he and his father have an extended solution to go to catch the father-son chief in that class. Even with LeBron’s 11,042 assists, that is far behind the 15,815 dimes by John and David Stockton. (John had 15,806; David had 9.)
Extra milestones are certain to await the James household this season, but when Wednesday is a sign, a whole lot of them are going to come back throughout blowouts.
