NBA-LeBron James and son Bronny initially share the place in the NBA | The mighty 790 KFGO

By Rory Carroll

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – LeBron James and his son Bronny became the first father-son duo to play together in a regular-season NBA game on Tuesday when the Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves in their season opener.

The sellout crowd roared when 20-year-old Bronny entered the game with four minutes left in the first half, joining LeBron with the Lakers leading 51-35.

No father-son duo has ever played in the same NBA season, let alone on the same team. The pair appeared together during a preseason game earlier this month.

Lebron, 39, had long said one of his remaining goals in basketball was to play with his son, a guard who was selected with the 55th pick of the NBA draft in June after one season at the University of Southern California .

Lebron, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, four-time champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist, has entered his 22nd NBA season and has yet to say when he plans to end his career.

Meanwhile, Bronny wants to make a name for himself in the league he grew up in, where his father also played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat.

Another athletic father-son duo, Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr., who played together for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball, were present at the game. Memorably, the pair hit back-to-back home runs in a game in September 1990.

LeBron and Bronny warmly greeted the Griffeys at midfield before the game before posing for photos.

(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Rutherford)