Making NBA history isn’t anything new for the James family.

They did it when LeBron James and Bronny James becamethe first father-son duoto play in an NBA game together during a Lakers preseason game on Oct. 6, 2024, before it was officially in the record books whenthey were on the floor togethera couple of weeks later for the Lakers’ regular-season-opening win over the Timberwolves on Oct. 22, 2024.

They connected on thefirst father-son assistin league history a few weeks ago, when the elder James passed to the younger James for a 3-pointer during the second quarter of theMarch 27 win over the Nets.

Another historic moment happened Saturday night, with LeBron and Bronny becoming the first father and son to play in a playoff game together during the Lakers’ Game 1victory over the Rocketsat Crypto.com Arena to kick off the best-of-seven first-round series.

“There’s a lot of crazy things that have been going on this year for me,” LeBron James said. “I mean, s–t, I was on the floor with my son in a playoff game. That’s probably the craziest thing that’s ever happened to me in my career. It’s just so cool to be out there with him — and his brother and his sister and his mom in the building. And his grandmom. Like, that’s just insane. My mom gets to watch her son and her grandson during the playoffs. Now, that’s crazy.”

Bronny made his playoff debut last year, playing four minutes across two games (in garbage time) during the Lakers’ five-game first-round series loss to the Timberwolves.

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But with theLakers without their star guardsin Luka Dončić (left hamstring strain) and Austin Reaves (left oblique strain), Bronny was in the Lakers’ first-half rotation Saturday night, starting the second quarter alongside his dad, Jake LaRavia, Jarred Vanderbilt and Jaxson Hayes.

He had two fouls and recorded a turnover in four second-quarter minutes, with the Lakers playing an eight-man rotation in the second half.

While Saturday was Bronny’s third career NBA playoff game, and his first playing meaningful minutes, it was LeBron’s record-extending 293rd career playoff game.

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