Bronny James scores first playoff points

Bronny James scored his first NBA playoff points Friday night in the Lakers’ 112-108 overtime win over the Houston Rockets in Game 3. (sports.yahoo.com) (espn.com) The points came on back-to-back possessions in the second quarter on April 24 in Houston. Bronny hit a pull-up 3-pointer, then scored a layup in transition. (sports.yahoo.com) LeBron James helped create both baskets. He boxed out Jae'Sean Tate to free Bronny for the 3, then delivered the assist on the layup. (sports.yahoo.com) Bronny finished with five points in nine minutes and shot 2-for-2 from the field, including 1-for-1 from beyond the arc. Through three playoff games, he had five total points in 16 minutes. (espn.com) The game itself swung late. The Lakers trailed by six with 25.4 seconds left in regulation, forced overtime, and won to take a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference first-round series. (nba.com) (espn.com) LeBron led Los Angeles with 29 points, including a tying 3-pointer with 13 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Marcus Smart scored eight points in overtime. (espn.com) Houston played without Kevin Durant, who missed Game 3 with a sprained left ankle after sitting out Game 1 with a bruised right knee. The Rockets still had Alperen Sengun and Reed Sheppard featured in the NBA’s Game 3 coverage. (nba.com 1) (nba.com 2) Yahoo Sports called the alley-oop sequence from LeBron to Bronny the NBA’s first playoff bucket created by a father-son duo. The moment landed in Bronny’s third postseason appearance after limited minutes in Games 1 and 2. (sports.yahoo.com) (espn.com) The Lakers entered the series as the West’s No. 4 seed and moved within one win of the conference semifinals. Bronny’s first playoff points arrived with Los Angeles already pushing deeper into the bracket. (nba.com)