LeBron completes father-son alley-oop

LeBron James threw an alley-oop to Bronny James in Game 3 on Friday, giving the NBA playoffs their first father-son scoring play. (nba.com) (espn.com) The play came with 7:13 left in the second quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 112-108 overtime win over the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center. Bronny finished LeBron’s lob with a reverse left-handed layup for a 52-40 lead. (espn.com) (nba.com) Game 3 turned on LeBron again at the end. He hit a tying three with 13.6 seconds left in regulation after a Houston turnover, and the Lakers completed a comeback from six down in the final 25.4 seconds. (nba.com) LeBron closed with 29 points, 13 rebounds and six assists, while Marcus Smart added 21 points and 10 assists for Los Angeles. The win gave the Lakers a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference first-round series. (nba.com) The alley-oop added another first to a week that already put the James family in the playoff record book. On April 18, LeBron and Bronny became the first father-son duo to play in the same NBA playoff game. (nba.com) Bronny’s playoff role exists because he has moved into the Lakers’ rotation late in the season. The Associated Press reported before the series that he had become a rotation option as injuries sidelined Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. (nba.com) That made Friday more than a novelty clip. The pass counted in a live first-round game, in a series the Lakers now control, with LeBron still deciding possessions at age 41. (nba.com) (espn.com) By the end of the night, the Lakers were one win from the Western Conference semifinals, and the family moment had become part of the box score, not just the highlight reel. (nba.com)