Bronny hits first playoff bucket

Bronny James scored his first NBA playoff points Friday in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 112-108 overtime win over the Houston Rockets in Game 3. (espn.com) (sports.yahoo.com) The two baskets came on back-to-back second-quarter possessions in Houston. Bronny hit a pull-up 3-pointer, then finished a transition layup for five points in nine minutes. (sports.yahoo.com) (espn.com) LeBron James had a hand in both plays. Yahoo Sports reported LeBron boxed out Jae'Sean Tate to create space for the 3, then assisted Bronny on the layup. (sports.yahoo.com) That second basket also produced the first father-son assist in NBA playoff history. ESPN identified the play as a LeBron-to-Bronny alley-oop connection during the second quarter. (espn.com) The moment landed inside a bigger Lakers comeback. LeBron scored 29 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and added six assists as Los Angeles erased Houston’s lead late in regulation and moved ahead 3-0 in the series. (espn.com) (nba.com) Bronny had already entered the record book on April 18, when he and LeBron became the first father-son duo to play together in an NBA playoff game during Game 1 in Los Angeles. (nba.com) His first scoring breakthrough came one game later in the series log than that debut. ESPN’s postseason game log shows Bronny went scoreless in Games 1 and 2 before his 2-for-2, five-point line in Game 3. (espn.com) LeBron said after Game 1 that sharing the playoff floor with Bronny ranked above his other career accomplishments. By Friday night, that father-son subplot had expanded from a debut to a scoring milestone with the Lakers one win from advancing. (espn.com) (nba.com)