Bronny James performed for sixteen minutes, his most within the NBA as Los Angeles Lakers suffered one other defeat on Friday night time, shedding 131-126 to the Denver Nuggets in Colorado.
Bronny James, son of NBA star LeBron James, performed 16 minutes within the sport. He scored 5 factors, grabbed two rebounds, and made one steal. Nevertheless, he struggled along with his capturing, hitting simply certainly one of his 5 makes an attempt from three-point vary.
The Lakers got here into the sport on a three-match shedding run and have been coping with a number of accidents. It was additionally their second sport in two nights, which made issues even more durable.
Bronny James Will get Extra Taking part in Time
Bronny was again within the Lakers’ foremost squad after spending time with the South Bay Lakers within the G League, the place he had been performing effectively. He has averaged 20.6 factors, 5.2 assists, and 4.9 rebounds per sport within the G League this season.
After the sport, Bronny mentioned he was feeling constructive about his progress. “Placing in work behind the scenes has been superb for me,” he mentioned. “It’s been going effectively.”
Lakers Lacking Key Gamers
The Lakers have been with out their star participant LeBron James, who’s recovering from a groin damage picked up in opposition to the Boston Celtics final Saturday. They have been additionally lacking Luka Doncic, who had scored 45 factors the night time earlier than in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks however was rested because of the tight schedule.
Different injured gamers included Rui Hachimura, Dorian Finney-Smith, Jaxson Hayes, Gabe Vincent, and Maxi Kleber. Regardless of this, head coach JJ Redick mentioned earlier than the sport that every one ten obtainable gamers would get time on the courtroom.
Even with so many gamers lacking, the Lakers fought arduous in opposition to the group ranked second within the Western Convention however nonetheless couldn’t get the win.
