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Watch: Bronny James scores first NBA points
Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James. Ken Blaze-Imagn Images

Watch: Bronny James scores first NBA points

Bronny James scored his first NBA points Wednesday night. He just needs 40,578 more to catch his father, LeBron James.

With a little over two minutes remaining in the Cleveland Cavaliers' 134-110 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, the younger James sank a 14-footer for his first career points. Bronny may have only been in the game because the Lakers were getting blown out, but it was special that he achieved the milestone in the city where his father spent 11 of his 22 NBA seasons.

The Cavaliers commemorated the Lakers' visit, featuring the first and only father-son duo in NBA history, with some special photos outside the visiting locker room.

The team placed photos of the elder and younger James from the Cavaliers' 2016 title, with the message, "Welcome Home!" When Bronny entered the game with 5:16 left in the fourth quarter, the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse crowd gave him a standing ovation in his home away from home.

LeBron had 26 points in a game where the Cavaliers led by 19 points after one quarter. With Bronny getting into the record books, they've now set the all-time father-son scoring record, with 40,582 points. Yes, LeBron is such a prolific scorer that his son only needed two points to put them past the next closest pair, Kobe and Joe "Jelly Bean" Bryant, who had 38,895 (Kobe had 33,643 of them).

In second place is the duo of Dell and Steph Curry, who have 36,393, roughly 8,000 points ahead of Curry's former teammate Klay Thompson and his father Mychel (28,367 combined).

Bronny also notched his first two assists of his NBA career, but he and his father have a long way to go to catch the father-son leader in that category. Even with LeBron's 11,042 assists, that's far behind the 15,815 dimes by John and David Stockton. (John had 15,806; David had nine.)

More milestones are sure to await the James family this season, but if Wednesday is an indication, a lot of them are going to come during blowouts.

Sean Keane

Sean Keane is a sportswriter and a comedian based in Oakland, California, with experience covering the NBA, MLB, NFL and Ice Cube’s three-on-three basketball league, The Big 3. He’s written for Comedy Central’s “Another Period,” ESPN the Magazine, and Audible. com

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