Kicker: Father and son take the court together

NICK EICHER, HOST: A first this week in the NBA … first-ever father and son appearance in a pro-basketball game … LeBron James and Bronny James taking the court in the LA Lakers’ season opener.

CROWD: (Cheering)

Father and son checked in simultaneously with four minutes left in the second.

For LeBron James … just gratitude:

LEBRON JAMES: So to be able to have this moment where I'm working still and I can work alongside my son, it's one of the greatest gifts I've ever got from the Man above, and I'm gonna take full advantage of it.

Sweet victory, too, for the Lakers … 110-103 over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

It was a first in the NBA, but not a first in pro-sports … Tim Raines and Tim Raines Jr. played in the majors together for the Baltimore Orioles and Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr. for the Seattle Mariners. And of course … Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe, took center ice with his boys Marty and Mark Howe on the wings for the Whalers in the old World Hockey Association … a different sort of Gordie Howe hat-trick. (If you know, you know.)

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