Lakers' Bronny James sets career-high in scoring in impressive showing

Los Angeles Lakers’ Bronny James acceptable a career-high successful points successful the Lakers' 118-89 nonaccomplishment to the Milwaukee Bucks connected Thursday nighttime successful Cyrpto.com Arena. 

The Lakers were shorthanded successful the loss, arsenic LeBron James (groin), Luka Doncic (right ankle), Austin Reaves (right ankle), Rui Hachimura (patella), Dorian Finney-Smith (left ankle) and Jarred Vanderbilt (right groin) were each out. 

James took vantage of the accidental with truthful galore of the Lakers’ stars out. The 20-year-old scored 17 points, and it was the archetypal clip helium had reached treble figures successful his 22 vocation NBA games.

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Los Angeles Lakers defender Bronny James, #9, shoots arsenic Milwaukee Bucks guardant Pete Nance, #35, defends during the 2nd fractional of an NBA hoops crippled connected Thursday, March 20, 2025 successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

James’ 29:53 of clip was the 3rd highest connected the squad down Dalton Knecht and Jordan Goodwin. James and Knecht led the squad successful scoring successful the loss, arsenic they each had 17 points. It was besides the astir minutes helium has logged frankincense far.

James was 7-10 shooting, including going 2-4 from three-point range. 

"Gaining my assurance and summation my comfortability implicit reps, you know, and getting retired determination and taking vantage of my accidental if it’s given, truthful conscionable being acceptable astatine each times is the biggest happening for me," James said.

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Los Angeles Lakers defender Dalton Knecht. #4, fives defender Bronny James, #9, aft scoring against the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2nd fractional astatine Crypto.com Arena. (Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images)

Lakers caput manager JJ Redick was not amazed by James’ performance.

"We’ve evidently monitored him successful the G (League) and consciousness similar he’s, you know, successful those benignant of extremity crippled situations erstwhile he’s gotten a accidental to play with us, he’s been truly good," Redick said. "So not amazed by tonight."

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Los Angeles Lakers defender Bronny James, #9, looks to walk against Milwaukee Bucks defender Ryan Rollins, #13, during the 2nd fractional astatine Crypto.com Arena. (Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images)

"It was evident to maine from the moment, you know, I started spending clip with him connected the tribunal this summer, you cognize helium was surely going to beryllium an NBA player. And I inactive judge that. He’ll beryllium an NBA player."

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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