{"id":52941,"date":"2025-04-14T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=52941"},"modified":"2025-04-14T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:36:49","slug":"report-news-lakers-reward-bronny-james-with-nba-milestone-in-last-regular-season-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=52941","title":{"rendered":"REPORT NEWS: Lakers Reward Bronny James With NBA Milestone in Last Regular Season Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_7373,h_4147,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/si\/01jrraa77rrfezaf3d03.jpg\" alt=\"Bronny James celebrates a basket against the Rockets with Trey Jemison\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9r2eb30af\">The last day of the regular season in the NBA often has a last-day-of-school feel, with teams giving starters&#8217; minutes to the back end of the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_fvx95hiul\">Enter, then, one very famous starter for the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_fvx95hiul\">As the Lakers wrapped up a successful regular season with a game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles gave guard Bronny James the first start of his NBA career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_g5ttj3syi\">James, forward Dalton Knecht, forward Markieff Morris, center Alex Len, and guard Shake Milton took the floor for the Lakers to start the finale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ce92dasgw\">In his highly scrutinized first professional season, James averaged 5.5 minutes over 26 games. 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