<p class="ingestion featured-caption">LeBron James has been preparing for this day for years.Harry How/Staff/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Lakers faced the Minnesota Timberwolves in their season opener.</li><li>LeBron and Bronny James made history as the first father-son duo to play in the NBA.</li></ul><p>LeBron and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lebron-james-family-sons-bronny-bryce-james-nba-photos">Bronny James</a> made history Tuesday as the first father-son duo to play together in the NBA.</p><p>Their team, the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/los-angeles-lakers-hires-jj-redick-coach-4-year-contract-2024-6">Los Angeles Lakers,</a> made its season debut against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Crypto.com Arena and ultimately won 110 to 103.</p><p>Though the younger James only played for three minutes in the second quarter, the moment was a powerful reminder of how far he's come since <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lebron-james-son-bronny-cardiac-arrest-practice-icu-report-2023-7">going into cardiac arrest</a> in July 2023 during a preseason basketball practice for the University of Southern California. He was subsequently diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and underwent surgery before being cleared to return to basketball.</p><p>He was drafted by the Lakers 11 months later, in June 2024, on a four-year, $7.9 million contract. His dad is under a two-year, $104 million contract with the team.</p><p>"Bronny is, first and foremost, a person of high character," Lakers GM Rob Pelinka said after drafting the then 19-year-old. "And second, he is a young man that works incredibly hard."</p><p>And after a summer of training and playing together during the pre-season, King James and his son finally stepped foot onto the court together.</p><p>"That's a crazy moment I will never forget," Bronny James told <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DBdCw7suG24/?hl=en">Bleacher Report's</a> Taylor Rooks.</p><p>Here's what it was like to see the Jameses make NBA history.</p>