LAS VEGAS — Lakers rookie Bronny James has rallied his second consecutive promising performance in the NBA Summer League On Thursday night, he scored 13 points in Los Angeles’ 93-89 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The son of NBA leading scorer LeBron James scored eight points in the first half on 3-of-5 shooting.
He finished the game making 5 of 10 shots, including 1 of 3 from 3-point range.
James also had five rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots.
James, the 55th overall pick in this year’s draft, struggled throughout summer league until scoring 12 points Wednesday night in an 87-86 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
So far, James had made 7 of 31 field goals this summer and 4 of 19 field goals in two games in Las Vegas.
James averaged 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists last season in his lone year of college basketball at Southern California, appearing in the team’s final 25 games.
He was unable to start the season after needing surgery to repair what was diagnosed as a congenital heart defectwhich was found after he had a cardiac arrest during a training session last summer.
