Bronny James, Bryce James and Kiyan Anthony had been the star sights at one of the eagerly-anticipated highschool basketball video games in historical past Monday evening.
The celebrity trio confronted off in entrance of a celeb crowd in Los Angeles, with the James brothers’ Sierra Canyon beating Anthony’s Christ the King 62-51 to maneuver to a 7-1 report for the season.
Whereas the consequence could have mattered to a number of the crowd, the bulk had been simply there to see the sons of NBA legends LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony face off 21 years after their well-known fathers first performed one another.
Among the many star-studded viewers was Kim Kardashian, Scottie Pippen, Scotty Pippen Jr, Kenyon Martin, Penny Hardaway and Juju Watkins, whereas the sport was broadcast reside to the nation on ESPN2.
Bryce James, LeBron James, Bronny James, Carmelo Anthony and Kiyan Anthony (left-right)
At halftime, Melo (left) and LeBron shared a second on the courtroom at Sierra Canyon collectively
At halftime, LeBron and Melo had been pictured hugging on the courtroom, earlier than participating in an extended chat – little doubt concerning the first-half exploits of their sons.
The legendary NBA pair first performed in opposition to one another again in February 2002 on the Sovereign Financial institution Area in Trenton, New Jersey, with 11,000 followers in attendance.
Though there have been far much less at Sierra Canyon on Monday, there was definitely some basketball royalty within the room to observe the motion unfold.
Anthony and James performed collectively on the Los Angeles Lakers final season, however Melo is at the moment a free agent as he weighs up his subsequent transfer.
Scottie Pippen (proper) was amongst a star-studded crowd in attendance for the highschool recreation
Kim Kardashian (prime, second left) was one other of the large names watching the basketball recreation
Being interviewed at halftime by ESPN, he defined his want to return to the NBA, however admitted any determination was at the moment out of his fingers.
‘I understand there’s loads of issues that is not in my management,’ he stated. ‘So I can sit again and let it play out, and no matter it should be, it should be and I settle for that.’
On the courtroom in LA Monday, Kiyan Anthony ended with 10 factors, however he was simply overshadowed by the spectacular show of Bronny James, who had 12 factors.
One of the best participant on the courtroom, although, was Sierra Canyon’s Isiah Elohim with 17 factors, whereas Christ the King’s greatest participant got here within the type of Brandon Williams (16pts).
