LeBron James is currently out of the Los Angeles Lakers lineup as he deals with a groin injury that he suffered last Saturday. He will miss Friday night's game vs. the Denver Nuggets. However, he is expected to travel to Sacramento on Friday night to attend the Division I basketball California state championship game to support his son Bryce James,

Luka Doncic sat out the Los Angeles Lakers' 131-126 loss at Denver on Friday night, cheering on his scrappy, short-handed teammates who nearly pulled off a shocker without four starters. Doncic joined LeBron James on the Lakers' lengthy list of unavailable players after scoring 45 points a night earlier in a loss at Milwaukee.

With LeBron James out (and not even in the building as he instead took in son Bryce's state championship game) and Luke Doncic resting, Bronny got the chance to play extra minutes