An alley-oop pass by Austin Reaves on Sunday night has etched his name into the record books.
The Los Angeles Lakers guard threw a one-handed lob to Bronny James, who flew in for a two-handed jam that sent Crypto.com Arena into a frenzy late in the first quarter against the Miami Heat.
Reaves, who finished with 26 points and 11 assists, is no stranger to connecting on alley-oops with another member of the James family — LeBron James.
On Monday, the Lakers posted a similar alley-oop that Reaves threw to LeBron on X.
Lob it up to a James, Austin knows what will happen. pic.twitter.com/O6Fb2dBuve
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) November 3, 2025
Reaves joked after the game that Sunday’s moment puts him in rare air.
«I’ve got to be the first person in NBA history to throw a father a lob and a son a lob. I don’t know. Got to be, right? While they’re still on the same team,» he said.
Reaves, 27, is right. He is the only player to assist on an alley-oop dunk to both a father and son over the past 25 years, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
He added that he told LeBron it was «cool.»
«I checked out after that. It was a pretty special moment,» he said.
The Lakers defeated the Heat 130-120 behind Luka Doncic‘s 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. The dunk marked Bronny’s only points of the game — he also recorded three steals and two assists in 18 minutes.
Last season, LeBron and Bronny became the first father-son duo to play in the same NBA game together.
