{"id":496780,"date":"2026-03-01T03:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T03:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/496780\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T03:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T03:30:13","slug":"lebron-james-11-year-old-daughter-zhuri-has-a-fun-shootaround-with-father-before-game-with-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/496780\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James’ 11-year-old daughter Zhuri has a fun shootaround with father before game with Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Zhuri James stood with her back to the basket<\/a> at the free-throw line and heaved an over-the-head shot that banked in after several previous attempts.<\/p>\n

A little coaching and love from her superstar dad did the trick. LeBron James’ 11-year-old daughter held a shooting session of her own at Chase Center on Saturday night after he concluded his own warmup routine. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t know,” she said of what the trick was to finally make the backward free throw, “I tried to make sure I was in front of the basket.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also dribbled on the baseline as he dribbled<\/a> and James caught a glimpse and gave her a smile, then Zhuri came out on the court for some shots from different spots around the key.<\/p>\n

Zhuri said she had fun with opportunity, not something she gets to do at road games very often. At Lakers home games, she does it \u201csometimes but not a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

And before the 41-year-old James headed into the locker room to finish getting ready to face the Golden State Warriors, who were without injured rival Stephen Curry for a 10th straight game, Zhuri threw him an alley-oop<\/a> and he slammed it home. They shared a sweet handshake and he told her \u201clove you\u201d before heading inside.<\/p>\n

Then he found his rhythm immediately come tipoff, making 7 of 10 shots and all four of his 3-point tries in the first half to go with four assists and four rebounds as the Lakers led 65-47 at the break.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n

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